NEPI Rockcastle, a real estate investor in Central and Eastern Europe, is to open the newest shopping centre in the portofolio, Shopping City Târgu Mureș, in March 2020.
Following an investment of €70 million, the biggest investment in the last period in the county of Mureș, the Romanians from the north of the country will enjoy a premium shopping and leisure experience in Târgu Mureș, street Calea Sighișoarei.
“This project is one of the most important projects on our agenda for the next year, our priority being to respect the deadline, as well as all the quality and safety standards. We want to offer to the Romanians from the north of the country a commercial centre that responds to the highest demands, a policy we guide, in fact, in all of the projects we develop. Shopping City Târgu Mureș will bring to the people from the region, together with various shopping and leisure options, and new jobs, contributing to the economic development of the northern region,” said Alin Burlacu, Leasing Manager at NEPI Rockcastle.
Over 75% of the mall area is already occupied, the negotiations for the rest of the spaces will be completed in a very short time.
Built on a space of 12.5 hectares, the new mall will have a rentable area of 40,000 sq m and will host new concepts from international and national brands of clothing, footwear, accessories, beauty, sports and children’s items. More than 50% of the stores that will open in the mall will be new for the entire region. In fact, over 60% of the area of the new mall will be occupied by anchor shops.
NEPI Rockastle said: “Another novelty that Shopping City Târgu Mureș brings is the new design of the food court, which will transpose the concept of food hall, one of the current trends in Europe. Thus, visitors will enjoy a large offer of local and international cuisines, provided by premium gourmet brands, both from the region and from other countries.”
Upstairs, visitors will have access to a multiplex cinema and a playground with a generous surface of 500 sq m.
RPA Perspective The project will be completed with a roof garden, of approximately 3,500 sq m, which will serve four restaurants and a unique panorama of the historical area of the city. The rooftop garden will surprise its visitors with events for all ages and will become the favourite place for meetings for natives, in the shortest time.
A Carrefour hypermarket of 10,000 sq m is included in the project.
In parallel with the construction of the mall, the developer also started the work for fluidization the traffic in the most important area of the city and increase traffic safety by building new roundabouts on the main boulevards adjacent to the NEPI Rockcastle project.
The visitors will be able to leave their cars safely in the parking lot of the mall, which will have a capacity of approximately 1,500 places, arranged on the ground level and on the roof, with direct access to the cinema and food court area.
NEPI Rockcastle is the largest investor from Romania. The company’s portfolio, present in Romania since 2007, includes Mega Mall, Promenada Mall, Vulcan Value Center, Timișoara Shopping City, CityPark Constanța, Ploiești Shopping City, Brăila Mall, Galați Shopping City, Shopping City Târgu-Jiu, Severn Shopping Center and other commercial centres throughout the country, but also the office buildings Floreasca Business park, The LakeView in Bucharest, City Business Centre in Timișoara and The Office in Cluj.
