Sparkassen Immobilien AG opens Sun Plaza

The listed company Sparkassen Immobilien AG will celebrate the official opening of its Sun Plaza project, one of the largest shopping centres in Romania, with a three-day programme starting today. With an investment volume of EUR 200 million and 80,000 square metres of lettable space, Sun Plaza is Sparkassen Immobilien AG’s second largest development project. Its project partner is the Romanian-French EMCT group, which has already implemented a range of successful shopping projects together with customers such as Carrefour, Cora, Bricostore and Baumax.

Together with the project partner EMCT, Sparkassen Immobilien AG has worked over the last three years to create an all new type of shopping centre in Romania, located in southern Bucharest, in the city’s fourth district, between two main traffic arteries and directly connected to the underground network. With outstanding architecture designed by the renowned English architects Chapman & Taylor, the shopping centre has a land area of 208,000 square metres and now provides space for international labels and local retailers. Sun Plaza offers visitors three areas spanning 80,000 square metres of lettable space: shops offering day-to-day necessities, numerous international labels from the fashion industry and a wide range of entertainment and leisure options. This mix is intended to make Sun Plaza a “Sensational Destination”, as its slogan says, as well as the most popular shopping centre in southern Bucharest.

The anchor tenants at the shopping centre are Baumax, which is opening its first shop in Bucharest here, the French hypermarket chain Cora, the Romanian furniture shop Mobexpert, Cinema City, C&A, Flanco and Deichmann. The other top international labels at Sun Plaza include GAP, Marks & Spencer, Douglas, Sephora, Zara, Humanic and Orsay. In addition to more than 130 shops, there are also various cafés and a food court with seating for 1,200 people, where visitors can sit back and relax. A cinema with 15 screens, a 2,000-square-metre bowling and billiard club and a casino provide a wide range of entertainment options. A special highlight at Sun Plaza is its social and community facilities, including a nursery, a playground, a sports hall and a concert space. The shopping centre is 96 per cent leased, meaning that it is full except for a few smaller areas.