Galeria Malta was a shopping centre in Poznań, opened for use on 25 March 2009, operating in the years 2009–2023.
History Galeria Malta was located at the junction of Antoni Baraniak Street and Jana Pawła II Street in Łacina, which is part of the auxiliary unit Osiedle Rataje, in the direct neighbourhood of Lake Malta and the recreational areas of Malta.
It contained several dozen shops, service points, cafés, restaurants, a multi-screen Multikino, an Empik store, a fitness club and a playground for children. It occupied 162,000 m² of total area, including 54,000 m² of retail and entertainment space.
The building was connected with the lakeside part of Lake Malta, had a free multi-storey car park for 1,800 cars and lifts adapted for the needs of disabled people.
After the opening in 2016 of the Poznań shopping centre, individual shops and retail points in Malta were gradually closed. In 2020, as many as two thirds of them were vacant premises.
In December 2020, information appeared about work on changing the local spatial development plan, which would allow the function of the building to be changed.
In May 2023, an application for the demolition of the gallery was submitted to the Department of Urban Planning and Architecture of the Poznań City Hall.
In July 2023, permission was issued for the demolition of the building, which was to take place within the next three years. The last premises in the gallery, the Malta Squash sports club, was closed on 18 December 2023.
On 8 February 2024, demolition of the building began. In July 2025, the gallery was completely demolished.
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