Liebrecht & Wood opens EUR 60m Polish retail project

Belgian property developer Liebrecht & Wood has announced the opening of Morski Park Handlowy, the first Polish project combining an outlet centre with a traditional retail park. Located in Gdansk, the complex represents an investment of EUR 60 mln. Phase II is planned to open at the end of 2012.

Morski Park Handlowy consists of three independent facilities with hypermarkets, a shopping arcade, restaurants and cafes as well as some office space. The scheme offers 86,000 m² of retail space.

Phase one, which opened this week, includes a 11,000-m² OBI store and a 8,000-m² Carrefour hypermarket, a shopping arcade, numerous fashion boutiques, services outlets, 1,600 m² of office space and 962 car parking spaces. The scheme also comprises Fashion House Outlet Centre, a retail outlet with 120 stores which opened in 2005.

The outlet and retail park formula was first implemented by Liebrecht & Wood in the Romanian capital, Bucharest. 'We have decided to supplement the existing outlet formula with a traditional retail park. Now it is not only branded clothes and footwear but also a grocery hypermarket, house and garden products and many more that will be available in one place,' said Patrick Van Den Bossche, managing director.

Phase two will encompass big-box spaces including a 17,000-m² Agata Meble, a petrol station, a car wash and a drive-thru restaurant. It is planned to commence in spring 2012.

Also in Poland, logistics developer Panattoni announced that it is expanding its Park £ódŸ East with a further 12,300 m² for its new tenants JAS FBG and International Forwarding Agroland-Cargo. At present, the park comprises three buildings with total space of 92,200 m².