M1 Lodz

M1 Łódź is one of the principal family-oriented regional shopping centres in the Łódź Voivodeship at ul. Brzezińska 27/29 in the eastern Łódź urban district, with the 37,500-sqm regional format spanning approximately 65 retail and service units across one retail level. 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 principal national road 72 corridor positioning the property at one of the principal eastern Łódź vehicle access routes.

The format combines the ATAC Hiper Discount by Auchan grocery anchor with the contemporary Polish vertical fashion register featuring H&M, HalfPrice, Tatuum, and Cross Jeans alongside the broader fashion offer. The MediaMarkt consumer electronics anchor, the OBI DIY warehouse, the JYSK home-furnishing operator, the Action discount-format flagship, the Pepco home-goods position, the TEDi value-tier home-goods anchor, the Deichmann footwear position, the Rossmann pharmacy, and the dm drogeria specialty position define the broader convenience-and-services offer. The MPark children’s playground, the Z Pieca Rodem bakery (relocated to a four-times-larger expanded format), the Raz na Wozie traditional inn restaurant, the Ice&Coffee café, the SmaczneGO! quick-service operator, and the broader food-and-beverage programming complete the family-oriented entertainment offer. The Maxi Zoo pet specialty, the YES jewellery position, the Apart jewellery flagship, and the Vision Express optical position support the broader services offer.

The catchment combines the dense Łódź residential demographic of approximately 670,000 city residents with the broader Łódź Voivodeship regional concentration of approximately 2.4 million residents and the cross-regional traffic flowing through the principal national road 72 corridor that serves as one of the main eastern Łódź arterials. Direct accessibility includes the property’s positioning at the principal eastern Łódź transit corridor serving the broader Łódź public transport network through the immediate-vicinity bus stops, the dedicated 2,300+ external parking spaces handling the regional motorised demand including the dedicated accessibility-adapted spaces, and the broader integration into the Łódź metropolitan retail map. The weekend bazaars, fairs, and trading events support the broader convenience-and-leisure programming distinguishing the property within the Łódź regional retail pattern.

EPP operates M1 Łódź 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 Łódź formed part of the Tranche 1 acquisition (€358.7 million, January 2018) alongside M1 Czeladź, Kraków, and Zabrze totalling 194,400 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. The asset’s commercial role within the Polish retail map is the principal eastern Łódź regional ATAC-anchored mid-tier family destination, complementing rather than competing with the larger 110,000-sqm Manufaktura adaptive-reuse marquee in central Łódź, the 45,000-sqm Galeria Łódzka, and the 41,600-sqm CH Tulipan Widzew-district everyday-shopping destination.