On November 5 2015 Acteeum Group and Immofinanz Group successfully completed and opened the VIVO! Stalowa Wola shopping center in Poland. The new VIVO! center is located in Stalowa Wola and serves over 350 000 inhabitants in its catchment area. Around 130 000 visitors showed up in the first week of trading. The investment costs are around EUR 44 million.
VIVO! Stalowa Wola has approx. 22,500 sqm of rentable space for roughly 80 shops. The tenants include well-known retailers like Intermarché, H&M, Deichmann, Media Expert, Reserved, Cropp Town, House, Sinsay, Martes Sport, Pepco, KIK, Rossmann, CCC, Smyk, Empik and many more. Construction of a planned extension is scheduled for completion in the summer 2016 and will add a further 10,000 sqm of rentable space, with amongst others, a furniture store and a Do It Yourself.
Tomasz Szewczyk, Acteeum Central Europe Regional Managing Director, expressed gratefulness to all parties involved in the completion of the first phase of the scheme: “Together with Immofinanz Group, DEKRA and ERBUD we managed to complete the scheme within time and within budget. We are very happy that the interest from strong operators for the second phase is so strong that we are already prepared for the execution of it. We are looking forward to a close cooperation with all regional parties in order to position VIVO! into the regional destination and meeting place.
Stalowa Wola is located in the south-eastern region of Poland in the Carpathian Foothills administrative district. The city is an important hub and employer for the region. VIVO! Stalowa Wola stands out not only with its location in the heavily populated neighbourhood of Poreba, but is also easily reached by public transportation and offers good connections to the road network. Visitors to the shopping center have roughly 1,000 parking spaces at their disposal. Acteeum Group develops VIVO! Stalowa Wola in joint venture together with the Immofinanz Group.