Contractor selected for new Katowice mall

06
Sep
2016
News - Contractor selected for new Katowice mall #Echo Investment #Katowice #Poland #retail #shopping

by Ákos Budai | Retail

Erbud SA has been chosen as the contractor of the shell of Galeria Libero, which is being developed by Echo Investment in the southern part of Katowice.

Echo Investment concluded a contract with Erbud SA concerning the construction of a shell of Galeria Libero in Katowice. The contract is worth a net amount of PLN 75 mln. Galeria Libero is being developed on Tadeusza Kościuszki Street in Katowice. Its opening is planned for the spring of 2018.

“The construction of our project is on schedule. We finished the cleaning and demolition work and Erbud is to start the construction work before the end of September,” says Mariusz Szatański, project manager in Echo Investment’s Shopping Centre Department.
 
“We are finalizing a number of new contracts which concern new concepts related to recreation, education and entertainment. We will soon be reporting new boutique tenants,” says Tomasz Domoń, commercialization team manager in Echo Investment’s Shopping Centre Department.

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