Retail &amp; leisure

Tomasz Szpyt-Grzegórski

POLAND Małpka Express is expanding its chain of stores to the eastern regions of Poland.

Maxi Zoo to open in Vendo Park

POLAND A Maxi Zoo store is to be opened in the Vendo Park retail centre which is being developed in Milanówek.

Decathlon leases 5,200 sqm in Columbus

RUSSIA Sports goods retailer Decathlon has leased 5,200 sqm of retail space in the Columbus shopping centre on Varshavskoye Shosse in Moscow.

H&M opens in Ostrołęka

Nathan North
managing editor (English section)

POLAND Swedish fashion retailer H&M is to open a 1,530 sqm outlet in the Galeria Bursztynowa shopping centre in Ostrołęka.

Two rebranded DIY stores set to reopen

ROMANIA Kingfisher is to reopen two Brico Market DIY stores in Bucharest on March 14th, with one in the Carrefour Orhideea retail park and the other in the city’s Pantelimon district, local media reports.

Prospect’s good for LPP

UKRAINE Polish retail group LPP has leased 3,000 sqm for five of its shops in the Prospect shopping centre in Kyiv.

Bricomarché under construction in Międzyrzecz

POLAND Les Mousquetaires will this month be opening a 1,650 sqm Bricomarché DIY store on ul. Sienkiewicza in Międzyrzecz.

Biedronka expands

28 February 2014

POLAND This year Jerónimo Martins Polska, the owner of the Biedronka grocery chain, is planning to open app. 300 new stores with the majority to open in large cities in an investment of PLN 2.1 bln.

Vis à Vis under construction in Kielce

27 February 2014

POLAND Athletic Management sp. z.o.o. Nieruchomości 3 SKA is the investor behind the Vis à Vis shopping centre in Kielce.

Tenth Dyskont Czerwona Torebka store to open

27 February 2014

POLAND A Dyskont Czerwona Torebka grocery store is to be opened on ul. Rzemieślnicza in Oleśnica. After the opening the chain will number ten outlets across the country.

Monpasie to open in Q2

27 February 2014

RUSSIA Developer Stroitelnoye Upravlenye-1 [Строительное Управление-1] is planning to open the Monpasie [Монпансье] shopping centre in the western part of Primorsky district in St Petersburg in the second quarter of this year.

Turawa Park awards tenants

26 February 2014

POLAND The Turawa Park shopping centre in Opole, which is managed by Colliers International, has presented awards to the tenants with the highest recorded turnover as well as those that have actively participated in marketing campaigns.

Praktiker Romania sold

26 February 2014

ROMANIA Praktiker’s operations in Romania have been sold to building materials supplier Search Chemicals, which is controlled by Turkish businessman Ömer Süsli, according to local media reports.

Rossmann joins outlet centres in Lublin and Białystok

Tomasz Szpyt-Grzegórski

POLAND The Rossmann drugstore chain is to open stores in Outlet Center Lublin and Outlet Center Białystok.

DTZ to lease Galeria Metropolia

Tomasz Szpyt-Grzegórski

POLAND DTZ has been appointed the exclusive leasing agent for the Galeria Metropolia shopping centre, which is being developed in Gdańsk’s Wrzeszcz district.

C&A enters Gliwice

POLAND C&A is to open its first store in Gliwice in the Forum shopping centre in the autumn. A 914 sqm outlet will be situated on the ground floor of the mall.

Two malls, three leases

POLAND Carrefour Polska has secured the signing of three leases for two of its malls

70,000 sqm mall to be built in Odintsovo

RUSSIA A 70,000 sqm shopping centre shopping centre offering 39,000 sqm of leasable space is to be developed in the town of Odintsovo, app. 30 km from the centre of the Russian capital.

EUR 72 mln oceanarium to be built in St Petersburg

RUSSIA Optima is planning to develop a EUR 72 mln oceanarium in St Petersburg’s Frunzenskiy district.