DTZ appointed to provide property management services for 5 retail properties in Poland

At the beginning of May, DTZ was appointed by Macquarie Capital Funds (Europe) Limited to provide property and asset management services for 5 retail properties in Poland which exceed a total area of 300,000 sq m. After taking over the new portfolio on 1 July, DTZ is now the largest independent property management firm in Poland with 33 properties under management, of which 16 are shopping centers, with a total managed space surpassing 1.5 million sq m.

The shopping centers are dispersed throughout Poland and are located in the following cities; Szczecin, Wroclaw, Katowice, Gliwice and Kraków. All of them represent modern retail space, attractive from both tenants’ and clients’ point of view. All are characterised by convenient access by both by public transportation and private cars.

Centrum Handlowe Turzyn in Szczecin, opened in 2001, is a dual shopping gallery with 2 levels of covered car parking comprising 810 parking places. Among the anchors is Carrefour accompanied by 81 stores of a total space of almost 27,000 sq m.

Centrum Handlowe Borek in Wroclaw was opened in October 1999 and is a single level shopping gallery with a small mezzanine area and large car park with 1,223 parking places. Apart from Carrefour, there are 75 stores of a total leasable space exceeding 32,000 sq m.

Centrum Handlowe Dabrówka in Katowice was also opened in October 1999 and is a single level shopping gallery with a large car park for 1,040 cars. The total leasable space exceeds 23,000 sq m and again Carrefour is the anchor, accompanied by 23 smaller stores.

Centrum Handlowe Arena in Gliwice was opened in September 2006 and is a single level shopping gallery with a large car park for 1,350 cars. The total leasable space of 25,000 sq m comprises a Carrefour hypermarket and 76 stores.