BIG Ostróda – the largest retail park in the Warmia-Masuria region – was officially opened on Thursday, August 29. The joint venture of Acteeum Group and BIG Poland delivers a perfectly tailored shopping offer of 24 stores along with a Castorama DIY store, in an excellent location on the main access road to the Ostróda city center and the S7 expressway junction.
To celebrate the BIG Ostróda project grand opening a rich range of attractions was prepared for the residents of the region. From 2 p.m., entire families could take part in competitions with prizes, delicious cotton candy and popcorn awaited everyone, and among the crowd walked agile stilt walkers and a funny unicyclist. The youngest ones were happy to take advantage of face painting, glitter tattoos and fairy-tale inflatables.
The atmosphere resembled a holiday, family picnic, and the attractions were enriched also by food trucks offering delicious dishes. The star of the opening was the King of Latino – Skolim, who appeared on stage at 7 p.m. and took care of the dance mood with his captivating hits. The official moment of the opening of BIG Ostróda was the ceremonial cutting of the ribbon on the stage with the participation of local authorities and representatives of the investors Acteeum Group and BIG Poland.
– It is an extraordinary feeling to see our Ostróda project – another one completed for BIG Poland – open with such a great reception from customers and tenants. We are both proud and motivated to continue our projects by the fact that, similarly to BIG Gorzów, which opened a week ago, we also completed the shopping centre in Ostróda strongly ahead of the initially planned schedule. We are convinced that thanks to the efficiency and quality of our work and the excellently organized development process, Acteeum sets the highest standard in the retail investment industry.
– says Tomasz Szewczyk, Managing Partner Acteeum.
– We are very proud of the opening of BIG Ostróda, which is already the fifth retail park in Poland operating under the BIG brand. Similarly to other facilities belonging to BIG Poland, also in Ostróda our goal was to create a favorite shopping place, a park bustling with life and full of entertainment for entire families. In each BIG retail park, we pay great attention to long-term relationships with tenants and residents of the region, strongly engaging in the life of the local community. We also invest heavily in marketing, which results in a rich calendar of events for customers of our facilities. We hope that the attractions prepared for the opening of the BIG Ostróda park appealed to residents, who will often visit us enjoying the shopping offer of stores previously unavailable in the region.
– said Eran Levy CEO w BIG Poland.
BIG Ostróda is the largest retail park in the Warmia-Masuria region with a total area of 25,000 sqm GLA. The facility includes a Biedronka supermarket, a stand-alone Castorama DIY store with an area of 9,000 sqm and 23 stores, including Jysk, New Yorker, Smyk, CCC, Sinsay, Cropp, House, Media Expert, Martes Sport, 4F, Komfort, Diverse, Rossmann, Douglas and many others. BIG Ostróda provides also over 700 free parking spaces.
The complex is located on the main access road to the city center, directly at the junction of the S7 expressways, connecting Warsaw and Gdańsk and the S16 leading to Olsztyn and Grudziądz. The direct catchment of BIG Ostróda covers over 120,000 residents. The offer is also addressed to over 500,000 tourists visiting the city annually and participants of intensive transit traffic on the S7 and S16 routes.