Echo gets green light for Poland's Galeria Sudecka

Developer Echo Investment has obtained a building permit for the construction of the Galeria Sudecka mall in the Lower Silesia region of Poland.

'The receipt of the building permit is very good news,' said Marcin Materny, director of the Shopping Centre Department of Echo Investment.

Construction work is due to start in May this year while the project is scheduled for completion in the spring of 2014.

The company has already signed leasing contracts with Real for a 12,000 m2 hypermarket, while Helios will operate the seven-screen cinema.

Galeria Sudecka is located in the Zabobrze district, in the north-eastern part of Jelenia Góra. The scheme will be built as an extension to the Echo shopping centre on Jana Paw³a II Avenue, which has been operating for 12 years.

Galeria Sudecka will be the first shopping and entertainment centre in the Jelenia Góra region. It will offer a total area of 53,000 m2 over 100 shops, restaurants and service outlets, as well as 1,200 parking spaces.