The new zoning plan reviewed by ZF shows that the store the retailer is planning in Dumbravita, near IKEA, will have a built area of approximately 21,900 square meters and is the first phase of a large retail development.
The store is designed as a ground floor plus a partial upper level. The ground floor will house the sales floor, a greenhouse, a drive-in section for building materials, and service areas, while the upper level will feature offices and employee spaces.
The planned size is significantly larger than the chain’s current format, which consists of stores ranging in size from 7,500 to 18,000 square meters, according to information of Dedeman’s website.
The project will be developed on a 145,000-square-meter plot (14.5 hectares) Dedeman bought in 2022. The land registry extract from July 2026 shows that the company owns the entire plot.
The store will be located in the southeastern part of the Dumbravita commune, near the IKEA store, at the exit from Timisoara toward Arad.
Urban planning documents also indicate that Dedeman is preparing the site for a larger retail development to be conducted in three phases.
The first phase consists of the Dedeman store, which will occupy the northern half of the property.
For the second phase, the zoning plan proposes a shopping gallery with a ground floor and partial upper level in the southern half of the site, along with a separate drive-through restaurant building. According to the urban planning documents, the shopping gallery will have a built area of approximately 17,161 square meters.
In the third phase, on the remaining vacant area of approximately 16,649 square meters, the documentation allows for the development of other buildings with similar functions, namely services, retail, and/or food service.
In all, the first two phases proposed should have a built area of 39,500 square meters.
Taking into account current construction costs for large-scale retail projects, which average EUR1,000 per square meter, the investment in the first two phases of the project should reach 40 million euros, according to ZF’s calculations, excluding the value of the land.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)