I have to admit, I've never been a fan of shopping malls. I don't like such enclosed spaces and for me, there's no better "shopping experience" then strolling along Belgrade's Knez Mihailova street, visiting the many chic stores & outdoor cafes. But now I notice this huge "mall fever" is beginning to shake up the Balkans (we're probably among the last ones to start building these things) so I was wondering, if we were to make a LIST of top20 largest shopping malls in Eastern Europe , how would it look like today?

NOTE: THis is NOT a photo thread, so please don't post massive ammounts of useless pics. If you really have to, limit yourself to just ONE.

Some of the projects in Bulgaria :banana:

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/2953/molna0.jpg

Tzum completion was back in the 50's :) in 1999 is just change of the owners.

Thank you:cheers:
Now, if everyone could post similar tables, we could make a list:)

Here are some from Ukraine:

Kyiv alone:

http://i32.tinypic.com/id93y0.jpg

Regions:

http://i25.tinypic.com/3305n9w.jpg

http://i.domik.net/_xmlimg/xml_41890a68492d241cf402b9c4b3dd856891c7561a.png

Note: Karavan Mall in Dnipropetrovsk has been enlarged to 100,000 from the 80,000 on the second table.
These are old data though, there are new ones U/C, I'll try to find more tables.

The Carrefour malls around the balkans would definitely be among the biggest

^^ Carrefour is not actually a mall, but a hypermarket.

Biggest one in Romania:

Colosseum:

450 shops, 16 screen cinema, 20 lane bowling, Carrefour, 8,000 parking spaces
Developer: Modus Properties (UK)
Investment: 450 million Euro
GLA: 120,000 sqm


Second one:

Baneasa Shopping City ... GLA 85.000 sqm

Maybe I was a little too harsh with the pics rule...if you wish,you can post one or two photos of the largest, most "representative" , shopping malls - just so we get the idea how large they really are:)

^^ The biggest and largest shopping Malls in EE are in Moscow and in Belgrade :) 3rd biggest is currently U/C in Podgorica. Happy now ? :lol:

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/2953/molna0.jpg

That's quite incomplete

Biggest Shopping mall in EE = Mega Mall in Moscow.

Grand Mall In Varna will be the largest in BG :nuts:

http://www.dnevnik.bg/lib/showimg.php?filename=zx500_362788.jpg

Some of the projects in Bulgaria :banana:

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/2953/molna0.jpg

Where is Galeria Varna :lol:

Biggest in Poland - Arkadia (Warsaw) 110.000 m2 shopping space

Grand Mall In Varna will be the largest in BG :nuts:

http://www.dnevnik.bg/lib/showimg.php?filename=zx500_362788.jpg

Carrefour will be the largest in Bulgaria ;)

http://www.naiprocon.com/uploads/publication/37.pdf

4 malls in Sofia are going to be larger than Carrefour's one...and really the Grand mall in Varna is larger than Carrefour's one.

The biggest in Bosnia is the one in Zenice 69000m2.

www.dzananov.ba

http://www.zenicki.com/Gallery/albums/wpw-20080302/DSC05889_copy.jpg
http://www.zenicki.com/Gallery/albums/wpw-20080302/DSC05959_copy.jpg
http://www.zenicki.com/Gallery/albums/wpw-20080323/DSC07771_copy.jpg

^^ GLA or TBA?

Wait a second, we're not talking about the whole project area, but only about the mall. In Sofia, the Carrefour mall itself will be 66 000 sqr. m,but the whole project will be 90 000-that includes the offices too.

^^ I dont know:(

Where is Galeria Varna :lol:

Hmm, and where is Galleria Stara Zagora?

http://www.gtc.bg/stara_zagora/img/building_big.jpg

^^Wooow nice!!!! U/C?

^^

Yep! :cheers:

Central core of IMBC (mall "4 Seasons" or other name mall "Russia")
450 000 sq. m.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ru/c/c8/%D0%A6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D0%AF%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE_%D0%9C%D0%9C%D0%94%D0%A6.jpg

http://i017.radikal.ru/0803/72/4e60ca2c65e6.jpg

^^

Yep! :cheers:

The investor is? Trigranit?

^^ GTC from Poland.

