PITEȘTI l Projects & Construction

[High Mileager]

I'm going to focus mainly on Pitesti but on Arges county area as well..
It looks a bit forgotten ..here on this forum.. and as a local I can tell you that
there are quite a few projects going on.

A summary:

Pitesti - On Arges downstream, a city of dream

The car industry affects the local real estate market

Documentary certified even from 1338, in a bequest paper wrote by the ruler Mircea cel Batran, Pitesti developed as a commercial, craft and farming center. After 400 years, Pitesti enjoyed an increased importance and when the ruler Alexandru Ioan Cuza visited the town, in 1859, it already had 1,400 houses where 7,000 people lived. The town progress was enhanced a lot later by the highway Bucharest - Pitesti and along with it, by the appearance in Mioveni of Dacia factory, thus getting a very active role in the Romanian economy.
Strongly industrialized in the last 30 years, the municipal town has now a diversified range of industrial network, from the light industry to the chemical industry or that of machine constructions. The last one registers now a full ascending, being the key element in developing the warehouse and production constructions. In spite of all these things, in Pitesti it has not emerged yet modern industrial developments, of big dimensions, except of renovated spaces owned by various producers and who use them for their activities. The areas where the industrial spaces are concentrated are situated at the exit toward Slatina (with a huge yet unexploited potential for the time being) and Ramnicu-Valcea, on highway Bucharest - Pitesti and Depozitelor Street.
Dacia-Renault opened at the exit toward Slatina and Craiova its biggest logistic center for spare parts in the country, while other two important brands, Peugeot and Citroen, have chosen the same area to locate their showrooms and strategic warehouse centers. In 2005, Dacia-Renault management team announced that, for the next three years, they will invest here 215 millions euro in order to build a gear boxes factory, this way drawing for sure new investments from the major providers of auto subsets, who need stocking and production spaces. The French producer`s presence in Pitesti has already attracted so far eight international providers(like Valeo,Lear,Johnson Controls,Draexlmaier), the market being in continuous expansion.
The City of Pitesti has a good infrastructure, being located at only 120 km away from Bucharest, and it also represents a transit space toward the tourist areas nearby. In the same time, it will directly benefit of the growing significance got by the Pan-European Corridor IV Constanta - Bucharest - Pitesti - Arad - Nadlac-Budapest.
The most dynamic segment of the real estate market in Pitesti is represented by the lands for investments, especially those meant for retail and warehouse spaces development, situated at the exit of the town in the above mentioned areas.
The exit towards Bucharest draws mostly the retailers, due to the excellent infrastructure it enjoys, to the visibility and heavy traffic. Here, the lands have generous sizes (from 2,5 hectares up), many of them with opening at highway. Of this good positioning it has already taken advantage Metro Cash & Carry (2001), Pic ` the local hypermarket (2005) or Maya Centre ` a small commercial center opened in 2005. The development direction is still prevailed by the retail, at front, and by warehouses, logistic and industrial platforms on the lands behind.
Another area of great interest for Pitesti real estate market is the one situated at the exit toward Ramnicu-Valcea. Here you can find the former industrial area of the town that is getting now through a transformation process, the real estate development segment being insufficiently exploited at present. Spaces of 10,000 to 25,000 sqm can be revalued. They become more attractive due to their very good position in the town, in a mainly residential area and especially on the main access route of the town, bd. Nicolae Balcescu. From this point of view an important step was made by one of the most dynamic companies in the retail field, Kaufland. On the land of the former dairy factory, Lactar, a new hypermarket was constructed.
The exit from Pitesti towards Slatina and Craiova has a big potential, but not yet capitalized. Hundreds of hectares are available and they are waiting for new investors. The expansion directions are the warehouse, production and retail segment, the showrooms with offices, but the most desired spaces being the ones that have openings to the street.

The city malls:Iris Shopping Centre, Jupiter City and Euromall are pushing Pitesti in line with other big cities
An evidence of the attraction Pitesti draws on those eager to build a profitable business can be seen in the substantial investments which the French group Flash Consulting made on the retail segment of the real estate market.

