Less than a month after the announcement of the decision to build the recreation-shopping centre in Piotrków Trybunalski, the representatives of Echo Investment S.A. and the Centrum Filmowe HELIOS S.A. [HELIOS Film Centre] signed a letter of intent regarding cooperation in the planed investment. A modern multiplex, which will be operated by HELIOS, will offer a 1200 seat 5-movie theater complex to film art lovers equipped with the latest generation cinema technology (including among others, DDigital system, Kinoton projector, Harkness pearl screen).
RECREATION - SHOPPING CENTRE IN PIOTRKóW TRYBUNALSKI – a modern, multifunctional investment, which is currently being build by ul. Generała Sikorskiego - the city’s main street , in place of the presently operating Echo Shopping Centre. The planned total surface area will cover approx. 80.000 sq. m., approx 37.000 sq. m. of GLA. The program of the centre includes 120 stores, multiplexes, recreational and food areas, and a parking 1200 car parking lot. The strategic location near the A1 highway predestines the investment for the role of a regional centre. The catchment area of the new centre amounts to a population of approx. 300.000 inhabitants (living within a 30 minute driving distance range) including, apart from Piotrków Trybunalski, among others such cities as Tomaszów Mazowiecki and Bełchatów.
The commencement of the project is planned for the year 2007, and its completion for the year 2009.
HELIOS FILM CENTRE S.A. – one of the largest chains of modern cinemas in Poland. The company operates since 1993, and is the administrator of buildings in Łódź, Wrocław, Kalisz, Katowice, Konin, Olsztyn, Piotrków, Radom, Rzeczów, Sosnowiec, Szczecin and Wrocławek. HELIOS will also operate the 7-theater cinemaplex planned as part of the recreataion - shopping centre in Słupsk constructed by Echo Investment.