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1st generation shopping centre
Hypermarket is dominating and accounts for 70% of the centre’s area, while the rest of the area is taken by a small shopping
gallery. Examples: Galeria Lubelska in Lublin, Arena in Gliwice.
2nd generation shopping centre
Units in the shopping gallery account for approx. 40-50% of the total GLA of the scheme, typically complemented with a small
supermarket or a hypermarket. Examples: Klif , Wileńska in Warszawa, Ferio in Legnica.
3rd generation shopping centre
A shopping centre dominated by units in a shopping gallery (in terms of GLA) and hosting additional leisure element (typically
a multiplex cinema, bowling or ice rink). Shopping gallery accounts for approx. 70% of total GLA. Examples: Arkadia, Złote
Tarasy, Poznań Plaza, Pasaż Grunwaldzki.
Retail Park
Is a consistently designed, planned and managed scheme that comprises mainly medium - and large - scale specialist retailers
(“big box” or “retail warehouses”). Usually it has an edge or out of town location.
Outlet Centre
Consistently designed, planned and managed scheme with separate store units, where manufacturers and retailers sell
merchandise at discount prices (typically of a surplus , last -season or slow selling stock).
Hypermarket Stand Alone
Free-standing, large scale store (between 2,000 and 5,000 sq m), that offers a wide variety of food and household products,
typically complemented with a small service gallery with less than 10 units.
Diy Stand Alone
Do-It-Yourself’ store is a free-standing store with tools and products needed for garden and home building, refurbishing and
maintenantce. CBRE includes the most active chains (Castorama, Leroy Merlin, OBI).
Total Retail LA
The sum of the LA from all of the existing retail formats such as: shopping centres, shopping & leisure centres, stand alone
hypermarkets (not included in the shopping centres), retail parks, stand alone DIY stores (not included in the shopping centres
or retail parks) and outlet centres.
Total Retail Density
The ratio of the total retail GLA per sq m per 1,000 inhabitants.
RETAIL DEFINITIONS
Modern Shopping Centre
A scheme that is planned, built and managed as a single entity,
comprising units and “communal” areas, with a minimum gross lettable
area (GLA) of 5,000 sq m, usually a group of at least 10 shops and
services.