Mayland's Karolinka opens

Mayland Real Estate's new 37,000-sqm CH Karolinka, which has opened just in time for the back-to-school season, has a rich offer for sports enthusiasts. French sports equipment manufacturer Decathlon (3,600 sqm), and Slovakian sports retailer ExiSport (650 sqm) have their outlets there, as do Adidas, Reebok, Nike, Athlete's Foot and Campus.

Among apparel retailers there is New Yorker, which took 600 sqm, H&M, Cubus, Reserved and House, plus approximately 40 boutique-style outlets of brand names such as denim manufacturer Big Star, men's apparel producer Bytom, women's clothing providers Orsay, Green Point and Monnari, lingerie manufacturers Atlantic and Gatta and shoe retailers Deichmann, Bata and Ecco, among others.

CH Karolinka will also feature children's toy and apparel retailer Smyk (800 sqm) and an Empik (500 sqm). Smaller spaces were taken by jewelry retailers such as Kruk, Apart and Yes, by the 5 á Sec laundry facility, by Vision Express, and by the Douglas and Astor pharmacies. The Real grocery store is Karolinka's biggest tenant in terms of leased space. The food court will include Sfinx, McDonald's and Ice Cafe.

Big-box retailers will be located in the neighboring Karolinka Park Handlowy which is yet to open. It will include DIY retailer Leroy Merlin, electric and electronic appliances retailers Electroworld and Centrum Sony, budget furniture and home appliances outlet Jysk, other furniture retailers such as Kler and Agata Meble and smaller shops such as grocery store Piotr i Paweł and Rossmann pharmacy. Both CH Karolinka and Park Handlowy will have a total of 70,000 sqm. Mayland's other similar projects are under way in Piła, Kraków and Bielsko-Biała. The company's shopping centers in Słupsk and Dąbrowa Górnicza are expected to open this year.

"Karolinka is different from other shopping centers in Opole thanks to its kilometer-long wavy facade, which is visible from afar," said Anne Plaisance of Mayland Real Estate.