Wielkoskalowe formy handlu we współczesnym mieście - szansa czy zagrożenie? Studium przypadku wrocławskiej 'Renomy'

This paperdeals with the issue of spatial forms of shopping structures within contemporary cities. In particular, the interrelations between the large-scale shopping structures and the form of cities are being discussed. The special attention is paid to the differences in this respect between the forms contributing towards increasing the role and importance of city centers and the ones of suburban origin, making the central districts of cities structurally weaker. In this context the example of the „Renoma” Department Store in Wrocław was brought, as its renewal and extension in the first decade of the 21st century has contributed towards improvement of city center structures and made possible – atleast to some extend – limiting suburbanization of the commercial structures.