Retail & leisure

CCC to open in Germany

POLAND Polish footwear chain CCC is to enter the German market. The company has established a subsidiary for the country, CCC Germany, with its head office in Frankfurt.

Record Moscow shopping centre supply in Q2

RUSSIA Moscow’s shopping centre stock increased by 107,200 sqm gla in the second quarter of 2013, according to data from Jones Lang LaSalle

La Senza pulls out of Polish market

POLAND Lingerie retailer La Senza has shut down the last store in the country.

Retail & leisure

GTC shuts up shop in Suceava

ROMANIA Globe Trade Centre has closed Suceava Mall in north-eastern Romania after the withdrawal of its anchor Penny Market.

Krokus to more than double in size

POLAND Valad Europe is in advanced negotiations to set up a joint venture with Unibail-Rodamco to extend the Krokus Shopping Centre in Kraków by a further 50,000 sqm gla.

Redan records rising turnover

POLAND Clothing retail group Redan recorded a turnover of PLN 35.5 mln for June this year. This figure represents an 8 pct rise y-o-y.

Retail & leisure

Footfall up in Galeria Raj

POLAND Higher footfall was recorded in the Galeria Raj shopping centre in Dębica for the first half of the year.

Avrig squabbles with Cora

ROMANIA Real estate developer Avrig35 recently has filed a lawsuit against Cora Romania, asking for EUR 11.5 million in damages.

Work to start on Fashion House St Petersburg

RUSSIA Fashion House Group has obtained a building permit for the Fashion House Outlet Centre St Petersburg, and plans to complete construction in 2014.

Retail & leisure

Carry to expand in Gemini Park

POLAND The Carry clothing chain has extended its store in the Gemini Park Bielsko-Biała shopping centre.

KiK to number 70 stores by year-end

POLAND The KiK chain, which began operating in Poland in March last year, is planning to open a number of new stores.

More malls open across Poland

POLAND In Q1 2013, 130,000 sqm of retail space was added to the Polish market, according to the ‘Retail Market in Poland – Q2 2013’ report by Jones Lang LaSalle.

Galeria Madison improves profits

POLAND Over the first six months of this year the Galeria Madison shopping centre in Gdańsk recorded a rise in footfall and tenants’ turnover.

Piotr i Paweł to anchor Galeria Calisia

POLAND Piotr i Paweł is to operate a 1,300 sqm supermarket in the Galeria Calisia shopping centre.

Floors and doors in Franowo

POLAND Inter IKEA Centre Group Poland has signed a leasing contract with Bel-Pol for an area in the Franowo retail park in Poznań.

Retail & leisure

Elbfonds starts work on Szczecin centre

POLAND Elbfonds Development has laid the foundation stone for the Marcredo Center Szczecin shopping centre

EUR 200–300 mln mall to be built in Kyiv

UKRAINE The first phase of 140,000 sqm shopping centre Lavina Mall in Kyiv is to be delivered in 2014.

Baby Store to open in Moscow

RUSSIA Moscow-based developer Imagine Estate plans to open the Baby Store shopping centre in the capital city in the second quarter of 2014

Węgrów centre opens

Vacancy on main shopping thoroughfares only 5 pct

RUSSIA Vacant retail space on Moscow’s major shopping thoroughfares averages at only 5 pct, according to research by Jones Lang LaSalle.