The residential segment is rising
In the last years, there has been no significant development on the residential spaces market in Pitesti. The old block of flats and the individual villas dominated the market, but no one could talk about developing a residential complex. But the old apartments offer, where the buildings were built before, are not enough any more at present.
That is why people started to demand villas and modern residential spaces, with luxury finishings, that also have yard, garage or pools. This request represents in fact the base for new developments on the residential spaces market in Pitesti. The location is a key element in developing such a project. The most wanted areas are the exit towards Dragasani, Trivale (situated on Westside), as well as Bascov (the northern-west part of the town), due to its easy access to town.
Another desired element is the positioning near Bogdaneasa Forest, in a green and quiet environment. Today, the investors in residential spaces focus to transform the old, big factories, situated in town. On those lands they wish to build mixed developments, mainly taking into account the retail segment, and then the residential constructions. The block of flats projects go towards the same direction, mainly focusing on renovating older spaces.

The office spaces get upsurged
Being very active from economic point of view, Pitesti has drawn in the last years many local and international companies who wished to open affiliates in the town in Trivale. Though the demand rises every year, the offer is still below the demand`s level. We are witnessing a big transformation on the offices segment, too. In Pitesti there is no Class A office building. The spaces used for this purpose are usually arranged inside block apartments or in renovated buildings, mainly situated on the most important avenues of the town.
The pretty high demand for such spaces represents a signal of this market development for the years to come. These spaces could find a strategic location on roads like Nicolae Balcescu Avenue, Fratii Golesti Avenue, I.C. Bratianu Avenue or Exercitiu Street, where there still are available lands, the central area being otherwise the most requested.

Gavana Towers in one of the projects currently going on (not the best design though..IMO)







more about this project here

http://apartamentegavana.ro/

http://apartamentegavana.ro/galerie

[High Mileager]

Pics of some retailers,car dealers + other Pitesti modern landmark buildings

Metro Pitesti


Auchan Pitesti


Iris Shopping Mall & Bricostore


Project description
The Iris Shopping Center is the biggest retail development in Arges County.The second phase of the development represents the shopping gallery consisting of 43 shops with a Gross Letting Area (GLA) of 7100 sq m. The merchandise mix, including fashion, health and beauty, services, personal goods and food, the anchors (Domo, Reno, L'oreal, Olympic Casino) are based on the high traffic generated from Auchan and Bricostore, located nearby.

Kaufland Pitesti


Pic (local brand)


Maya Shopping Center


Pitesti Police Headquarters(onfinished)


Customs Building


Corona Building


National bank of Romania branch


BRD Bank Pitesti


Romenterra bank


Volksbank


Argecom Building Pitesti


The ground floor is temporarily occupied by a Honda dealership


New office buildings(Yaki Hotel&Business Center)


Romtelecom Building


Muntenia Hotel


Alcadibo Hotel&Business Center


Metropol Hotel


Pitesti Public Library


Pitesti Astronomic Observatory


Constantin Brancoveanu University


Pitesti University

[nebunul]

http://www.evz.ro/articole/detalii-a...100000-de-lei/

[High Mileager]

Originally Posted by nebunul

http://www.evz.ro/articole/detalii-a...100000-de-lei/

..sa speram ca instructiunile vor fi in "romana" si repede..in caz ca-l "taie ca**rea"..omu' nu prea mai are timp de ascultat cu atentie atatea indicatii.Oricum buna stirea asta.

[Cosmin]

I moved the posts about Arges in the SOUTH-MUNTENIA REGION | Projects & Construction thread which is also for Arges. I'll leave this thread for Pitesti only.

So please post all Arges related developments in the above thread.

[High Mileager]

Thx...I appreciate it.

Pitesti(1m euro) musical fountain delights us with a little concert here..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo0gK...eature=related

Be advised that the music will start only after 1min 50sec...

[High Mileager]

An interview with Pitesti Chief of Technical and Urban Division...

