A restaurant of the international KFC chain is to be opened in Galeria Amber in Kalisz, which is being developed by Echo Investment.

KFC is one of the biggest restaurant chains in the world. The company was established by Harland Sanders who features in the logo of the brand. The first bar under the name of Sanders Court & Cafe was opened in 1930 in North Corbin, Kentucky. The restaurants got their current name in 1952. The international KFC chain includes nearly 15,000 outlets, which serve nearly 12 mln customers every day. There are more than 150 of them in Poland. The area which has been leased by KFC in Galeria Amber amounts to 120 sqm. “We are very happy that a restaurant of the famous KFC chain is to be opened in Galeria Amber. It will certainly complement the gastronomic offer of this biggest shopping centre in the Kalisz – Ostrów agglomeration,” says Mirosław Ciepluch, Senior Leasing Manager in Echo Investment. ***
Galeria Amber is a four-storey shopping and entertainment centre, which is being developed in the centre of Kalisz, in the vicinity of the main bus and railway stations, at the junction of Górnośląska and Trasa Bursztynowa streets. Its leasable area amounts to 33,500 sqm. There will be an E.Leclerc hypermarket as well as 140 shops and service outlets in the facility, including cafes and restaurants. There is also a 7-screen cinema planned, the operator of which will be Helios. Customers will have approx. 1,000 parking spaces at their disposal. Customers of the centre will be able to choose from the offer of a two-storey shop of the H&M clothing chain, which has leased premises with a total area of 1,600 sqm. C&A will also move into a two-storey outlet with an area of nearly 1,700 sqm. Meanwhile New Yorker has a two-storey outlet with an area of over 1,000 sqm at its disposal. Other shops in Galeria Amber include: Reserved, Adidas, Reebok, NIKE, Puma, Lee Wrangler, RTV Euro AGD, Rossmann, Ochnik, Kazar, Harpers, VIP Collection and Via Roma.
The opening of the facility is to take place in Q3 2013. The preliminary architectural concept of Galeria Amber was developed by Bose International Planning and Architecture while Artur Jasiński i Wspólnicy Biuro Architektoniczne Sp. z o.o. and Echo Investment"s team of architects are the authors of its construction design. www.galeria-amber.com.pl