The biggest in Poland are...

numbers of retail (shopping) space

Arkadia - 110.000m2 - Warsaw
Manufaktura - 110.000m2 - Lodz
Magnolia Park - 74.428m2 - Wroclaw
Galeria Mokotów - 68,000m2 - Warsaw
Silesia City Centre - 65.000m2 - Katowice
Blue City - 65.000m2 - Warsaw
Złote Tarasy - 63.500m2 - Warsaw
Galeria Krakowska - 60.000m2 - Krakow
Stary Browar - 50.000m2 - Poznan
Galeria Bałtycka - 45.000m2 - Gdansk

There are also dozens of malls between 10.000 and 35.000m2+ of retail (shopping) space in Poland... but I`m already tired enough to search precise data... :P

and If we are talking about total covered area then...

Arkadia - 287.000 m2 Arkadia stands out as the biggest shopping mall in Central Europe. - Warsaw

"The five floor leviathan contains everything you need to survive in Warsaw" :lol:
http://www.inyourpocket.com/poland/warsaw/shopping/category/4720-shoppingmalls.html

Manufaktura - 270.000m2 - Lodz
Magnolia Park - 240.000m2 - Wroclaw
Złote Tarasy - 225,000m2 - Warsaw
Blue City - 218.000m2 - Warsaw

Central core of IMBC (mall "4 Seasons" or other name mall "Russia")
450 000 sq. m.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ru/c/c8/%D0%A6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D0%AF%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE_%D0%9C%D0%9C%D0%94%D0%A6.jpg

http://i017.radikal.ru/0803/72/4e60ca2c65e6.jpg

Finally some real interesting project:cheers:

BTC in Ljubljana is the size of the Vatican (more than 400,000 sqm).

As far as I know Poland in no2 in Europe in terms of planned and U/C malls and shopping centres in 2006/07...

In Zagreb there are two big centres beeing build right now:

Shopping City Zagreb with 3 areas -
Area 1 - Retail Park (189,684m²)
Area 2 - Shopping Centre: Basic Real Estate 1 (107,797m²), Basic Real Estate 2 (103.970m²)
Area 3 - Business Park, Office, Logistics, Sport, Entertainment (297,818m²)
http://www.shopping-city-zagreb.com/bildfenster.php?site=me20050105195127&lp=en
http://www.shopping-city-zagreb.com/res/gifs/startbild.jpg


City Center Zagreb/Arena Center - the Zagreb arena, which is a part of that complex is suppose to be finished during the summer 2008, and after that the rest of the complex is going to be build.
http://www.trigranit.hu/media/proj_galeria/nagy/1181649382_Zagreb_City_Center.jpg

Carrefour is hypermarket verige soooo I dont count it for mall... ;)
Buy yeah,if we count it for mall,it is the biggest

Grand Mall In Varna will be the largest in BG :nuts:

http://www.dnevnik.bg/lib/showimg.php?filename=zx500_362788.jpg

The design and size of gradmall were totally change if you dont know and not for better

A new mall called Supernova opened in Ljubljana a few days ago, and stores have DJs, so music is always great.

http://hbreavis.sk/en/projekt/aupark-bratislava-1

aupark mall in Bratislava is currently the biggest one with 240 shops.
aupark expanding even in Czech republic :cheers:
http://img.ihned.cz/attachment.php/20916315/3DNSGt1EyQLuR6AxlPnOf97bdieIFpM8/auparktower_v.jpg

Biggest one in Romania:

Colosseum:

450 shops, 16 screen cinema, 20 lane bowling, Carrefour, 8,000 parking spaces
Developer: Modus Properties (UK)
Investment: 450 million Euro
GLA: 120,000 sqm


Second one:

Baneasa Shopping City ... GLA 85.000 sqm


Just to add ... Parklake Plaza, the name of the mall in this project, will be the biggest shopping complex in Bucharest, with 110,000 square metres of lettable space and around 600 stores. The investment in this complex is estimated to be worth 500 million euros. The future tenants of Parklake Plaza will include the Real hypermarket chain, which will rent 12,700 square metres and the Cinema City operator, which will take up 4,000 square metres.

sorry guys, this one will be the biggest:Parklake Plaza

^^ video - http://www.caelumdevelopment.eu/parklake.php
...and some shots from the movie.

http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/3971/41620929ry9.jpg

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/7731/44866405jo9.jpg

http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/2289/50669944xj8.jpg

Details (En) - http://www.zf.ro/articol_143258/caelum_to_build_bucharest_s_biggest_mall_in_titan.html

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/7585/ccbv0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

:cheers: Colosseum Bucharest U/C- "169,000 m2 of retail, leisure and entertainment space"
http://www.thecolosseum.eu/index.php

^^ Over €30m is being spent on improving the highways and infrastructure to the scheme to ensure swift entry into the site. The completed Colosseum scheme will also have a brand new bus and tram terminus providing easy access for the majority of the residents of Bucharest.