''For Pitesti development we do not necessarily embrace Western patterns, as what we desire most is to show consideration for tradition and citizens needs.`

Which are the urban development norms promoted by Technical and Urban Division of Pitesti Town Hall?
The urban development norms that must be promoted and complied in Pitesti are the one included in the General Urban Plan and in its Regulations, approved by the Decision no 113/1999 of Local Counsel and advised by the interested factors. More than that, in the areas where certain restrictions or conditions are imposed, the documentations are presented during the meeting of Local Counsel, which approves or not Area Urban Plans or Details Urban Plans. After the approval, these will become `local laws` that must be complied, otherwise being used the Law no 50/1991 provisions, as it was completed and modified afterwards.

What can you tell us about the project of arranging the central area of Pitesti municipal town?
Pitesti central area fitting out is a very complex project, meant to give personality to the town. The project started in 1998 and it was divided in stages, because of significant high costs.
In 2000, in the first stage, we celebrated the new `Vasile Milea` Market. The workings consisted of rehabilitation of town networks, changing the pavement, modernization of lighting system, setting of artesian-wells and rest places, so that the market should become a promenade and meeting place for citizens, but also a place of organizing cultural manifestations. The second stage was finished in 2004 and it continued the arranging in the promenade and leisure area, when we built a complex of artesian-wells, protecting in the same time the integrity of the green space. The third stage, which includes the area from "Trivale" shop to `AL. Davila` Theater, is still being designed. Of course that we continue the arrangements executed in the previous stages. We mainly focus on forwarding the pedestrians from the commercial area toward the administrative/cultural one. To put it into a nutshell, the proposed solution is structures on three kinds of area:
- Commercial area - functions: reorganized parking, street trade, commercial galleries, urban furniture and public lighting;
- cultural/spiritual area - functions: concerts, shows, fairs, exhibitions, specific urban events, leisure, water mirrors, artesian-wells;
- pedestrian area - functions: pedestrian route, information, leisure, water mirrors, artesian-wells, rest places, green spaces, urban furniture and public lighting.
The feasibility study was approved, while the technical project and execution details are to be approved. The workings are programmed to start in 2007.

In what stage is the project of building a belt road outside the municipal town?
Regarding the deviation of the traffic toward the belt road, we can specify that the project of prolonging highway Bucharest-Pitesti is already finished and the tunel from Bascov area is being executed in a quick rhythm, as a part of a national program managed by the National Roads Administration. The belt road from DN 65B toward Ramnicu-Valcea is included in the 2007 plan of Arges District Counsil, the route being almost entirely on the territory of some neighborhood villages.

What other actions of urban development are included in the top priorities agenda of the Technical and Urban Division?
Among Pitesti Town Hall`s priorities, regarding the urban development, we can enumerate the following: rehabilitation of the filtering station, the sewerage network and water feeding in Pitesti, with ISPA financing and local budget still in progress; Integrated Management for Solid Waste in Arges district provision ISPA no 2005 ROP PE 001; modernization and rehabilitation of municipal markets (finalized: `Ceair` Market; still in progress: `Smardan` Market; finalized project: `Traian" Market); modernization and rehabilitation of the areas given back according to the property legislation (Plato `Prundu` still in progress; area `Turcesti` - finalized project; plateau `Gavana` - still in progress); municipal graveyard in Prundu area - still in progress; bronze moulding and assembling statue `I.C. Bratianu" - still in progress; Skate Park - still in progress; artesian-wells in the town quarters (6 locations)` finalized project; boarding houses for children in Tudor Vladimirescu quarter - still in progress; exterior traffic passage Podul Viilor `already launched the project idea; crossing over the train railway in Lanariei area - finalized pre-feasibility study; the development as leisure area of `Arges` river (in the administrative area of Pitesti municipal town); outside parking places - executed project; commercial airport - investment in progress; rehabilitation of traffic system; industrial park in CET 2 Sud area; school in Northern part of the town; public transportation - feasibility study in progress; rehabilitation of `Strand" park; Olympic pool - rehabilitation (in progress); Zoo - at European standards; the Philharmonic (discussions with Minister of Culture regarding the location); rehabilitation of Cultural Center; expanding the interior land of municipal town in order to create more areas for private residences or areas for services.

