Apsys Polska has signed a contract for the management of the Riviera shopping centre in Gdynia, owned by Institutional European Real Estate, an open-ended real estate fund managed by Union Investment Real Estate GmbH. This is the result of winning the tender organized by the owner of the facility in the first half of the year.
The Riviera shopping centre is the largest shopping and entertainment facility in Pomerania. It is located in the immediate vicinity of the forest complex of the Tri-City Landscape Park and St. Maximilian in Gdynia. On two levels, on an area of 70,000 sqm there are 250 shops, including the Auchan grocery hypermarket, 30 restaurants and cafes and a six-screen Helios cinema, where two VIP rooms are also being built. There are 2,500 parking spaces available for motorists. The facility is certified in the BREEAM system at the Excellent level.
Since 2015, the property has been owned by the Union Investment Fund. The contract for the comprehensive management of the Riviera centre has been signed for 5 years. On July 1, 2023, Apsys Polska begins the process of taking over the facility from the current manager, to fully conduct management activities of the centre on October 1.
“We know Apsys Polska very well from cooperation on such unique, but also demanding investments, such as Manufacture in Łódź. That is why we invited this company to participate in the tender for the management of such an important facility as Centrum Riviera. Apsys convinced us primarily with its well-thought-out, comprehensive and original strategy covering all areas of centre management – including long-term lease, marketing and ESG strategies. I am convinced that under the care of the new manager, Riviera will not only continue to be the favourite place to shop and spend time for the residents of Gdynia and the region, but it will develop dynamically, expand its offer and attract even more customers,” says Holger Siedtmann, asset manager at Union Investment Real Estate GmbH.
“Centrum Riviera is another large shopping centre in our management portfolio. For over 26 years, we have been proving that as a manager, we think comprehensively about each of the facilities: we constantly diversify their offer and care for continuous development in accordance with the ideas of sustainable development, creating unique places that respond to the needs of local communities. We are glad that we will be able to use the competencies and experience of our team to, together with the owner, Union Investment, build the uniqueness of Centrum Riviera, so that it becomes an even more recognizable point on the map of the Tri-City, willingly chosen both as a place to shop and spend time,” says Justyna Kur, Vice-President of the Management Board and Director of the Management Department of Apsys Polska.
