Echo to carry out shopping mall in Katowice

Property developer Echo Investment will construct a shopping mall in Katowice, the draft name is Galera Echo Katowice, but the final one will be revealed within a few days. Update: it's named Galeria Libero. The building will offer 42,000 sqm of GLA, including a cinema and squash and badminton courts. It should be noted that Echo Investment has launched a competition to design a square within the retail complex. "An interesting part of this project is its external square, which will be representative as well as functional. We want this place to be unique, both in terms of architecture and innovative solutions. Therefore, we announced a competition for the design of such a space," Jarosław Czapski, Architect at Echo Investment Shopping Centers Division said. The has developer invited three firms: MOFO, RS+, and jrk72. Construction work on the scheme is to begin in mid-2016, delivery has been scheduled for 2018.