Lublin's new Gala

Lublin's new shopping-center development, Galeria Gala, will be the first home and interior-design shopping complex in the region. The new investment will be built by Gala SA, on the site of the existing Gala Hall, which is located on ul. Fabryczna in Lublin.

"We want our clients to be able to buy all the materials needed to build a house," said Paweł Kępski, managing director of Gala SA. "A survey conducted in similar malls in Warsaw tells us that many residents in the Lublin region travel to Poland's capital on the weekends to buy all the necessary materials for their construction work. Soon, all that will be available in Gala."

The complex will offer building materials, building chemicals, finishing materials, as well as RTV and AGD equipment.

Designed by the Lublin-based architects Bieńkowski, Lis, Mierzwa, the new development will cover 68,000 sqm. The first part of Gala is planned to open in the second quarter of 2007 with 33,500 sqm of total space, including 50 shops, four restaurants and parking for 350 cars. The cost of this part of the investment has been estimated at around zł.44 million.

Kępski also added that Gala will be constructed and managed according to the most popular European trends. The Alexandrium Center and Villa Arena in Holland and Ikea's new development in Targówek were mentioned by investors as inspirations for the Gala complex.

The development will be built by Budimex Dromex and is expected to be completed in 2010.