Retail &amp; leisure

RUSSIA MirLand Development Corporation subsidiary Global 1 has obtained a USD 49 mln loan from the Bank of Moscow for the refinancing of its Vernissage Mall project in Yaroslavl, 250 km northeast of Moscow.

Retail developers three times more active in Kyiv

21 March 2014

UKRAINE If all the shopping projects announced for this year are developed, Kyiv’s retail space will increase by 415,000 sqm, 3.5 times more than last year, according to Anna Chubotina, the head of the retail department at Jones Lang LaSalle in Ukraine, speaking to malls.com.ua.

Nathan North
managing editor (English section)

Galeria Amber opens its doors

21 March 2014

POLAND The Galeria Amber shopping centre has been opened in Kalisz.

More space for shoes

POLAND Alfa Asset Management, the manager of Focus Mall Bydgoszcz, has secured the lease of additional space in the centre from footwear chain CCC.

Biedronka replaces Delima in Galeria Rumia

POLAND Upside Property Management, the manager of Galeria Rumia, has signed a lease agreement with the Jerónimo Martins group, the owner of the Biedronka chain.

Giant Kyiv mall to open in the autumn

UKRAINE Despite the political turmoil in the country the Republika shopping and entertainment centre in Kyiv, the largest shopping complex in Ukraine with 450 stores, is to open without disruption.

Atrium Felicity opens

POLAND The Atrium Felicity shopping centre in Lublin has opened.

Nathan North
managing editor (English section)

Moscow, Petersburg and Prague in high street top ten

19 March 2014

CEE REGION Moscow has the third largest percentage of international luxury high street retailers, according to research by JLL.

Work set to begin on Victoria City Center

19 March 2014

ROMANIA Benevo has announced that construction work on its Victoria City Center project is scheduled to start in-mid 2014 with the grand opening set for September 2015.

3 Stawy to be modernised

POLAND Apsys Polska has been appointed by Union Investment Real Estate, the owner of the 3 Stawy shopping centre in Katowice, to manage the shopping centre’s modernisation.

Komputronik to open Poznań megastore

Tomasz Szpyt-Grzegórski

POLAND The opening of a Komputronik Megastore shop in Poznań is planned for March 21st. It will be its second such megastore in Poland.

Piotr i Paweł in Grona Park

Ewa Andrzejewska

POLAND Vantage Development has signed a 1,000 sqm lease with Piotr i Paweł for its Grona Park shopping centre, which is to be opened in Zielona Góra this year.

LPP enters Outlet Centers

POLAND Gdańsk-based LPP group is to open a number of stores with a combined area of 1,300 sqm in the Lublin and Białystok Outlet Centers.

Unibail and Valad join forces for Krokus

POLAND Unibail-Rodamco and Valad Europe have reached an agreement to redevelop and extend the Krokus shopping centre in Kraków.

Avans to open in Galeria Goplana

POLAND An area of 800 sqm has been leased for an Avans electronics store in the Galeria Goplana shopping centre, which is to be developed in Leszno.

Shopping centre to be built in Myślenice

17 March 2014

POLAND A new 6,500 sqm shopping centre with 40 stores is to be constructed at the exit of the so-called ‘Zakopianka’ road in the vicinity of the PKS bus station in Myślenice, with the work to start in May.

Galeria Legionowo now anchored

14 March 2014

POLAND A 1,660 sqm Piotr i Paweł supermarket is to anchor the Galeria Legionowo shopping centre, which is currently under construction on ul. Mrugacza and ul. Piłsudskiego in Legionowo.

More LPP in Galeria Madison

14 March 2014

POLAND Two stores from the LPP group are to open in the Galeria Madison shopping centre in Gdańsk.

Carrefour starts excavation work in Sochaczew

13 March 2014

POLAND The ground breaking ceremony for the Sonata Park retail Park in Sochaczew has been held with Ronan Martin, the vice-president of Carrefour Polska digging the first hole.