I believe Casa Radio was not mentioned.

From www.plazacenters.com:

The Casa Radio development sits on a 9.195 hectare (22.7 acre) site located in central Bucharest, incorporating a large area of the Bucharest city centre. Gara de Nord, the city's main railway station is nearby as well as the adjacent Eroilor Metro Station and a number of trolley bus services which serve the site.

The development of Casa Radio comprises approximately 360,000sqm, including:

A 120,000 sqm shopping mall and leisure centre (one of the largest in Europe)
residential area, hotel, casino, hypermarket, convention and conference hall.
Furthermore, two 135 metre tall towers of 53,000 sqm each, which once completed, will be among the tallest buildings in Bucharest.

Project status: demolition works and initial construction commenced, approaching final concept design.

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/8377/casaradio04vq8.jpg

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/1033/casaradio01ue3.jpg

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/2011/casaradio03tj6.jpg

The central mall in Skopje, Macedonia build in the 70's
Surface about 115.000 m2

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/6488/2mop441yz5.jpg
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/6488/2mop441yz5.jpg

A new supermall for Moscow - 510 000 m2 :cheers:


http://img.lenta.ru/ireal/news/2008/03/28/aviapark/picture.jpg
Крупнейший в Москве торгово-развлекательный комплекс под рабочим названием "Авиапарк" появится на участке площадью 14,35 гектара по адресу Хорошевское шоссе, владение 38а. В пресс-релизе компании "Магазин Магазинов" сообщается, что комплекс будет возведен в рамках комплексной застройки Ходынского поля, включающей в себя жилой массив Гранд-Парк, офисный комплекс с апартаментами и гостинично-офисный комплекс, а также национальный музей авиации и космонавтики, ледовый дворец и ландшафтный парк.

Особенностью будущего торгово-развлекательного центра является его масштабность. Общая площадь здания - 510 тысяч квадратных метров, общая площадь торговой части здания - 260 тысяч квадратных метров. Развлекательная зона с многозальным кинотеатром займет около 20 тысяч квадратных метров.

В "Авиапарке" будет реализована идея двух- и трехуровневых магазинов для крупных сетевых операторов. В галерее торгового центра будет представлено более 170 магазинов. Визитной карточкой "Авиапарка" станет крупнейший атриум в России.

Месторасположение комплекса обеспечивает хорошую транспортную доступность. Для нужд посетителей предусмотрено 6500 машиномест на парковке. Будет организовано движение общественного транспорта и "шаттлов" от нескольких станций метрополитена. Кроме того, программой перспективного развития московского метрополитена предусмотрено строительство новой станции в непосредственной близости от здания "Авиапарка".

Торговый комплекс способен принять число посетителей равное половине населения столицы. В первичной торговой зоне "Авиапарка" к 2011 году будет проживать около восьми миллионов человек.

В настоящее время идет проектирование комплекса. Плановый срок начала строительных работ - четвертый квартал 2008 года. Открытие "Авиапарка" запланировано на 2011 год.

Девелопером проекта является ЗАО "ТВК "Авиапарк", архитектурная концепция разработана Benoy и ABD architects. Консультационное сопровождение и сдача в аренду – компания "Магазин Магазинов".
http://realty.lenta.ru/news/2008/03/28/aviapark/

Like I said, in the Balkans, the mall-mania has only recently started...

only a few months ago, DeltaCity Belgrade (80-90k sqm) opened, becoming the largest mall in ex-YU region:

http://www.europe-re.com/files/processed/00086500/86554_delta_overdag.jpg

Another one - the so-called "PC USCE" mall - already under construction by MPC Group - it will be about 30-50% larger then DeltaCity.

http://www.x-build.net/4images/data/media/1/060318-rn-usce-01.jpg


And the last known planned mall, "Delta Planet", will start construction either late this or early next year. It will be about twice of the size of USCE mall (~350k sqm)

http://www.horcon.hu/images/delta-planet.jpg

^^ You need to mention what are those surfaces:plot surface, total built surface (office+commercial), commercial surface, GLA etc?

I highly doubt those are GLA surfaces though.

Nothnig can beat the DUBAI MALL :lol:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Dubai_Mall_Under_Construction_on_27_November_2007.jpg/800px-Dubai_Mall_Under_Construction_on_27_November_2007.jpg

850 000 m2 GLA - 1200 shops. :nuts::lol:

How big is Mercator in Novi Beograd, if anyone knows?

