Carman stoked up to launch a network of auto maintenance shops in Poznan

American investment fund Innova Capital plans to invest up to zl.250 million in the Carman network of auto maintenance shops in Poznan. Currently the Americans are looking for suitable locations. Innova has already applied to the city authorities for lease of land and if granted will build the first outlet in spring 2001. A total of five or six shops, to be designed by Poznan architects and located in different parts of town, is planned. The company would also like to locate them near big supermarkets like Makro Cash and Carry or Hit. "It is important to us that our shops are accessible to as large a number of clients as possible," said Boguslaw Pawlak of Arkadia real estate agency, Carman's representative in Poznan. The company already owns several car maintenance shops in Poland, and is going to build 12 facilities throughout the country next year, and expects in the next 2-3 years to open 150-200 shops. (Puls Biznesu, p.15)