Is there a communication environment between the chief architects or the urban managers in the big municipal towns of the country, as to promote the experience transfer or the urbanism solutions?
At the level of Municipal Towns Association in Romania we have the Chief Architects Body and Technical Managers Body. Among its members there are also Pitesti representatives.
The regular meetings represent a good opportunity to exchange ideas, proposals of legislation modifications, transfer of experience and urbanism solutions.

If it were to copy the model of a Western city in regards with the developing plans of Pitesti, what would you choose?
Pitesti municipal town must become, according to our vision, a developed city, being a transit spot to and from the Capital, but keeping the local characteristics and the urban and architectural traditions. I do not think that a town can develop just copying the model of another, a western one in particular. The town is a living organism, which develops itself according to his inhabitants necessities and welfare. We can learn from some examples, but only if adapted to the Romanian legislation and traditions. Pitesti Town Hall and Local Counsel supports the development proposals that came out of citizens requests, as well as the private investors proposals, as long as they fit to the local development plans. There are significant examples in making some private investments, like supermarkets, residences areas, and traffic systematization according to those investments etc., which have nothing to do with the funds from the local budget''.

[High Mileager]

Originally Posted by High Mileager

Pitesti commercial airport - investment in progress.. .

Does anyone know more about this?
I admit that although I'm a local I haven't heard anything about this..
The only project I know of is the new airfield which is under construction near Turcesti on Pitesti-Slatina road..but that's just for small planes,gliders and agriculture planes,stuff like that..the most general aviation..as the previous airfield at Geamana was given back to the guy who inherited that land(btw that guy built a house right in the middle of the track)
Anyway ..Commercial airport for me means more than that..

[Cosmin]

Commercial airport should mean an airport at least as big as Suceava or Baia-Mare airports for example, both of which have an 1,800-meter long runway. But maybe they just plan building another airfield like Geamana. I do hope for a real airport though...

Keep us posted if you hear some news on this.

[High Mileager]

Exactely what I thought.. Suceava or Tulcea do fullfil a minimal critiria to be called commercial airports..but this one which is being built near Pitesti it will be
just for sport type of aviation ..replacing Geamana.

Also on the future airports map there is nothing drawn in Pitesti area

http://www.mdlpl.ro/_documente/dezvo...e/lege_363.pdf

[High Mileager]

An aerial view of Euromall Pitesti ,The two bridges over Doamnei River and Arges river..Near by mall the bypass was still under construction at that time..










Austrian investment fund Immoeast has bought Euromall Shopping Centre Pitesti for 87 million Euro from Union Investitii, a French-Israeli group that built up a network of branded Euromalls in Romania. The project, completed in May 2007, has a total usable space of 32,000 square metres and is fully let. Immoeast has 44 retail properties and projects with usable space totalling 894,000 square metres in Romania.

[Le Clerk]

You should try to upload larger pictures:

[High Mileager]

Thx LeClerk..I've already edited ..

This is why Euromall decided to build this mall in Pitesti
(from euromall website)

Why Pitesti?

Pitesti is a dynamic town with a growing economy, very strong in terms of industrial output. The town benefits of a young and educated population, continuously looking for new opportunities in shopping and leisure.
Euromall is the first mall in Pitesti and offers over 100 shops for all needs and tastes. Spanning a total of 32.000 sqm, Euromall Pitesti is a modern, 2-story shopping center with no less than 20.000 sqm gross leasable area. The center is conveniently located on the Bucuresti – Pitesti – Sibiu – Arad highway, and within walking distance from the city center.

Catchment Area
Apart from the town residents, Euromall Pitesti also attracts visitors from neighboring areas: Curtea de Arges, Mioveni, Scornicesti, Slatina, Stefanesti and Toploveni. It all sums up to a demographic catchement of more than 400,000 inhabitants.

