The project will include a 12-story apartment, a Lidl store and a Kaufland hypermarket, according to market information. Lidl and Kaufland would therefore come near the Mega Image Concept Store in Piata Sudului and the Cora hypermarket in Sun Plaza mall. There are already two Lidl stores nearby, as well as and the Grand Arena shopping center which has a Carrefour hypermarket.
Vel Pitar and Romarta secured the zoning permit on May 16, 2017 and are now waiting to get the Zonal Urban Plan, according to the Bucharest City Hall website, which shows the project and the board announcing it on site.
“The development strategy of the Kaufland hypermarket chain is to put new stores in as diverse areas as possible so all customers can reach them. We are now working hard on being as close to our customers as possible,” Kaufland officials said, adding that in all the countries the group was present development is a multi-stage process requiring negotiations and permits.
Lidl officials in their turn said they “could not provide concrete information about a Lidl project in the area mentioned.”
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)