Galeria Olimpia

Galeria Olimpia is the principal central Bełchatów retail destination, opened on December 3, 2012 with the 32,000-sqm regional format spanning approximately 85 retail and service units across one shopping level at 4 Kolejowa Street in central Bełchatów. The property was developed by Echo Investment with the architectural concept by Mofo Architekci, the Polimex-Mostostal general contractor, and the construction loan of €15 million financing the April 2011 to fourth-quarter 2012 build-out programme. The Carrefour hypermarket replaced the previous grocery anchor in 2020 as part of the broader EPP repositioning programme.

The format combines fashion volume across the retail floor with the LPP group flagship presence including Sinsay alongside the Inditex group register, with CCC, Empik, and the New Yorker presence among the principal fashion anchors. The Carrefour hypermarket grocery anchor, the Media Expert consumer electronics anchor, the Rossmann pharmacy, the Pepco value-tier presence, and the BEL-POL home-goods anchor define the value-tier positioning. The Helios cinema multiplex, the Rituals premium cosmetics presence, the Crazy Bubble Taiwanese tea operator, and the dining circuit including the McDonald’s quick-service flagship complete the property’s leisure and entertainment programming.

The catchment combines the dense central Bełchatów residential demographic with the broader Łódź voivodeship regional catchment of approximately 55,000 Bełchatów urban residents and the cross-regional traffic flowing through the central Bełchatów principal arterial approximately 55 kilometres south of Łódź. Direct accessibility includes the central Bełchatów public transport network serving the immediate Galeria Olimpia stop, the city-centre pedestrian connection within walking distance, and approximately 1,050 free parking spaces handling the regional motorised catchment from the broader Łódź provincial demand.

EPP Echo Polska Properties operates Galeria Olimpia within its 35-asset Polish portfolio of 29 retail and six office properties valued at approximately €2.8 billion and totalling over one million square metres of leasable area. EPP is owned by Redefine Properties, the second-largest real estate investment trust listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. The asset’s commercial role within the Polish retail map is the dominant central-Bełchatów regional retail destination, with the Carrefour-Helios anchor combination and the EPP operator stewardship calibrating the tenant register against the broader Łódź voivodeship regional demand profile across the principal secondary-tier Polish A-class regional segment.