Millenium Hall partnership signed

Conres and FHU Bogi have selected Zeman HDF as the new general contractor for the Millenium Hall complex in Rzeszów. It has also signed a franchise agreement for the development of Poland's first Hilton Garden Inn hotel and conference center within the complex. Millenium Hall was designed by the Kraków based Studio Archi5 team and is scheduled for completion by the end of 2008.

The zł.400 billion complex will offer 135,000 sqm of total area for a range of retail, entertainment, cultural, hotel, conference and catering services. Some 62,000 sqm of floor area will be devoted to retail activity, made up of 180 stores. DTZ has already leased over 80 percent of the retail area to anchor tenants such as Bomi, C&A, Reserved, Smyk and various franchises of the Ultimate Fashion group, including Mango, Mexx, Esprit and Spring. The Inditex group will also be present with Zara, Bershka, Pull&Bear, Stradivarius and Oysho stores.

Over 17,000 sqm on the third floor is earmarked for dining and recreational activities, including the first Papa John's pizzeria in Poland and 24 other restaurants. There will be a 2,100-sqm Fantasy Park entertainment center featuring an arcade, bowling lanes, billiard tables, a dance school and a dance club/bar. It will also host a 2,100-sqm Gymnasion fitness club and a hi-tech auditorium.

The Hilton Garden Hotel will be the city's first internationally-branded hotel, offering 101 rooms and five conference halls. Colliers, which represented FHU Bogi in the negotiations for the hotel franchise agreement, will manage the hotel for the duration of the investment period and the first 14 months of operation.

"Thanks to the magnitude of the investment and the international standard of its offer and services, the Millenium Hall cultural-shopping center, along with the Hilton Garden Inn Rzeszów, has a chance to become the city's landmark and the key venue visited in the region," said Bogdan Pawłowski, president of Conres.

Zerman HDF, with experience on construction projects like Warsaw's Złote Tarasy and Poznań's Stary Browar, will supervise ongoing construction on the complex. The shell and core phase is scheduled for completion in the second quarter of next year. Tenants of the complex will begin fit-out work at the beginning of the third quarter.