Decathlon goes to Kaunas – DELFI Business

Decathlon will become the largest sports equipment store in the Kaunas region. The estimated area of ​​the Decathlon store is 3,600 square meters. meter. This, one of the largest sporting goods chain stores, is special because you can buy items needed for up to 70 different sports. Some of them can be tested in the sports halls installed in the store itself ”, says Nicolas Fogola, director of the UAB Decathlon Lietuva.

The French sporting goods giant has started its development in the Baltic countries with a store in Vilnius. It has been operating here since 2018. UAB Decathlon Lietuva 100 percent. the company is owned by the French company Decathlon. The Decathlon chain operates more than 1,500 stores in Europe, North and South America, Africa and Asia.

The AB Baltic Shopping Centers plans to invest more than 5 million euros in the Decathlon project.

Ieva Goštautaitė-Gedutė, Deputy Managing Director of UAB Baltic RED, on behalf of the Baltic Shopping Centers, says Decathlon’s arrival in Kaunas is an important step in expanding the international brand offering in Kaunas and a successful result of the work of All the team.

The arrival of the Decathlon in Kaunas marks Iceland’s second pl. 30 development phase of an existing real estate project. In the first phase of development, the fast food restaurant McDonalds and the retail chain Lidl were established here; these operators are already operating.

A representative of the AB Baltic shopping centers says that this quarter will be developed in several stages in a multifunctional area with a commercial complex, offices and residential apartments, and preschool and primary educational institutions are also planned. Exact plans for further development of the plot are not disclosed, negotiations with potential partners are ongoing.

AB Baltic Shopping Centers belongs to the Litvalda group of companies, in which Augustinas Rakauskas owns a controlling stake. At the beginning of this year, Agnietė Pitkauskienė, daughter of A. Rakauskas, took over the management of the group, and her husband Artūras Pitkauskas holds the position of director of the group companies. Litvalda Group owns the Mega Shopping and Leisure Center, the Banginis Shopping Center and other commercial properties. acquired land with buildings and a reconstruction project for the former Merkurijus shopping center in Kaunas Laisvės Alley.