11/13/2008: ECE opens its 100th center
Inauguration ceremony for the Arkady Pankrac in Prague on November 14 – Long-term commitment pays off
For ECE, November 14, 2008 is a very special date: On this day the European market leader in the inner city shopping center sector takes into operation its 100th shopping center. In the Arkády Pankrác in Prague, approximately 140 shops are presented on three retail floors with a total retail space of approximately 45,000 square meters. “The successful opening of Arkády Pankrác is a milestone for ECE“, states Alexander Otto, CEO of the ECE management. “As our 100th shopping center in Europe, it stands for a long-term oriented company strategy.“
This approach of long-term planning and ongoing engagement in the respective locations has paid off during ECE’s more than 40-year-long history. Founded in 1965 by the mailorder business pioneer Werner Otto, the company opened its first shopping center on October 23, 1969: the Franken-Zentrum in Nürnberg-Langwasser, which after several expansion and optimizing measures is still one of the most successful centers in Germany. After that, further developments followed, among them the Alstertal-Einkaufszentrum in Hamburg-Poppenbüttel (1970) and the Rhein-Center in Köln-Weiden (1972). They, too, were repeatedly enlarged and modernized in the course of the following years so as to meet the rising customer requirements. And just like all ECE developments, they remain under our management until now.
Please see the attachment for the full press release. A second attachment gives further details about Arkady Pankrac. A new photograph of the center is attached, too.
Photographs of the first opening you can find tomorrow morning on www.presseplattform.de, Username: ECE, password: presse.
You can find various pictures of ECE centers, partly historical photos, for download by going to
http://alstercolor.jadis.net/pressemappen/pr_mappe.phtml?fid=3e750a8257b4a96e26ecdc53bc182860
abbreviations:
AEZ: Alstertal-Einkaufszentrum, Hamburg
AGD: Altmarkt-Galerie, Dresden
EAG: Ernst-August-Galerie, Hannover (Hanover)
EGB: Eastgate, Berlin
ETK: Ettlinger Tor, Karlsruhe
FCN: Franken-Center, Nürnberg (Nuremberg)
GBG: Galeria Baltycka, Danzig (Gdansk)
GDW: Galeria Dominikanska, Breslau
GKK: Galeria Krakowska, Krakau (Krakow)
GVB: Galeria Vankovka, Brünn (Brno)
LCK: Löhr-Center, Koblenz
LPE: Limbecker Platz, Essen
MCI: Metro-City, Istanbul
NEL: nova eventis, Leipzig/Halle
PHL: Promenaden Hauptbahnhof Leipzig
POB: Potsdamer Platz Arkaden, Berlin
SAB: Schloss-Arkaden, Braunschweig (Brunswick)
SGHN: Stadtgalerie Heilbronn
SGH: Stadt-Galerie Hameln