Nothnig can beat the DUBAI MALL :lol:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Dubai_Mall_Under_Construction_on_27_November_2007.jpg/800px-Dubai_Mall_Under_Construction_on_27_November_2007.jpg

850 000 m2 GLA - 1200 shops. :nuts::lol:

I guess it is half empty all the time. Dubai is not that big city and even with tourists this mall makes no sense.

How big is Mercator in Novi Beograd, if anyone knows?

About 52.000 square meters.

Arkadia Mall in Warsaw - 287 000 sq meters

http://www.arkadia.com.pl/?pageid=1&lang=en

http://www.termatex.pl/gfx/arkadia-caly-dach.jpg
http://www.cogdziezaile.pl/obrazki/Arkadia%20noca.jpg
http://www.muratorplus.pl/images/Z_lotu_ptaka2.jpg

I've made my little research on Bulgarian malls, so here's what I found out:

The largest mall currently built is the Mall of Sofia:

http://www.balkantopproperties.com/about_bulgaria/Economy/Mall%20of%20Sofia.jpg

Its TBA: 75.000 m2, its GLA is about 30.000m2

The largest malls currently U/C are:

Serdika Center, TBA: 180.000 m2, GLA: 55.000 m2, completion: end of 2009

http://www.ece.de/shared/media/434_project_center.jpg

Carrefour, TBA: 100.000 m2, GLA: 66.000m2

http://www.novinite.com/media/images/2007-11/87185.jpg



And the largest planned (Akropolis have already cleared the plot, but still no construction have started):

Sofiiski Akropolis: TBA (the whole project, incl residential/office parts: 850.000 m2), GLA: 100.000, completion: 2013

http://www.akropolis.lt/images/graphics/1194348412.JPG


Danaos Mall, GLA: 100.000 m2, TBA: unknown, start date unknown, opening date unknown, the plot is already bought, but I cannot find any info

These malls in Sofia , who's building them? I know Carrefour is a French company but what about the rest?

The name "Akropolis" reminds me Lithuania's VP Market.

Carrefour was the investor, but they recently sold the project to Assos from Greece and will now own only the supermarket inside.

Akropolis is developed by VP market, Serdika Center is developed by ECE from Germany, Danaos is a Greek company. Mall of Sofia was built by Ocif (Israel) and Cinema City, but they sold the project to GE AFAIK, they are now building malls outside Sofia.

There is another large project whose construction should begin soon, which is a mixed development (office/retail) of 280.000 m2, the GLA is 80.000 m2. They announced the completion of stage 1 to be in 2009, but I doubt that.

http://www.capital.bg/showimg.php?filename=zx350_459464.jpg

It is developed by Riofisa (Spain)

Interestingly, all the malls in Serbia are largely being built by domestic firms so far.
I guess we're not yet that attractive to foreign investors;)

So that's a good opportunity for local companies IMO. Unfortunately, here the local companies cannot compete with foreign investment funds.

Interestingly, all the malls in Serbia are largely being built by domestic firms so far.
I guess we're not yet that attractive to foreign investors;)


^^ Most big(est) malls (completed) in Romania are owned by local companies

One Example: Iulius Mall Timisoara - en http://www.iuliusmall.com/en/index.php
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/116/im2vh0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
^^
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/8206/im123to7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

About 52.000 square meters.

Thanx, I thought it was bigger.

Budapest

Westend City Center (was East and Central Europes largest when completed, most likely not anymore though :)..)
Gross buildable area: 194,000 m2

Asia Center
Two wings are finished and operating since some years back.
When finished in 2010, it will be 205 000 m2
Inner space 1 054 261 m3

^^ Most of us posted the GLA not total built area ... look at Moscow's 510.000sqm

Vilnius

"Akropolis" - 112.000 sqm Built

"Akropolis 2" - 100.000 sqm U/C soon

"Ozas" - 93.000 sqm U/C

"Panorama" - 65.000 sqm (129.000 with underground parking) U/C

Greece:

Athens:

Currently there are 10 projects U/C in Athens that will give 382,000 sqm of shopping malls.Generally there is a construction boom in shopping centers construction all over the country, of course malls out of Athens are on an average of 10.000 sqm or less, so i wont post the small ones, just some of the major.

