The greatest shopping park in the Eastern Europe is to be opened in the Baneasa neighborhood in Bucharest. Carrefour, Bricostore, Metro, Mobexpert will form the greatest shopping center in Romania.
The commercial area will have a total of 180,000 square meters and will be the greatest shopping center in the Eastern and Central Europe. The construction works have advanced a lot and the centre will welcome clients in March-April next year.
CARREFOUR On a surface of 32,600 square meters, Carrefour will open its 6th store in the country. It will be called Fairyland and its commercial gallery will be double compared to Orhideea. "The investment, which is evaluated at approximately 30 million euros, will offer 1,000 jobs and 1,600 free parking spaces", Francois Oliver, General Manager of Carrefour Romania, says. More than 70% of the merchandise sold in the 6 hypermarkets of the group are made in Romania.
"This is the first time in the history of the group when the commercial gallery is finalized six months before the opening of the hypermarket", Francois Oliver said. Media Galaxy will occupy approximately 3,500 square meters, according to Dan Ostahie, the Altex president. The greatest home supply store in Romania will be opened right next to Fairyland. "The 6th Bricostore will be opened here and will have a surface of 14,000 square meters", Isabele Plesko, General Manager at Bricostore Romania, said. The first Romanian furniture mall will also be here. Dan Sucu, Mobexpert president said: "On a surface of 23,000 square meters, we will try to create a mall of the same level as the ones of our French partners".
BANEASA The commercial area is part of the Baneasa Investments program, which covers 224 hectares. A great neighborhood will rise here by 2015 and will have 3,000 apartments and mansions and more office buildings.
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