The expanded project will feature 43,500 sqm of GLA Courtesy of Mediadem Consulting

CBRE Global Investors plans to apply for a BREEAM certificate of energy efficiency and environmental performance for its Centrum Handlowe Ogrody shopping center project in Elbląg, Warmińsko-Mazurskie voivodship.

The scheme, which opened in 2002, will soon feature an expanded area, building on which is scheduled to start in the third quarter of this year. The new building has been designed in keeping with the rules of sustainable architecture, the company said in a statement.

After the expansion, the one-level Ogrody project will get another floor and its leasable space will increase from the current 17,500 sqm to 43,500 sqm. The opening of the expanded scheme is expected to take place at the turn of 2013 and 2014.