Polomarket leases 40,000-sqm BTS warehouse near Konin - sources

Warehouse developer Goodman is building a 39,600-sqm built-to-suit scheme near Konin, in central-western Poland for retail chain Polomarket, according to unofficial information obtained by portalspozywczy.pl. This is the biggest lease of new warehouse space concluded in H1 of 2014. The construction of the scheme was launched earlier this year. The retailer currently operates two logistics centers: near Częstochowa in southern Poland and in Giebnia, some 200 kilometers north-west of Warsaw. The Polomarket chain has 420 stores across Poland, 36 of which were opened last year. In 2014, the company wants to open another 50. Polomarket saw a 6 percent increase in sales in 2013 and had PLN 3.75 billion in revenue.