Following a decision of an international jury Galeria Echo in Kielce, developed by Echo Investment, received a nomination in the ‘Best Enlarged Retail Development’ category of the prestigious MAPIC Awards competition. The winner is to be revealed on November 17, 2011 during MAPIC, the biggest commercial property fair, which takes place in Cannes, France.

There have been several dozen projects entered for this year’s MAPIC AWARDS competition. Galeria Echo received a nomination in the ‘Best Enlarged Retail Development’ category and joined the best retail projects in the world.

In this edition of MAPIC AWARDS Galeria Echo is the only Polish project to receive a nomination for this prestigious award in any category.

Apart from Galeria Echo the contenders for the title of the ‘Best Enlarged Retail Development’ include such exceptional projects as: Milano City Center in Milan and The Style Outlets in Zweibrücken, Germany.

MAPIC is one of the biggest and most important commercial property fairs in the world. Over 1,000 exhibitors take part in the event, including among others: developers, architects, representatives of big retail chains, global brands, cinema chains and real estate agencies. In total MAPIC 2011 will be visited by approx. 8,000 participants from 67 countries.

More information about the fair is available at: www.mapic.com

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Galeria Echo is the biggest shopping and entertainment facility in Poland in terms of the number of stores and service outlets. The gross area of the facility amounts to 159,000 sqm, out of which 70,000 sqm is a leasable area. Apart from shops and retail outlets customers can enjoy a 12-track bowling alley and the biggest fitness centre in the region, among other things. A huge fun room with an area of 300 sqm has been prepared for the youngest ones.

The facility also includes Dekorada – the biggest centre of furnishing and interior design in the region, located on the top floor of Galeria Echo and offering an area of 5,000 sqm.

The multi-storey car park for 2,300 cars is another showpiece of the facility. There has been a system of directing cars to empty spaces used in the car park as well as a special function of reminding a customer about the location of their parked car.

The design of Galeria Echo’s extension was created in the Detan architectural studio of Kielce whereas the design of the facade and the interior was executed by Warsaw’s architectural studio Open Architekci.

More information is available at www.galeriaecho.pl