A major tourist attraction of the city, it includes the largest public square in Łódź, which acts as a venue for cultural and sports events.

During that time, the Lodz industrialists grew in money and power - as the Russian market for fabrics, mainly cotton, increased.

[4] The development of industry was halted by series of events: workers' strikes (1905), World War I, the German occupation, the political changes in Russia.

When World War II ended, the Lodz factories underwent nationalisation and worked for the demands of communist Poland.

The last Poltex director, Mieczysław Michalski, wanted to save the buildings from further deterioration and searched for investors willing to modernise Poznański's complex.

[5] The Manufaktura complex today is the direct result of Poland's largest renovation project since the reconstruction of Warsaw's Old Town in the 1950s (after World War II).

The revival was aimed at preserving the place's historical atmosphere, which is why the Manufaktura is now dominated by industrial architecture, with unplastered red brick buildings.

[2] One of the entrances to the Manufaktura complex leads through the ancient, triumphal arch-like gate of the old spinning mill.

[2] The Manufaktura hosts over 300 stores, malls, restaurants, pastry shops, cafes, pubs and other services.

The entire complex has a surface of 270,000 m², making it Poland's second largest only to the Old Market Square in Kraków.

[2] The heart of Manufaktura is the three-hectare Market which in summer is covered with beach and in winter with ice rink.