BIG Gorzów – the largest retail park in Lubuskie voivodship, a joint project of Acteeum and Equilis – has been marked with the BREEAM certificate at the Excellent level. This prestigious certificate proves that the facility meets the highest ESG standards and confirms the pro-ecological focus of investors while developing the Gorzów shopping center, opened in August 2024.
On October 24, 2024, experts from the BRE Global organization, issuer of BREEAM certificates, after a comprehensive assessment of the BIG Gorzów shopping center, assigned to the Gorzów retail park the highest EXCELLENT rating. The project analysis carried out during the BREEAM certification confirmed its highest rank in terms of sustainable development and the special pro-ecological features of BIG Gorzów, especially in the field of optimizing energy, water, consumables and waste usage.
In addition to strictly ecological aspects, the BREEAM certificate ranked at the highest level the project management system as well as all solutions used in BIG Gorzów promoting the comfort, health and well-being of users – both customers and employees.
– The certificate received by BIG Gorzów brought great deal of satisfaction and joy to us. It proves our determination and effectiveness in pro-ecological focus, at every stage of the development process, from the design to the launch of the finished shopping center. The fact that our Gorzów project, the first and so far the only such retail park in Poland, obtained BREEAM Excellent, makes Acteeum’s ventures a vanguard on the Polish retail market, not only in terms of development and commercialism, but also in the actual implementation of the highest ESG standards. – says Tomasz Szewczyk, Managing Partner Acteeum Central Europe.
Focusing on the practical deployment of ESG principles, implementing pro-ecological solutions and ensuring harmonious integration of implemented projects with the surrounding environment are among the key pillars of Acteeum’s growth strategy. It assumes that each subsequent retail park developed by Acteeum is to be an example of the highest ESG standards, setting the market direction for the new investments in the retail industry.
– From the very beginning of this project we focused on the highest quality and care for the environment. Therefore, we planned ecological benches and baskets made of composite material made of used clothing, parking lot lighting powered by solar panels, use of rainwater in bathrooms, installation of charging stations for electric vehicles and finally special retention tanks, from which water will gently seep into the soil even after heavy rains. That’s not all, because BREEAM Excellent really is the highest standard: each wooden board used in the construction had to have an appropriate certificate, confirming that it was obtained in compliance with the principles of sustainable development and without harm to the environment. – says Krzysztof Foder, General Director Equilis Poland.
BIG Gorzów
BIG Gorzów is the first and largest shopping complex of this type in Gorzów Wielkopolski and the surrounding region. The project was built on a plot of 8 ha, located at Walczaka Street, one of the main access roads to the city center. The location of the shopping center provides excellent communication with the center of Gorzów and the region. Since the grand opening on August 22, 2024, the Gorzów Acteeum and Equilis retail park has entered the BIG Poland investment portfolio under the BIG Gorzów brand.
The BIG Gorzów shopping center with a total area of 25,000 m² GLA, offers everything customers need – from a modern and spacious Biedronka supermarket with an area of 1.3 thousand m², through a wide range of fashion stores such as Sinsay, Cropp, House, Diverse, HalfPrice, New Yorker or CCC, sports brands such as Decathlon or Martes Sport, drugstores, household goods such as Jysk to a consumer electronics stores, Tedi store and Maxi Zoo. BIG Gorzów includes approx. 800 parking spaces and infrastructure for charging electric vehicles. The project also includes relaxation zones, entertainment, games and fun facilities for children, gastronomy and many interesting solutions of small architecture.
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Information about Equilis
EQUILIS is a Belgian company founded in 2006 and present in Poland since 2016. It operates in Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Poland. It specializes in retail and residential real estate; in Poland, Equilis has built Galeria Chełm, Galeria Andrychów, and is planning the first Fokus Ursus residential development in Warsaw. Globally, Equilis also stands for revitalization projects, seniors’ homes, dormitories or public spaces. Equilis’ motto is to build places where people create their happy stories.
More at: https://equilis.net/pl/
Information about BIG Poland
BIG Poland is part of the international BIG Shopping Centers group, founded in 1994 in Israel by Yehuda Neftali. The group focuses on developing, operating, and investing in retail parks, shopping centres, logistics parks, office projects, residential projects and renewable energy. The company operates in Israel, Serbia, Montenegro, Romania, the Czech Republic and Poland. The BIG brand has been present on the Polish market since 2022 and owns five fully commercialized retail parks – in Łubna near Warsaw, Lubin, Ostróda, Gorzów and Andrychów. BIG Polska is consistently pursuing an ambitious growth plan in Poland with a number of projects related to the planned opening of new retail developments under the BIG brand across the country.
More information about BIG Polska can be found at www.bigcenterspoland.com.
Information about Acteeum
ACTEEUM Group is an international company operating in the commercial and residential real estate market. Acteeum comprehensively handles the entire development process, from the identification of suitable land for development, through the design, construction and commercialization stages, to the management and sale of facilities. Acteeum has worked for many years with large institutional partners, including CBRE Global Investors, Immofinanz, NepiRockcastle, BPI, Equilis, BIG Shopping Centers, Falcon Investment Management, as well as private investors.
Thanks to its extensive experience and excellent knowledge of the commercial real estate market in Poland, Acteeum has gained a leading position in the construction of shopping centers, especially retail parks in the ‘Power Center’ format. Acteeum’s market position is confirmed by the large scale development projects completed in recent years, building an impressive portfolio of over 400,000 sqm. GLA of retail developments comprising of more than 800 shops and service units as well as over than 40,000 sqm. PUM of residential projects comprising more than 800 residential units in the largest cities of Poland.
More at www.acteeum.pl