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Tue, Feb 07 2012
Serdika Center shopping mall opens
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Photo: Tsvetelina Angelova
Photo: Tsvetelina Angelova
Photo: Tsvetelina Angelova
After two years' construction, Sofia's Serdika Center, dubbed the biggest shopping mall in Bulgaria, opened for business on March 16 2010.
Hundreds of people attended the official inauguration of the mall on Sitnyakovo Boulevard in Oborishte borough in the early hours of the day, causing heavy traffic jams in the area.
The total investment for 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 beneath and above the centre.
The project is driven by ECE Project Management Bulgaria and Sparkassen Immobilien AG.
The mall has already rented out close to 98 per cent of its commercial space. The mall will have a golden exterior, something unprecedented for Bulgaria. Significantly, it will not be marketed as a recreation centre, hence the lack of cinemas. There will be restaurants, but the main attraction of the mall will be thematic presentations at specified intervals.
The stores within the mall will have a common strategy, image and policy, offering high class goods and services. Up until this point 80 per cent of the stores and parcels within the mall have already been rented out, or 175 stores out of 220.
Among the tenants will be Zara, Piccadilly, Technopolis, Beauty Zone, MarcO`Polo, New Yorker, Deichman and long-time partner Peek and Cloppenberg, among others.
Hundreds of people attended the official inauguration of the mall on Sitnyakovo Boulevard in Oborishte borough in the early hours of the day, causing heavy traffic jams in the area.
The total investment for 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 beneath and above the centre.
The project is driven by ECE Project Management Bulgaria and Sparkassen Immobilien AG.
The mall has already rented out close to 98 per cent of its commercial space. The mall will have a golden exterior, something unprecedented for Bulgaria. Significantly, it will not be marketed as a recreation centre, hence the lack of cinemas. There will be restaurants, but the main attraction of the mall will be thematic presentations at specified intervals.
The stores within the mall will have a common strategy, image and policy, offering high class goods and services. Up until this point 80 per cent of the stores and parcels within the mall have already been rented out, or 175 stores out of 220.
Among the tenants will be Zara, Piccadilly, Technopolis, Beauty Zone, MarcO`Polo, New Yorker, Deichman and long-time partner Peek and Cloppenberg, among others.
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Serdika Centre shopping mall opens on March 16 2010
The mall has already rented out close to 96 per cent of its commercial space.
Sparkassen plans 300M euro in new investments in Bulgaria
Sparkassen Immobilien, the real estate arm of Austria's Erste Bank, plans to invest up to 300 million euro in Bulgaria over the next two to three years, Friedrich Wahernig, member of Sparkassen Immobilien board of directors said on June 11. Its focus in the medium-term would be office and retail space. Additionally, Sparkassen Immobilien has remained keen on financing real estate projects in the region, Wahernig said. The company plans to divest of real estate investments in Western Europe and invest in Eastern Europe, Bulgaria included.
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Lyubov Kostova was appointed country manager of British Council Bulgaria effective January 1, replacing Tony Buckby, who left in October 2011 to take a similar position at British Council Greece. Kostova has been with British Council Bulgaria for 11 years, as public communications manager and, since 2008, as the head of project and partnerships department. Prior to joining the British Council, Kostova was head of international activities at the National Academy for Theatre and Cinema Arts (NATFIZ). She has a degree in Indian studies from Kliment Ohridski Sofia University.
CEZ
Stefan Apostolov is the new chief executive of CEZ Razpredelenie Bulgaria, the power transmission subsidiary of Czech energy company CEZ in the country. He replaces interim chief executive Ales Damm, who remains the chairperson of the CEZ Razpredelenie management board. Apostolov has 30 years of experience in the energy sector, joining CEZ in 2007 as director of customer service and was later appointed as head of business development. Apostolov has a master's degree in electric systems from the Belorussian National Technical University in Minsc, management diplomas from Open University London and New Bulgarian University, as well as a master's degree in business administration from Plovdiv University.
BASF Bulgaria
Valentina Dikanska is the new general manager of chemical industry giant BASF subsidiary in Bulgaria, taking over from Herbert Fisch, BASF vice president for Southeastern Europe. Dikanska, who started her career as an expert in the Finance Ministry, joined BASF Bulgaria as director of finance and administration in 2002. She becomes the first Bulgarian to hold the top management position in the company in its 40-year history on the Bulgarian market. Dikanska holds a master's degree in economics from the University for National and World Economy in Sofia.
Rompetrol Bulgaria
Alexander Albin has been appointed chief executive of fuel distributor Rompetrol Bulgaria, replacing Nichita Sorin, who left to become chief executive of Rompetrol Gaz in Romania. Albin was previously chief executive of Rompetrol Georgia. He has more than 15 years of experience in the oil and gas industry; prior to joining Romania's oil group Rompetrol in 2008 as an adviser, he oversaw operations at Atyrau refinery in Kazakhstan, owned by Rompetrol's parent company KazMunaiGaz. He previously held top management positions at two other leading Kazakh oil and gas companies.
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Great picture with the article!
How many years before it will finally look like this? Who is trying to fool who here?
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