Amenities
Euromall Pitesti is a modern commercial center, complying with the highest standards in terms of quality, comfort and safety. Euromall Pitesti successfully combines several anchors, the 2,000 sqm supermarket, home appliances, drugstore, the "all tastes" food court and the 6 screen Cinema City multiplex with more than 1,200 seats. Apart from the two panoramic-view elevators destined for the clients, there are four escalators and three freight elevators serving the personnel and for the moving around of the merchandise. The shopping center has easy access to the main roads and over 700 parking spaces on ground level.

Reasons to Invest
In a town with many students and a predominantly young population, the tastes in terms of shopping, quality entertainment and leisure activities are becoming more and more sophisticated. While revenues are growing and businesses are flourishing, the people of Pitesti discover new living standards every day. Considering the great location, the overall growth potential of the area and the presence of other major European investors in town such as Renault, Valeo, or Lear Corporation, Pitesti is currently the hotspot on our investments map.

Owner: Immoeast
Constructor: Bog'Art Constructii
Architect: Moore-Yaski-Sivan
Designer: Romproiect

[High Mileager]

With Euromall Pitesti up and running since May the 17th 2007, and the steady growth of the area both socially and industrially, Pitesti remains a favorite destination for the Euromall investments. The company already acquired the land for its new project, Eurotower.

With a planned investment of approximately 20 million euros, Eurotower Pitesti, with construction works planned to start Q3 2008, will feature over 15.000 sqm office space.

[High Mileager]

Dezvoltatorul imobiliar britanic Jupiter Group International a investit 42 de milioane de euro in centrul comercial Jupiter City, care s-a deschis pe 26 iunie in Pitesti. Operatorul de hipermarketuri Carrefour, reteaua de bricolaj Praktiker, Mobexpert si Media Galaxy au deschis noi magazine in acest centru comercial, care urmeaza sa fie extins in urmatoarele opt luni cu o suprafata de vanzare de 6.000 de metri patrati. Investitia pentru extindere se ridica la zece milioane de euro. In prezent, centrul are o suprafata inchiriabila de 37.000 de metri patrati.

Magazinul Carrefour deschis la Pitesti are o suprafata de vanzare de 7.000 de metri patrati, investitia pentru amenajarea lui ridicandu-se la 20 de milioane de euro. Praktiker, al 22-lea magazin al retelei din Romania, are o suprafata de vanzare de 8.200 mp si a necesitat o investitie de 12 milioanede euro. Mobexpert a investit la Pitesti 2,5 milioane euro, intr-un magazin cu o suprafata totala de 7.000 mp. Media Galaxy va oferi peste 30.000 de produse electronice pe o suprafata de 3.000 de metri patrati. Potrivit directorului pentru Romania al companiei Jupiter, Amnon Vardi, dezvoltatorul are pentru urmatorii ani si alte proiecte, in valoare de cateva sute de milioane de euro.

[nebunul]

Centrura (din imagine?) parca a fost terminata?!

Originally Posted by Le Clerk

Close up with ZA terrace above ...naissssss





more http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/euromallpitesti/

And some random pictures ...










Not far from Pitesti

[High Mileager]

Originally Posted by nebunul

Centrura (din imagine?) parca a fost terminata?!

Da..inca din noiembrie 2007.Acum se lucreaza la tunelul ce-o va conecta la drumul spre RmValcea..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7cu5PVpfew

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhaEp...eature=related

[nebunul]

le stiu ... filmat de commodore - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...postcount=1176
... ma refeream strict la pasarela de linga mall

[High Mileager]

Originally Posted by nebunul

..some more pics of Pitesti public fountains..

Milea Square fountain


Downtown


Musical Fountain


Gavana



Trivale


Prundu


Razboieni


Near Trivale Bulding, downtown


our mayor is kinda obsessed with them..but it's ok

[High Mileager]

Originally Posted by nebunul

... ma refeream strict la pasarela de linga mall

Exceptand pasajul subteran de la Bascov , pe centura totul e gata,inclusiv pasarela respectiva.