Kakadu, the Polish nationwide pet shop chain, is to open one of its shops in the biggest outlet centre in the West Pomeranian region, which is being developed by Echo Investment.

The shop of the Kakadu chain will occupy an area of over 300 sqm in Outlet Park Szczecin and will be located in the regular part of the facility.Kakadu offers over 52,000 articles for dogs, cats, rodents and birds. Its goods include food, care products, health products, bedding and toys. Kakadu shops operate in nearly 40 Polish shopping centres. The company also runs an Internet shop. ***
Outlet Park Szczecin is being developed in Szczecin"s Prawobrzeże, at the site of an operating shopping centre located on Struga Street, which is owned by Echo Investment. The financing of the project has been secured through a contract with PKO BP. Commercialization of the facility is nearing the end; 95 pct of its area has already been leased. Negotiations concerning a few remaining vacant outlets are pending. The facility will include shops of brands such as: Nike, Puma, Reebok, Adidas, Reserved, Bytom, Kari, Lee Wrangler, Wittchen, Kazar, Vero Moda, Jack Jones, Via Roma, Cross Jeans, Atlantic, Lavard, Ecco, Big Star, 4F, Ochnik, Mc Arthur, Hot Oil, Wójcik, Lancerto, Gabor, Puere, Milano Shoes, VIP Collection, Willsoor, Lee Cooper, Cropp, House and Coccodrillo. The commercialization is being carried out in cooperation with CBRE. The development of Outlet Park Szczecin is divided into two stages. The construction work started in June 2011. Its general contractor is Polimex-Mostostal SA.  The first stage, which is already in progress, involves the construction of a shopping arcade offering over 70 retail outlets, a 7-screen Helios cinema, a "Piotr i Paweł" supermarket and Smyk Mega Store. Its completion is planned for Q4 2012. Work connected with the second stage, which is to comprise approx. 60 shops, is to start a year after the opening of the first one at the earliest. The gross leasable area of Outlet Park Szczecin amounts to 24,000 sqm while its total area equals 30,200 sqm. Customers will have 1,400 parking spaces at their disposal. The detailed design of the facade was created in the Open Architekci architectural studio, the detailed design of the interior was developed by S.M.Art while STUDIO A4 of Szczecin created and coordinated the detailed design of the facility. www.outletpark.eu