M1 Czestochowa

M1 Częstochowa is one of the principal Częstochowa regional shopping centres in the Silesian Voivodeship pilgrimage city, with the 33,000-sqm regional format spanning over 50 retail and service units anchored by the ATAC Hiper Discount by Auchan grocery flagship. The property sits within the broader M1 EPP portfolio of nine regional shopping centres standardised across central and southern Poland under the EPP asset management mandate established on May 1, 2024 following the termination of the Metro AG master lease, with the integration into the broader Częstochowa metropolitan retail map establishing the regional commercial position.

The format combines the ATAC Hiper Discount by Auchan grocery anchor with the contemporary Polish vertical fashion register featuring H&M and Reserved alongside the broader fashion offer. The MediaMarkt consumer electronics anchor, the OBI DIY warehouse, the TK Maxx off-price flagship, the C&A flagship presence, the JYSK home-furnishing operator, the Pepco home-goods position, the TEDi value-tier home-goods anchor, the Rossmann pharmacy, and the broader convenience services define the M1 standardised tenant register. The dining circuit, the Z Pieca Rodem bakery, the food court operators, and the broader food-and-beverage programming complete the property’s convenience-and-entertainment programming.

The catchment combines the dense Częstochowa residential demographic of approximately 215,000 urban residents with the broader northern Silesian regional concentration and the cross-regional traffic flowing from the broader Jasna Góra Polish Catholic pilgrimage tourist circulation that brings approximately 4 to 5 million visitors annually to the city. Direct accessibility includes the property’s positioning at the principal Częstochowa regional retail corridor serving the broader Częstochowa public transport network, the dedicated parking infrastructure handling the regional motorised demand and the pilgrim-tourism-driven seasonal traffic, and the property’s integration into the broader northern Silesian metropolitan retail register.

EPP operates M1 Częstochowa within its broader 12-property M1 and Power Park portfolio totalling approximately 470,000 sqm of GLA acquired from the Chariot Top Group consortium in three tranches between January 2018 and March 2021. M1 Częstochowa formed part of the Tranche 2 acquisition (€222.5 million, June 2019) alongside M1 Bytom, Radom, M1 Poznań, and three Power Parks totalling 184,000 sqm of combined GLA. The EPP master lease succeeded the Metro AG management mandate on May 1, 2024 with the network registering 99.3 percent occupancy at that transition point and approximately 20 percent electricity consumption savings achieved across the M1 network between 2018 and 2022 supporting the broader BREEAM environmental certification. The asset’s commercial role within the Polish retail map is the principal Częstochowa regional ATAC-anchored mid-tier destination, complementing rather than competing with the larger Galeria Jurajska and the broader Częstochowa retail register positioned within the Jasna Góra pilgrimage tourist catchment.