M1 Zabrze

M1 Zabrze is one of the leading shopping centres in Silesia, opened in the third quarter of 1999 with the original retail format and substantially expanded in 2011 to the current 73,000-sqm regional power-centre format spanning over 100 retail and service units at ul. Plutonowego R. Szkubacza 1 in northern Zabrze. The integrated retail-and-leisure complex combines the principal grocery, DIY, and fashion volume formats with the broader entertainment programming, with the property positioned as one of the principal Silesian regional retail destinations serving the Zabrze and broader Upper Silesian agglomeration catchment.

The format combines the ATAC Hiper Discount by Auchan grocery anchor (the only ATAC in the region offering approximately 13,000 products with 60 percent grocery and additional wholesale discounts for small business owners) with the OBI DIY anchor, the MediaMarkt consumer electronics anchor, the TK Maxx off-price flagship, and the HalfPrice off-price concept holding the largest off-price retail positioning in Zabrze. The contemporary Polish vertical fashion register featuring Reserved, Sinsay, and CCC alongside the H&M, C&A, Sports Direct, Martes Sport, and 4F sports register define the broader fashion positioning, with the Maxi Zoo, Douglas, Rossmann, and Smyk operators alongside Poland’s longest go-kart track with twenty karts and the Happy Jumper trampoline park completing the property’s distinctive entertainment programming.

The catchment combines the dense Zabrze residential demographic with the broader Silesian agglomeration concentration of approximately 2 million residents and the cross-regional traffic flowing through the principal Silesian transit corridors. Direct accessibility includes the property’s positioning adjacent to national road number 88 and the proximity to the A1 motorway providing rapid regional access, the dedicated 2,595 parking spaces handling the regional motorised demand, and the broader public transport network connecting the centre to the broader Zabrze and Silesian agglomeration grid. The BREEAM environmental certification supports the property’s sustainability programming.

EPP (Echo Polska Properties) operates M1 Zabrze as part of its broader Polish portfolio totalling approximately 1.2 million sqm of GLA across 28 retail properties and 6 office complexes valued at approximately €2.9 billion, holding the largest retail property management position in Poland by GLA. The asset’s commercial role within the Polish retail map is the principal Zabrze regional power-centre retail destination and the established benchmark mixed-format retail-and-leisure anchor in the broader Silesian agglomeration, complementing the 86,000-sqm Silesia City Centre super-regional in the Wełnowiec-Józefowiec district and the 47,500-sqm Galeria Katowicka transit-integrated central flagship in the broader Silesian metropolitan retail map.