Retail &amp; leisure

Union Investment takes over Magnolia

Rafał Ostrowski
journalist

POLAND Blackstone is selling the Magnolia Park shopping centre to Union Investment Real Estate for an undisclosed price and Union Investment has applied for the approval of the Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection [UOKiK] for the deal.

Synthica to help manage lease contracts

POLAND Law firm Causa Finita is marketing its new Synthica app for lease contract management.

Dancing on over 800 sqm

POLAND An Egurrola Dance Studio opened in the Sky Tower building in Wrocław on September 10th with a lease of 883 sqm.

From China to Poland

POLAND The first Blue Frog restaurant is to be opened on October 18th together with the Wroclavia shopping centre in Wrocłąw.

Reserved debuts in London

POLAND/UK Polish fashion retailer LPP has opened its first Reserved store in London.

Galeria Północna now open

POLAND Opened on September 14th, Galeria Północna had investment costs of PLN 800 mln and is the first such large retail centre to be built in Warsaw over the last ten years.

Janki extension almost fully taken

POLAND Cromwell Property Group has preleased 80 pct of the space at its Janki shopping centre extension.

Śrem to gain retail park

POLAND Scallier has been commissioned by the Koncept WS to construct a 4,000 sqm retail park at the junction of ul. Zamenhofa and ul. Przemysłowa in Śrem in the province of Wielkopolska.

Egurrola dances in Galeria Kazimierz

POLAND Celebrity Polish choreographer Augstin Egurrola is opening an Egurrola Dance Studio in the Galeria Kazimierz shopping centre in Kraków. It is to be the first such dance school in the city and will have an area of 950 sqm.

Vistula and Bytom to merge

POLAND Vistula and Bytom, both of which specialise in men’s tailoring have applied to the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection [UOKiK] for approval of their merger.

Auchan becomes Galeria

POLAND The Auchan Łomianki shopping centre is being rebranded as Galeria Łomianki with the name change to take effect from September 21st.

CCC in SCC

POLAND A CCC store has been opened in the Silesia City Center mall in Katowice. CCC in Silesia City Center is the brand’s fifth store in Katowice.

Baron de Makaron takes care of the kids

RUSSIA Baron de Makaron has opened its first restaurant in the Szczuka shopping centre in Moscow with a lease of 320 sqm.

Wider menu in Gryf

POLAND A new restaurant area has opened in the Galeria Gryf shopping centre in Szczecin.

Green light for Dekada Nysa

POLAND On August 9th 2017 the period for objections elapsed and the local zoning plan passed by the Town Council in Nysa at the beginning of July 2017 came into effect.

More Rossmann in Atuts

Eurobuild CEE

POLAND The Rossmann drug store chain of chemist shops is to open two new stores in the Atut Ruczaj and Atut Bielany shopping centres in Kraków.

McFit to open free 50,000 sqm gym

GERMANY The McFit chain of fitness clubs is to open The Mirai, a 50,000 sqm fitness complex in Oberhausen, by the end of 2019.

Baltona flies into Wrocław

12 September 2017

Eurobuild CEE

POLAND Baltona is to lease 800 sqm of retail space at Wrocław’s Copernicus Airport.

Top Secret up, TXM down, Troll online

12 September 2017

POLAND Redan, the owner of the Top Secret, Drywash and Troll clothing stores as well as the TXM discount brand, has expressed satisfaction with its latest results for the fashion segment, despite generating some losses.

Manhattan set to be transformed

12 September 2017