Retail &amp; leisure

Brest needs implant – of capital

Tomasz Cudowski
editor-in-chief

BELARUS The Ministry of Economy has put up for sale two existing shopping centres in Brest.

Biedronka and Jysk in Tarnovia

Opr./edited by AKL

POLAND Biedronka is the new grocery anchor of Galeria Tarnovia in Tarnów. Cream Property Advisors has also secured Jysk as a tenant of the centre, adding a home and garden store to its tenant mix.

Satisfying year for Gemini Park Tychy

Opr./edited by AKL

POLAND Gemini Park Tychy, the largest shopping centre in the Silesian town, gained eleven new tenants last year, which together leased 4,500 sqm gla.

Carrefour to take on Tesco in Magnolia

POLAND The Polish competition authorities (UOKiK) have received an application from Carrefour Polska for the approval of the takeover of the Tesco store in the Magnolia centre at ul. Legnicka 58 in Wrocław.

Blåkläder enters Poland

POLAND Blåkläder has opened its first Polish store over an area of 300 sqm at ul. Kolneńska 4 in Warsaw and sells work clothing and overalls. Poland is the 16th country the brand has entered.

Footfall up in Blue City

POLAND A Helios cinema, a Tepfactor sports and entertainment park, seven new stores (including the city’s first Eurospar supermarket, replacing Piotr i Paweł), and eight new food & beverage operators opened in the Blue City shopping centre in Warsaw in 2019.

New flavours in an old fort

21 January 2020

POLAND A new restaurant, Forty, has opened in Fort Mokotów in Warsaw.

Kontigo to open in Gemini centres

21 January 2020

POLAND Kontigo cosmetics stores are to open in all three Gemini shopping centres in Poland.

Rafał Ostrowski
journalist

Primark to open second Polish store

21 January 2020

POLAND Irish fashion retailer Primark has signed a lease to open a store in Poznań, which is to be the chain’s second opening in Poland.

Agora Bytom rings in the changes

20 January 2020

POLAND The Agora Bytom shopping centre in Silesia gained ten new tenants in 2019, which have occupied a total area of 1,600 sqm.

Rafał Ostrowski
journalist

Polish retail moves towards convenience

20 January 2020

POLAND A total of 210,000 sqm in retail parks and stand-alone large stores were completed in Poland in 2019, according to JLL – up by 29 pct y-o-y.

Vis à Vis with Lidl

POLAND A 2,000 sqm Lidl supermarket is to open in the Vis à Vis Łódź shopping arcade in H2.

Medicine now available in Plaza

POLAND A 570 sqm Medicine clothes store has opened in the Plaza shopping centre in Poznań, which is owned by the Klépierre group.

Konsimo to open in Gemini Park Bielsko-Biała

POLAND A Konsimo discount furniture and home furnishings store is to open in Gemini Park Bielsko-Biała.

Taxing times for big retailers

POLAND A retail sales tax came into force from January 1st. The act introducing the tax was first passed in July 2016 but was suspended when the European Union investigated its legality.

EDS Park Debrzno opens

Alex Hayes
journalist

POLAND EDS Retail Park and Higasa Properties have opened an EDS retail park in Debrzno on the southern border of the Pomeranian province.

Tomasz Cudowski
editor-in-chief

Estrada replaced by shopping

16 January 2020

POLAND Panova has completed the construction of the Estrada retail park in Zielona Góra.

Strong results for VRG

15 January 2020

POLAND The consolidated sales revenues of VRG came to around PLN 156.3 mln in December around 5.6-pct higher than in December 2018.

Franke comes to HomePark

15 January 2020

Alex Hayes
journalist

POLAND Kitchen equipment retailer Franke has leased 292 sqm in HomePark Janki owned by Pradera European Retail Parks.