Attica shopping center-23.000 sqm

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2205/2176704712_c2b6cb3855_b.jpg

http://briefcase.pathfinder.gr/download/gm22633/34788/417829/0/MTS-1-From+panepistimiou-small.jpg

The Mall Athens-90.000 sqm Existing
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2277/2152093938_3a1f27f56d_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2364/2129409936_edb3433cb7_o.jpg

Golden Hall(IBC)-40.000sqm (U/C)
http://www.lamda-development.net/Uploads/GHPrroptiko.jpg

Votanikos shopping mall-70.000 (U/C)


Thessaloniki:
Mediterranean Cosmos-46.000 sqm (Existing)

http://www.lamda-development.net/Uploads/PhotoGaleryMediterr1.jpg

http://www.lamda-development.net/Uploads/cosmos_6.jpg

Larissa:

Pantheon Plaza-42.000 sqm (U/C)
http://www.nls.com.gr/www.nls.com.gr/photo_gallery/pantheon_plaza_larisa/pantheon_plaza_larisa_4.jpg

http://briefcase.pathfinder.gr/download/gm22633/34788/417829/0/MTS-1-From+panepistimiou-small.jpg

Been there :)

BTW are those TBA or GLA?

Largest malls of Moscow:
mall "Rio"
92 000 sq meters
GLA 40 000 sq meters
http://www.scrussia.ru/pics/data/original/5344.jpg

mall "Atrium"
130 500 sq meters
GLA 40 500 sq meters

mall "Schuka"
105 000 sq meters
GLA 45 000 sq meters
http://www.scrussia.ru/pics/data/original/6102.jpg

mall "Europe"
180 000 sq meters
GLA 63 000 sq meters
http://www.scrussia.ru/pics/data/original/5424.jpg

mall "Mega Teplii stan"
150 000 sq meters
GLA 70 000 sq meters
http://www.scrussia.ru/pics/data/original/3599.jpg

mall "Mega Himki"
230 000 sq meters
GLA 174 000 sq meters
http://www.scrussia.ru/pics/data/original/3618.jpg

mall "Mega Belaya Dacha"
270 000 sq meters
GLA 203 000 sq meters

Under Construction:
mall "Russia"
550 000 sq meters

mall "Aviapark"
510 000 sq meters

mall Metropolis
210 000 sq meters

Why are you guys so excited about these malls? They choke the smaller stores outside on the streets.

It would be more interesting to also have GLA (Gross Leasable Area) information. A lot of these malls include carparks, adjacent office buildings, apartments and other public areas which really dont create an accurate impression of the actual size of the retail mall .....

Read this in SIEPA's newsletter:

"BRIF is the first strategic investment fund dedicated to Serbia & Montenegro. BRIF has acquired a project of 57,000 sqm shopping center development in Ada Huja, Belgrade for €13.5 million. The projected shopping center space, as per current design, is modern ground plus one level of 57,370 sqm gross construction areas and comprises total of 44,196 sqm usable retail space, with outside car par providing over 1,980 spaces. "

Anybody got more info (when?, where exactly?)??

M

there a couple of big ones in Croatia Zagreb: Avnue Mall , King Cross , City Center one...also in Rijeka and alot coming

The largest shopping center in Sarajevo and whole Bosnia and Herzegovina is u/c, it will have 100,000 sq. meter of shopping area + parking etc etc.

http://www.sa-c.info/projektImg/Hecoprom_Shopping_Center_41e47_hecoprom.jpg

http://www.sa-c.info/updateImg/hecoprom_shopping_center_e16dbb5bd7_1.jpg

http://www.sa-c.info/updateImg/hecoprom_shopping_center_3cf4420e0c_17.JPG

http://www.sa-c.info/updateImg/hecoprom_shopping_center_3cf4420e0c_21.JPG

http://www.sa-c.info/updateImg/hecoprom_shopping_center_3cf4420e0c_18.JPG

The openning is expected by the end of this year :okay:

Silesia City Center in Katowice - 65,000 + 20,000 under construction

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Katowice_-_Silesia_City_Center_%282%29.jpg/800px-Katowice_-_Silesia_City_Center_%282%29.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Silesia_city_center_night.jpg/800px-Silesia_city_center_night.jpg

and one archival photo from 2005 - still under construction

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/SilesiaCityCenter2005.jpg/800px-SilesiaCityCenter2005.jpg


Source: Wikipedia

Supernova Shopping Mall Zagreb

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/8129/2312zagrebbuzinekzansiclg8.jpg
http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/5996/2211zagrebbuzinfmzansicth0.jpg

It will have 270 000 sq.
When finished it will be the biggest in Zagreb and Croatia.
There will also be built a 100m skyscraper hotel.