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The Ellinikon, Athens, Greece
Th e Ellinik on, At h ens , Greec e
Developer: Lamda Developments
De v elo per : Lam da De v elo pm en t s
The largest city-centre project in Europe, Westfield Hamburg- as a main tourist attraction. Situated within the scheme will be the
Überseequartier is set to become a new urban community hotspot. exquisite world of Riviera Galleria, with over 20,000sq m of deluxe
Encompassing a unique culture, leisure, entertainment and dining offer, shopping, exceptional dining and first-class entertainment space, the
it will feature a 10-screen flagship cinema, beauty and wellness centres, most premium retail scene in Greece will become the jewel of the
international and local restaurants, bars and cafés and the latest trends in Athenian Riviera attracting visitors from all over the world.
entertainment technology. This mixed-use urban district will feature flexible Battersea might be the last of the great UK shopping centres to open, if
offices with 360° views over HafenCity and the harbour, modern apartments it is, it would be quite a scheme to end on. The power station opened on
with direct access to the waterfront, three hotels and a 200-store shopping 14 October 2022 and is a modern mix of over 100 stores, dining, leisure,
centre offering the best local and international brands together with a medical, wellness, co-working and offices. The original control rooms in
wide range of services and digital innovations, for an enhanced customer both the 1930s and 1950s sides are being retailed to serve as cool dining/
journey. The shopping centre itself will span 80,500sq m of retail, leisure and drinking locations and the architecture unsurprisingly, is the star. The
restaurant space and it is set to open in the first half of 2024 by developers power station is at the heart of a much wider redevelopment of the south
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield. The scheme will expand the Hamburg City west London site, with several stages of its residential and convenience
metropolitan area by 40 per cent and the proportion of public and publicly retail and leisure plans already complete and a new London Underground
accessible private open spaces is 38 per cent. station open. However, the iconic power station will inevitably be the
Under construction by Athens-based firm Lamda Development, standout. Control Room B, built in the 1950s and featuring stainless-
The Ellinikon Park is slated to be Europe’s greatest urban regeneration steel control panels arranged in an arc is to become a fashionable bar
project and a large portion of the park is due for completion in 2025. on reopening. Brands including Ray-Ban, Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger,
One section – the Experience Park – is already open to the public after The Kooples, Aesop and Calvin Klein will be opening among more than
launching in December last year. Once completed, the larger than Hyde 100 shops, bars and restaurants, 254 apartments, office space as well as
Park in London, two million square metre The Ellinikon Park along the a leisure offering that includes the Chimney Lift experience. Developed
Athenian Riviera will be able to handle over 500,000 visitors a day. A by Battersea Power Station Development Company, the scheme is also
main attraction will be a 56m wide promenade connecting Vouliagmeni home a new six-acre riverfront that is open to the public.
Avenue with the coastal front through The Ellinikon. Developers Developer Argent Related has announced the sales launch of the
expect the park will have multiple benefits contributing to the improved first, highly anticipated homes at Brent Cross Town, London’s 180-acre,
standard of living, to the microclimate and the environment and serving £7bn new park town. Overlooking five acres of open green space, The

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