City Mall (Bucharest) Explained

City Mall
Coordinates:44.4017°N 26.0978°W
Opening Date:2005
Developer:Jaguar Development
Owner:Victoria Holding
Number Of Stores:120
Floor Area:19000m2[1]
Floors:4
Parking:1,000 underground & deck

City Mall was a shopping mall located in Eroii Revolutiei square, Bucharest, Romania. Opened in 2005, the construction was based on an incomplete hunger circus abandoned after the fall of the Communist system.[2]

The mall became insolvent in 2012, and was bought by real estate investor Ioannis Papalekas. In March 2013, Papalekas announced plans to convert the mall into an office building.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.zf.ro/proprietati/ce-directie-vor-lua-banii-de-cumparaturi-ai-bucurestenilor-odata-cu-deschiderea-sun-plaza-5471302/ Shopping Malls in Bucharest
  2. http://www.bucurestiivechisinoi.ro/old/600_Arhiva-rubrici/Antropologia-urbana/O-istorie-a-mall-ului-in-Romania.html A history of the shopping mall centres in Romania
  3. http://www.romania-insider.com/bucharests-former-shopping-center-city-mall-to-turn-into-offices-this-year/ "Bucharest’s former shopping center City Mall to turn into offices this year", 7 Mar 2013, Romania Insider