Galeria Echo has joined the ‘Blue for Autism’ campaign of the SYNAPSIS foundation again. The blue illumination is a gesture of solidarity with the people who suffer from this illness.

“More than 100 buildings all over Poland, including Galeria Echo in Kielce, will be illuminated in blue on April 1st and 2nd as part of an initiative of 11 companies and funds which operate on the Polish real estate market (CBRE, Colliers International, Cushman & Wakefield, Echo Investment, NAI Estate Fellows, Heitman, JLL, Knight Frank, Kulczyk Silverstein Properties, REINO Partners and Savills),” says Ewa Andrzejewska, editor-in-chief of the Eurobuild CEE magazine which is the media patron of the campaign. The blue illuminations will be displayed all over Poland. The buildings which are to be illuminated in Warsaw are: Warsaw Trade Tower, Złote Tarasy as well as the Palace of Culture and Science and the Office of the Ombudsman for Children. The buildings in Kraków are: Galeria Bronowice, Galeria Kazimierz and a building at ul. Kapelanki 42B. A map of illuminations is available at www.synapsis.org.pl/pomoc/ Galeria Echo is one of the largest shopping and entertainment facilities in Poland in terms of the number of shops. Its gross area amounts to 159,000 sqm, of which 70,000 sqm is leasable. Apart from over 250 shops and retail outlets its customers can also enjoy an extensive entertainment area including a 12-track bowling alley and the biggest fitness centre in the region, as well as a Helios multi-screen cinema. A huge fun room with an area of 300 sqm has been prepared for the young ones. Its multi-storey car park for 2,300 cars is a showpiece of the facility. It features a system of directing cars to empty spaces 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. Detan sp. z o.o. / OPEN Architekci / and Echo Investment"s team of architects. www.galeriaecho.pl