The popular Burger King chain returns to Kielce, to Galeria Echo precisely. Its outlet with an area of nearly 100 sqm will be opened in autumn this year.

“Acquiring Burger King is an example of our activities aimed at continuous improvement of the offer of our shopping centres. The outlet will be located in the food court and its opening is planned for the end of September and early October. The food court in Galeria Echo has recently been considerably modernized and customers have an opportunity to try various cuisines, from traditional Polish dishes to food from various parts of the world,” says Marcin Szlufik, leasing manager in Echo Investment"s Shopping Centre Department. Burger King was founded in 1954 and it is the second largest fast food chain in the world. Burger King – Home of the Whopper operates in app. 15,000 locations and it serves over 11 million customers per day in almost 100 countries. Nearly 100% Burger King restaurants are owned by independent franchisees, lots of whom have been operating family businesses for dozens of years. Because of its very ambitious development plans in south-eastern Europe (Romania, Greece, Italy and Poland) the Burger King Polska S.A. company was established at the end of 2014 and it is responsible for the development of the chain in Poland. The company"s tasks include strengthening the presence of the Burger King brand in our country and speeding up its expansion, which was carried out by two franchisees i.e. Amrest and Autogrill until now. Galeria Echo is one of the largest shopping and entertainment facilities in Poland in terms of the number of shops. Its total area amounts to 159,000 sqm, 70,000 sqm of which is earmarked for lease. Apart from 300 shops and retail outlets its customers can also enjoy an extensive entertainment zone including a 12-track bowling alley and the biggest fitness centre in the region as well as a multi-screen Helios 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 the showpiece of the facility. There has been a system of directing cars to empty spaces used in the car park 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 / Echo Investment"s team of architects. www.galeriaecho.pl