Echo Investment has acquired a building permit for the extension of Galaxy – the largest shopping and entertainment centre in West Pomerania.

“The construction of the project has already started, the rearrangement of the water and sewage network is currently in progress. We will choose the contractor of the shell stage until the end of April. Tender procedures concerning the rest of the work are in progress,” says Jacek Bugajski, project manager in Echo Investment"s Shopping Centre Department. “Galaxy is the largest and the most popular shopping and entertainment centre in the region. The facility has been awarded on numerous occasions and it has been the leader of favourite shopping mall rankings for many years. After 12 years of successful operations we are opening a completely new stage. Extending the facility to a leasable area of nearly 60,000 sqm will allow us to distance ourselves from our competition. Our most distinguishing features now include an Auchan hypermarket, an extensive retail offer and the broadly understood entertainment section. A multi-screen cinema in Galaxy is the only modern multiplex in left-bank Szczecin while the MK Bowling club is the only bowling club in this part of the city. The entirety will be complemented by a rich gastronomic offer, which will gain new restaurants following its extension and while the entertainment section will gain a large, modern fitness club. Galaxy is excellent nowadays but I am sure that the new one will be even better,” says Marek Gładki, director of Commercialization and Marketing Team at Echo Investment"s Shopping Centre Department. An architectural design created by the Open Architekci architectural team is worth noting. The new section of Galaxy is a comfortable interior covered by a glass dome, it is full of natural light, space and air and designed as an impressive atrium with a central square. Large two-storey units of popular fashion brands are designed around the square, the unquestionable asset of which will be 10-metre shop windows that will distinguish the project from others. After the completion of the extension work the Galaxy centre will have a retail area of nearly 60,000 sqm. The offer will be extended to 200 shops. Customers will be able to use a total of 1,500 spaces. The investor has already signed leases with some of key tenants, 55 pct of the new area has already been leased. The entertainment offer has been extended among other things – a Fabryka Formy fitness club will be located on the top floor. The project will also involve exchanging the entire facade of the current Galaxy building. www.galaxy-centrum.pl