Sarni Stok

Galeria Handlowa Sarni Stok is the historically first shopping centre in Bielsko-Biała, opened on November 21, 2001 with the original 30,287-sqm format and substantially expanded on the eleventh anniversary in November 2012 with approximately 3,000 additional sqm and 12 new tenants including the H&M flagship to the current 33,000-sqm regional format spanning approximately 75 retail and service units across one retail level on a 6-hectare plot. The architectural identity features the dominant glass, stone, wood, and steel facade with natural finishing materials, with the property positioning at the intersection of the principal Bielsko-Biała arterials connecting to Katowice, Kraków, Żywiec, and Cieszyn establishing the broader regional accessibility.

The format combines the Carrefour 6,000-sqm hypermarket grocery anchor with the contemporary Polish vertical fashion register featuring Reserved alongside the H&M flagship presence and the C&A and New Yorker contemporary fashion register among the principal anchors. The MediaMarkt consumer electronics anchor, the TK Maxx off-price flagship, the HalfPrice off-price concept, the Action discount-tier anchor, the JULA Swedish home-improvement anchor, and the Empik media presence define the broader value-tier-and-volume positioning, with the Fabryka Formy fitness club, the Deichmann footwear position, and the broader dining circuit completing the property’s leisure and entertainment programming. The dedicated children’s zones support the family-oriented programming.

The catchment combines the dense Bielsko-Biała residential demographic of approximately 180,000 urban residents with the broader Beskid foothill regional catchment of approximately 400,000 residents within the cross-regional drive radius and the cross-regional traffic flowing from the broader Silesian-Małopolskie border. Direct accessibility includes multiple public bus lines stopping directly in front of the property, the property’s positioning at the intersection of the Warszawska exit road toward Katowice and Cieszyn corridor, and the dedicated 1,240 free parking spaces across the two-level parking infrastructure handling the regional motorised demand. The property registers approximately 3.5 million annual visitors across the cross-regional Beskid foothill catchment with the above-average regional purchasing power supporting the value-tier-anchored programming.

Multi Corporation operates Galeria Sarni Stok under the asset management agreement with the property owner Union Investment Institutional Property GmbH, the German real estate special fund holding the asset since 2015. Multi assumed the asset management mandate from CBRE Global Investors in October 2019, joining the broader Multi Polish portfolio. The asset’s commercial role within the Polish retail map is the principal historical first-generation Bielsko-Biała regional retail destination, complementing rather than competing with the larger 43,600-sqm Gemini Park Bielsko-Biała in the same Podbeskidzie metropolitan area. The combination of the historic November 2001 first-mall position, the 2012 expansion programme led by Acteeum, the Multi operator stewardship, and the Union Investment institutional ownership calibrate the property within the established Polish A-class regional segment.