Retail &amp; leisure

POLAND The Polish retail market is to grow by 344,000 sqm of shopping centre space this year, which compares to 333,000 sqm completed lawt year, according to figures from JLL.

PLN 2 mln renovation for Czyżyny

20 November 2017

POLAND The final stage of the modernisation programme of the Czyżyny shopping centre at ul. Medweckiego 2 in Kraków was completed in October as part of a PLN 2 mln renovation programme.

EUR 2bln upgrade programme

20 November 2017

Anna Pakulniewicz

RUSSIA Ikea Centres Russia, the largest mall operator in the country, is planning to upgrade the catering facilities in its malls as part of a EUR 2 bln renovation programme across the country.

Silesia refurbishes food court

POLAND ECE and Allianz have opened a modernised food court of the Silesia City Center shopping center in Katowice.

Discount in Renoma

POLAND In December a discount store of Biedronka grocer chain will be opened in Wroclaw's Renoma Department Store.

Morski to expand next year

POLAND The Morski Park Handlowy retail park on ul. Przywidzka in Gdańsk is to expand by 16,500 sqm to 41,000 sqm of retail space with the opening of the new space planned for Q4 2018.

Serenada opens up in Kraków

POLAND The Serenada shopping centre on ul. Bora Komorowskiego in Kraków has opened in an investment of EUR 140 mln.

TK Maxx takes 1,900 sqm in Gemini Park Tychy

16 November 2017

POLAND TK Maxx has become the latest tenant of Gemini Park in Tychy, which is scheduled to open next spring.

Cinema in Arkady

POLAND An OH Kino multiplex has opened in the Arkady Wrocławskie shopping centre in Wrocław.

Bricomarché to replace Castorama

POLAND A Bricomarché home improvement supermarket is to open in early March 2018 on ul. Górecka in Poznań, on what was formerly the location of a Castorama store.

Three thousand metres for Carrefour

POLAND Carrefour has opened a new hypermarket in Focus Mall in Piotrków Trybunalski.

First Vive Profit in Pomerania

POLAND A new large-format Vive Profit store has opened in the City Meble furnishings centre in Gdańsk.

Poles on the Sunday trading ban

POLAND According to a survey by Kantar TNS, 76 pct of Poles want Sundays to be a work free day, but without a full trading ban for shops.

Apsys makes room for Carrefour

Aneta Cichla

POLAND Apsys Polska has completed the redevelopment of Focus Mall in Piotrków Trybunalski with a new area for the hypermarket anchor.

Action opens second store

POLAND The Action discount chain opened its second Polish store in Legnica on October 19th.

More doors in Prague

CZECH REPUBLIC Burglar-proof door producer Next has opened a store in Pankrác, near the Pražského metro station in Prague.

Immochan to expand in Satu Mare

ROMANIA Immochan is planning a 10,000 sqm extension to its shopping centre in Satu Mare.

CityFit in Białystok and Wrocław

14 November 2017

Aneta Cichla

POLAND The CityFit chain has opened two new fitness clubs in Białystok and Wrocław. Further gyms are to be opened in Chorzów, Kraków and Warsaw.

Merks and Mitnija work on Acropolis

14 November 2017

Anna Pakulniewicz

LATVIA Merko Ehitus subsidiary Merks and Mitnija are building the Akropole shopping centre in Riga in a contract worth EUR 100.2 mln with completion scheduled for January 2019.