Retail &amp; leisure

Zagreb IKEA topped out

13 March 2014

CROATIA A 38,000 sqm IKEA furnishings store has been topped out in Zagreb.

Karavan second stage opens

12 March 2014

UKRAINE A number of stores in the second stage of the Karavan shopping centre in Dnipropetrovsk have opened ahead of the official opening which is to take place in mid-May.

Full steam ahead for Ferio

POLAND A ceremonial ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the opening of six new stores in the extended Ferio shopping centre in Stare Miasto near Konin.

German chain in Galeria Goplana

POLAND The Rossmann drugstore chain is to open a 500 sqm store in Galeria Goplana in Leszno.

Extension of Rywal shopping mall delayed

Tomasz Szpyt-Grzegórski

POLAND Inbap, the investor behind the Rywal shopping centre in Biała Podlaska, has announced that the opening of the new extension to the centre has been postponed until Q3 2014 with the new opening date set for August later this year.

CCC and Avans go for My Box

POLAND A CCC footwear shop will occupy 400 sqm while an Avans electromarket will take up 450 sqm in the My Box retail park in Namysłów.

CityFit debuts on market

POLAND The first Polish CityFit fitness club is to open in the Plaza Rzeszów shopping centre in May.

Karuzela comes to Żary

POLAND Boza Inwestycje is preparing a to build the Karuzela retail park in Żary in Poland’s Lubusz region.

Galeria Mokotów refinanced

POLAND Unibail Rodamco has received EUR 200 mln in refinancing for the Galeria Mokotów shopping centre in Warsaw.

Galeria Amber to open March 20th

POLAND Echo Investment’s Galeria Amber shopping centre in Kalisz has received an occupancy permit and is to be opened on March 20th.

Hornbach to open DIY store in Prague-Čestlice

CZECH REPUBLIC Hornbach is planning to open a DIY store in Čestlice just south of Prague on March 19th.

Totalbud builds for Czarodzieja

POLAND Totalbud has been appointed by Todan subsidiary Czarodzieja Investments to be the general contractor of a retail centre that is being developed on ul. Czarodzieja in Warsaw’s Białołęka district.

Marywilska 44 plans retail park

07 March 2014

POLAND Mirbud subsidiary Marywilska 44 is planning to construct a retail park next to an existing covered market at ul Marywilska 44 in Warsaw.

Costa Coffee to replace Coffeeheaven

07 March 2014

POLAND CHI Polska has announced that it will rebrand its Coffeeheaven and Costa by Coffeeheaven café chains, with 21 Warsaw outlets to change their logos and interior design by June.

Three new leases in Zakopianka

06 March 2014

POLAND Leases have been signed for two more brands from the LPP Polish clothing chain as well as an outlet of Jeans Store in the Zakopianka retail park in Kraków.

Galeria Goplana back in the game

06 March 2014

POLAND MGC Inwest is to resume work on its Galeria Goplana project in Leszno, a project that was first proposed in 2007.

Apsys consults Poznań residents

06 March 2014

POLAND Apsys Polska, the project supervisor for the Łacina shopping centre in Poznań, has held a meeting with representatives of the housing associations of the Milczańska 12a, 14a and 18a buildings.

Media Markt comes to Petrozavodsk

05 March 2014

RUSSIA Media Markt has leased over 3,000 sqm in the Lotus Plaza shopping centre in Petrozavodsk.

High European retail investment levels for 2013

05 March 2014

EUROPE Last year was the strongest year for retail investment in Europe since 2007 with EUR 41.3 bln transacted, according to CBRE.