Martes Sport, a manufacturer and importer of sports clothing and accessories of renowned brands, is to open a Hi-tec shop with an area of 150 sqm in Outlet Park Szczecin.

Martes Sport has so far opened 40 salons and is one of the most dynamically developing sports shop chains in Poland. The brand offers a wide range of sports equipment as well as skiing and outdoor accessories (clothing, hiking footwear, backpacks, tents and sleeping bags). In Outlet Park Szczecin the company will open a shop under the Hi-tec brand, which will have an area of 150 sqm. “Martes Sport will be opening its shops in outlet projects under the Hi-tec name. Its Hi-tec shop in Outlet Park Szczecin will offer such brands as: Martes, Arena, Colmar, Hi-tec, Iguana and Magnum. All of them will be available at very attractive, reduced prices,” says Tomasz Domoń, senior leasing manager at Echo Investment. The opening of Outlet Park Szczecin will take place on 7th November at 4:00 p.m. Shopping for brand clothing at attractive prices, even 70 pct lower than regular ones, will be accompanied by on stage music and award competitions. ***
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.