Business returns to the big cities – Banker

After the expansion of shopping centers in smaller cities, developers once again look at the biggest and wealthiest.

 

 

 

Last year, arrived in Poland 475 thousand. sqm. the surface on which you can shop. That’s 24 new centers and retail parks and nine complex. 2015. Developers have planned larger market with nearly 600 thousand. sqm. Most traffic can be seen in cities with less than 100 thousand. residents, where per 1 sq. residents, on average, 406 sqm. retail space. For the year rate will increase to 460 thousand. sqm. – According to analysis of the Polish Council of Shopping Centers (PRCH).

 
 

– In recent years, developers were focused on smaller cities. Currently, the largest concentration of retail space, up to 824 sqm., Can be seen in the cities the size of 100-200 thousand. residents. In these cities there is no room for more than one or two objects. Therefore, developers are returning to the metropolis, which indeed have a high penetration rate, but they are usually the most wealthy, and their shopping centers already congeal – says Jan Jakub Zombirt, an analyst at JLL.

 

The average density in the eight largest cities is 581 sqm. for 1 thousand. people. By the end of the year is expected to grow to 618 sqm. Paradoxically, most retail space is created in Poznań and Wrocław, which already has the most shopping malls.

 

 

 

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