București Mall (known locally as Mall Vitan) is a shopping mall located in the Vitan neighborhood of Bucharest, Romania, close to the Dudești and Văcărești neighbourhoods. At the time of its completion it was the first shopping mall in Romania.[2]
Location | Bucharest, Romania |
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Coordinates | 44°25′13.04″N 26°7′35.53″E / 44.4202889°N 26.1265361°E |
Opening date | September 1999 |
Owner | Anchor Group |
No. of stores and services | 140 |
Total retail floor area | 37,444 m2 (403,040 sq ft)[1] |
No. of floors | 5 |
Parking | 1,850 underground & deck |
Website | bucurestimall |
Located on Calea Vitan approximately 1 km (0.62 mi) outside Bucharest's historic center, the four-story, 50,000 m2 (540,000 sq ft) mall opened in 1999, in a Ceaușescu-era abandoned hunger circus, or giant food warehouse, in an area largely shaped during the Communist period (see Ceaușima).
References
edit- ^ "About București Mall". Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ București Mall and Plaza România (in Romanian)
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