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ARENA CENTAR IS BREAKING THE RECORDS & OTHER STORIES TO OPEN

ONCE AGAIN AFTER STELLAR YEAR FIRST STORE IN RUSSIA BULGARIA MALL SIGNS TWO
The tenant mix at Bulgaria Mall continues to
expand in order to provide more choice for its
After the Arena Park opening, the largest shopping mall in The move will include the opening of a visitors. Most recently, Madame Coco and Next
Zagreb, ended 2019 with record breaking business results bricks-and-mortar store in Moscow that Level have signed up and opened. Madame
and 10 million visits. will sell the fashion retailer’s range of Coco took 390sq m of space whilst Next Level
Following Arena Centar’s expansion and refurbishment ready-to-wear clothing, shoes, bags, beauty Fitness Club took 1,317sq m of space on the
in 2018, as well as the construction of the Arena Park in products, jewellery and accessories. second floor.
2019, the centre can confidently say that it has all relevant Karolina Gutke, Managing Director of &
fashion, beauty, sports and tech brands all in one place. Other Stories, said: “We’re very excited to
Peek & Cloppenburg, Calvin Klein Jeans, Hugo Boss, make our debut in Russia later this year and PRIMARK TO EXPAND IN 2020
Nespresso, The Body Shop, Gap, Lacoste, Ted Baker as introduce Stories in the best possible way. After recording strong sales in the past two
well as Jysk, CCC and Kik are just some of the newly We can’t wait to open and get to know our months, Primark is planning to add new stores
opened stores of the destination. Russian customers.” to fuel its international growth. The expansion
“This year’s double-digit footfall increase is proof that Launched in 2013, & Other Stories now includes entires into new markets such as
Arena Centar is still the first choice both in Zagreb and in has stores in the UK, Austria, Belgium, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. On
expanded catchment zone,” said Nataša Milašinčić, Arena Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, top of this, stores will open in existing markets.
Centar’s Director. For nearly a decade Arena Centar Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands,
has been a mandatory shopping and entertainment Poland, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, UAE,
destination for the whole family. Kuwait, Qatar and the US. BBI CENTAR ADDS TENANTS
Located on one of Sarajevo’s most famous
landmarks, Trg Djece Sarajevo, BBI Centar has
TURNER & TOWNSEND APPOINTED attracted new fashion and gastronomy tenants
ON AUSTRALIA’S FIRST SURF PARK last month. The centre’s fashion offer was
enriched with the opening of the famous Italian
brand Trussardi.
Next-generation technology in has been success of this state-of-the-art project was
used to create perfect surfing waves at carefully managing several key stakeholders
URBNSURF Melbourne, Australia’s first and the building process to deliver a world- AFI COTROCENI TO EXPAND
surf park located at Melbourne Airport, class surfing destination. Creating waves of AFI Europe Romania plans to expand the AFI
Tullamarine. the desired shape and height demanded Cotroceni mixed-use project in Bucharest
URBNSURF’s two-ha surfing lagoon, a high level of construction accuracy for with new retail, office, residential and hotel
is powered by technology developed by the lagoon and Wavegarden using wave components. “On the new 5,000sq m plot, we
the Spanish engineering firm, Wavegarden, generating technology. Attention to detail will be able to developer a 150,000 - 200,000sq
delivers authentic surfing waves that can be and a cohesive team environment was m project, says Doron Klein, CEO of AFI
customised for riders of all abilities in a safe, critical to the project’s overall success. In Europe Romania.
controlled environment. addition, our long-standing relationship
The surf park adopted a utilitarian and with Melbourne Airport played a pivotal
sustainable design approach including using role to obtain the necessary approvals WHSMITH TO EXPAND UNITS
DEVELOPER AND OPERATOR SES SPAR EUROPEAN SHOPPING CENTERS HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE CUSTOMER OPENING OF SLOVENIA’S MOST MODERN SHOPPING CENTRE, LOCATED 18,000 tonnes of recycled concrete, making and clearances, enabling all work to be WHSmith is to open four new shops at Perth
IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ŠIŠKA IN LJUBLJANA, IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY 19 MARCH. NAMED ALEJA, UPON COMPLETION IT WILL BE A MULTIFUNCTIONAL Airport in Australia after the retailer was
MEETING PLACE WITH A FOCUS ON SHOPPING, GASTRONOMY AND LEISURE AND IS SET TO OPEN IN 32,000SQ M OF LEASABLE AREA. THE TOTAL INVESTMENT IN THE PROJECT AMOUNTS TO it the largest recycled concrete structure in completed within the agreed timeframe.” awarded the sites through a competitive tender
APPROXIMATELY 150 MILLION EUROS. THE SCHEME IS ONE OF THE LARGEST PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENTS IN SLOVENIAN RETAIL IN RECENT YEARS. Australia. Complementing its two-ha surfing lagoon,
Turner & Townsend was appointed by URBNSURF also features an on-site surf process. The stores at Terminal 1 are expected
to launch in May this year. The retailer has
TWO NEW TENANTS JOIN PARADISE CENTER ADDS URBNSURF to project manage and act as shop, surf rental centre offering a range already opened three stores at the airport’s
superintendent. Jason Veale, Project Director
of boards and wetsuits for hire and a Surf
SKY CITY MALL NYX AND KIEHL’S at Turner & Townsend said: “Integral to the Academy for surf lessons and training. Terminial 4 during the last year.

Sky City Mall in Sofia announced two new additions to its tenant Paradise Center, the leading retail and lifestyle hub in the region,
mix, along with a refurbishment project that will take its offering to extended its tenant mix with two major international brands:
the next level. NYX Professional Makeup and Kiehl’s.
Danish furniture chain JYSK opened a new store within Sky City The American brand NYX Professional Makeup opened
Mall this December. Spreading across 1,200sq m on the ground their new store within Paradise Center last month. Located on
floor, the store offers a wide range of Scandinavian furniture and the ground floor, the new store consists of 42sq m and offers
home accessories at affordable prices. Fast and Fit is a new fitness a wide assortment of on-trend cosmetics. Established in 1999,
and wellness centre concept launched by Fantastico. The centre is NYX Professional Makeup is a modern, digitally native brand PLACEMAKING
located on the 3rd floor and boasts modern facilities with the latest owned by the L’Oreal Group. The brand stands for “beauty on a
equipment and technology on 1,200sq m of space. budget”, offering high quality and innovative makeup products at
Sky City Mall will complete a major refurbishment project this affordable prices.
year, improving the shopping experience and strengthening its Also last month, the centre became home to the very first
position in Bulgaria’s capital. As part of its renovation, the mall will Kiehl’s store in Bulgaria. The store in positioned on the ground connect...
reconstruct the existing facade and enhance it with new technology floor, on an area of 33sq m. Kiehl’s, also owned by the L’Oreal
and thermo equipment. The refurbishment will also include a brand Group, specialises in making premium skin, hair and body
new entrance, restaurant with a winter garden and grocery store. care products.

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