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Construction of Sofia's Serdika Center mall to resume
Serdika Mall's construction site in February 2009
Photo: Nadezhda Chipeva
Construction of Sofia's Serdika Center shopping mall, currently being built on Sitnyakovo Boulevard, is on the verge of being resumed after, on January 28 2010, Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandukova issued an order freezing it, Bulgarian media reported.
On February 5 2010, Fandukova paid a surprise visit to the site to see if builders have complied with the city hall’s recommendations. The inspection found that all requirements had been met.
One of the reasons that Fandukova had ordered a halt to the project was that the mall's builders had closed access to the nearby Popova Shapka Street and had started using it as a construction site without having the proper permit to do so.
This had been corrected and the mall’s construction site had been cleaned up, Bulgarian news agency Focus said.
The final decision on the construction project is scheduled to be taken on February 8 2010 but now it seems that the all-clear will be confirmed.
Focus quoted a municipal official as saying that the mall’s builders will also be asked to invest money in renovating a lake in one of Sofia’s parks or part of another park in the area.
This was because the financial sanction of 10 000 leva which was imposed by Fandukova on January 28 2010 was too small.
It was the most recent of a total of 12 warnings and fines that the municipality had imposed on the mall's builders for a number of offences, including closing lanes of Sitnyakovo Boulevard.
By investing in park facilities, the Turkish company building the mall will compensate the city hall for the time during which city streets were used as building sites, Fandukova was quoted as saying.
Sofia's Serdika Center shopping mall is scheduled to open on March 16 2010. The project is driven by ECE Project Management Bulgaria and Sparkassen Immobilien AG.
The total investment in Serdika Center is 220 million euro. Serdika Center is designed to be one of the largest shopping malls in Sofia, encompassing 50 000 sq m of trade area and 35 000 sq m of office space. It will have more than 1600 parking spaces.
On February 5 2010, Fandukova paid a surprise visit to the site to see if builders have complied with the city hall’s recommendations. The inspection found that all requirements had been met.
One of the reasons that Fandukova had ordered a halt to the project was that the mall's builders had closed access to the nearby Popova Shapka Street and had started using it as a construction site without having the proper permit to do so.
This had been corrected and the mall’s construction site had been cleaned up, Bulgarian news agency Focus said.
The final decision on the construction project is scheduled to be taken on February 8 2010 but now it seems that the all-clear will be confirmed.
Focus quoted a municipal official as saying that the mall’s builders will also be asked to invest money in renovating a lake in one of Sofia’s parks or part of another park in the area.
This was because the financial sanction of 10 000 leva which was imposed by Fandukova on January 28 2010 was too small.
It was the most recent of a total of 12 warnings and fines that the municipality had imposed on the mall's builders for a number of offences, including closing lanes of Sitnyakovo Boulevard.
By investing in park facilities, the Turkish company building the mall will compensate the city hall for the time during which city streets were used as building sites, Fandukova was quoted as saying.
Sofia's Serdika Center shopping mall is scheduled to open on March 16 2010. The project is driven by ECE Project Management Bulgaria and Sparkassen Immobilien AG.
The total investment in Serdika Center is 220 million euro. Serdika Center is designed to be one of the largest shopping malls in Sofia, encompassing 50 000 sq m of trade area and 35 000 sq m of office space. It will have more than 1600 parking spaces.
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