Deutsche EuroShop AG / Miscellaneous Corporate news transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Deutsche EuroShop purchases shopping center in Gdansk Hamburg, 10 August 2006 – Deutsche EuroShop has acquired a 74% interest in the Galeria Bałtycka in Gdansk, Poland. The proportional investment volume amounts to around EUR 123 million, with an initial yield of 6.8%. As a result, Deutsche EuroShop’s portfolio now consists of 16 shopping centers with a market value of over EUR 2.3 billion. Along with the Galeria Bałtycka the ratio of foreign investments of the Group increases to 18%. Deutsche EuroShop purchased the interest from HGA Capital Grundbesitz und Anlage GmbH, a company belonging to the HSH Nordbank Group. The ECE Group, which is also responsible for planning, development, leasing and center management, is its partner in the investment. The Galeria Bałtycka has been under construction since the beginning of May 2006 and is scheduled to open in autumn 2007. The shopping center will offer approx. 190 specialized shops on three levels. Over 80% of the space has already been leased to well-known retailers over a year before the grand opening. A supermarket, a specialist consumer electronics retailer and a fashion house are the center’s anchor tenants. There will be over 1,000 parking spaces available to customers in the shopping center’s parking deck. The Galeria Bałtycka is being built directly at a central transport interchange in the Gdansk-Gdynia-Sopot conurbation (called the Tricity) in Gdansk, the former Hanseatic League city with 460,000 inhabitants. The center will be easily accessible by public transportation, as well as by car. Approximately 1.2 million people live in the center’s catchment area; their retail purchasing power is around 20% above the Polish average. Deutsche EuroShop – The Shopping Center Company Deutsche EuroShop is Germany’s only public company, that invests solely in shopping centers in prime locations. The MDAX-listed Company currently has equity interests in 16 European shopping centers in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Italy and Poland. Facts & Figures of the Galeria Bałtycka Location Gdansk Investment of DES 74.0% Lettable space in sqm approx. 47,100 Parking approx. 1,000 Number of shops approx. 190 Occupancy rate >80% Catchment area 1.2 million inhabitants Planned opening Autumn 2007 Webcast with details Deutsche EuroShop will webcast its English conference call on the occasion of the publication of the interim report H1 2006 on Friday, 11 August 2006, at 10:00 a.m. CET live on the Internet. The webcast will contain further details concerning the acquisition in Gdansk and can be accessed at the Company's website at http://www.deutsche-euroshop.com/ir DGAP 10.08.2006 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Issuer: Deutsche EuroShop AG Oderfelder Straße 23 20149 Hamburg Deutschland Phone: +49 (0)40 413 579-0 Fax: +49 (0)40 413 579-29 E-mail: kiss@deutsche-euroshop.de WWW: www.deutsche-euroshop.de ISIN: DE0007480204 WKN: 748020 Indices: Listed: Amtlicher Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Hannover, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------