Retail &amp; leisure

Anna Pakulniewicz

POLAND Sundays for many of Poland’s shoppers are a time for the whole family to browse the various fashion and furniture stores in shopping centres – but without actually spending money in them, treating them as showrooms. The main turnover in Poland’s shops is achieved from Monday to Saturday and therefore the impact on tenants’ turnover might not be as serious as was thought, according to Balmain Asset Management and BSC in a statement on the retail market in Poland.

Neinver improves Kraków complex

POLAND A food court has been opened and the interiors have been renovated in the Factory outlet centre and Futura retail park in Kraków, which together form a shopping complex managed by Neinver.

CCC in 3 Stawy

POLAND CCC has opened a store in the 3 Stawy shopping centre in Katowice. POLAND, CCC, 3 Stawy, Katowice

Calypso splits in order to sell

POLAND Fitness club chain Calypso Fitness is to be divided, and as a consequence the company will be indirectly purchased by Benefit Systems.

Carry leases 1,900 sqm in Młociny

POLAND Polish fashion brand Carry has leased almost 1,900 sqm on two floors in the Galeria Młociny shopping centre in Warsaw.

Walter Herz takes on Ratuszowa 6 leasing

POLAND Walter Herz has been chosen as the leasing agent for the R6 food and cultural hall, which is to be built at ul. Ratuszowa 6 in Warsaw’s Praga district.

KiK adds four more

POLAND Discount chain KiK opened four Polish stores in February.

Galeria Rondo Wiatraczna now open

12 March 2018

POLAND The Rondo Wiatraczna mall, which was created as part of a residential complex at ul. Grochowska 207 in Warsaw's Praga-Południe district, has officially opened.

Malls prepare for ‘free’ Sundays

12 March 2018

POLAND The Sunday trading ban enters into force in March and owners of retail buildings are preparing for it. Galeria Jurajska in Częstochowa will be partially open on the Sundays covered by the ban.

Spring opening for Tychy

09 March 2018

POLAND The first shopping centre in Tychy is to open on March 21st. The construction of Gemini Park has taken almost two years.

Leisure in Białka Tatrzańska

POLAND Sun & Snow has started selling holiday apartments in an apartment project in Białka Tatrzańska. The completion of the first stage is planned for the summer of 2018.

Immochan refurbishes Auchan Bydgoszcz

POLAND The Auchan Bydgoszcz shopping centre is to be modernized. New relaxation zones, a playground for children and a room for a parent and child will be created as part of the renovation work. The restaurant zone will also be renovated.

Jurajska takes care of its looks

POLAND The directorate of Galeria Jurajska in Częstochowa is announcing subsequent projects. The work on the modernization of the main entrance has been launched in the centre.

First Carrefour supermarket in Szczecin

POLAND Carrefour Polska is to launch a supermarket in Galeria Kaskada in Szczecin at the end of April and early May 2018.

Armoury for rent

POLAND Wielka Zbrojownia (the Great Armoury) at Targ Węglowy 6 in Gdańsk offers 999.5 sqm of useable space for rent.

In Galeria Renova for longer

Rafał Ostrowski
journalist

POLAND Galeria Renova in Warsaw signed leases with brands such as: C&A, CCC, Kakadu, Kolporter and Prezent. The shop of C&A occupies an area of over 1,350 sqm on the ground floor of Galeria Renova.

No shopping on Sundays from 2020

POLAND On the night of the 10th and 11th of January 2018 the Seym adopted the Senat’s amendments to the act on restrictions on Sunday trading.

Renata Gralec: 2017 was a challenge for us

POLAND 40 leases were signed in the Stary Browar shopping centre in 2017, of which 18 concerned new tenants.

300 shops in a year

EUROPE The Pepco chain of discount shops opened nearly 300 new shops in 2017.