WPI salvages Solvay with nw shopping center

"We were aiming at a very concise and compact place. It is not a huge shopping center and we really want to create a nice and pleasant atmosphere there. Recent customer-preference surveys prove that customers don't feel very comfortable in large shopping malls of over 25,000 sqm," says Jacek Pawlik, vice-president of WP Investment.

The shopping center was designed by Ludomir Książek's architectural office, monitored by Gleeds Polska and financed by Investkredit Bank. It will have four floors. The top floor will be a car-park with 207 spaces. The first floor will host small shops, boutiques and a café with an internet hot spot. Media Markt will be the main tenant in the ground floor and the Bomi Delicatessen, with some 50 parking spaces, will be on the lower floor.

The new shopping center will be located near Carrefour and Castorama hypermarkets, Cinema City and a BP petrol station, on the location of the pre-war Solvay sodium plant.