DIY retailer Leroy Merlin has leased two retail spaces in Bucharest with a combined area of 21,000 sqm from the Supernova Group, in a deal brokered by Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.
The retail market in Romania is set to expand by more than 500,000 sqm in the next four years, with 10 of the projects in the pipeline each having more than 10,000 sqm, according to Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.
Around 100,000 sqm of new retail spaces should be completed during 2022 in Romania, of which more than 80% are located in retail parks, according to a report by real estate consultancy Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.
Around 120,000 sqm in new and extensions of existing retail projects are under development in Romania with delivery estimated by the end of 2022, according to a report by real estate consultancy Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.
Hillwood Polska has relocated its office to Warsaw's Plac Małachowskiego office building. The company will occupy space on the fifth floor of the building.
Primark is opening its seventh shop in Poland. Another outlet of the chain will be opened in the Zielone Arkady shopping centre in Bydgoszcz. The store will occupy a total retail space of 3,200 sqm on two floors.
GTC in collaboration with The Shire Beyond Coworking, is isopening a new coworking space in Korona Office Complex in Kraków.
New appointments
Bartłomiej Polnik has joined Savills as Associate Director, Senior Project & Development Manager PRS & Living Sectors in the PBC department.
Stage Capital has announced the appointment of Jacek Kołodziejski as Country Director in Poland. His role is to manage Stage Capital's retail property portfolio in Poland and to guide the growth of its value through expansion of existing facilities and acquisitions with growth potential.
Tomasz Waligórski will take over as General Manager of the Carrefour chain in Poland from 1 November. In this function, he will replace the previous, long-standing director of the Polish branch, Tareck Ouaibi.
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