First rival for Popoviciu's mall to arrive in September
Băneasa shopping centre of northern Bucharest, controlled by
businessman Gabriel Popoviciu, will have its first direct
competitor as of autumn, as the retail park part of Colosseum
project of Soşeaua Chitilei (Chitilei Road) is to be completed,
with stores of Carrefour, Leroy Merlin and Altex retailers due to
be opened.
French Carrefour, the biggest player on the hypermarket market, has
reconfirmed the fact that the 8,000 square metre store of Colosseum
is scheduled for opening this September, while another Carrefour
store is due to be opened in October, in Botoşani.
Colosseum and Băneasa are around 5 km away from each other, but at
present the closest rivals for the project owned by Gabriel
Popoviciu are around 10 km away, namely Cotroceni Park and Unirea
Shopping Center.
Băneasa project, Romania's biggest shopping park, has been the most
"sheltered" from rivals in the past three years, a period when the
rest of city areas have seen nine shopping centres being
built.