IT International Theaters announces major construction program in Poland
IT International Theaters (IT IT) of Israel plans to invest $150 million in
Poland over the next five years, according to an announcement yesterday by
its representative, Cinema City Poland. Anna Rekus, Cinema City Poland
marketing director, said, "We are planning to spend $200 million, which we
will obtain from a share issue, in Central and Eastern Europe." She went on
to explain that 75% of the total will be allocated to investments in Poland.
IT IT, which is listed on the European stock exchange Easdaq, currently owns
two multiplex cinemas in Warsaw and is completing the construction of an
IMAX theater in Krakow. Under the company's plan for the next five years, it
will construct 10 to 15 theaters and shopping centers in Poland. (Puls
Biznesu, p. 9; Prawo i Gospodarka, p. 4; Rzeczpospolita, p. B1) M.T.K.