The store will have a surface area of 12,000 square meters.

Leroy Merlin currently has nine stores in Romania, in capital Bucharest (2 units), Bragadiru-Ilfov, Craiova, Blejoi-Prahova, Brasov, Cluj-Napoca, Constanta and Sibiu.

Leroy Merlin, part of Adeo group, has over 370 stores in 12 countries and is the world’s third largest DIY retailer.

Austria’s bauMax announced in July 2014 it had reached an agreement with Adeo to sell its 15 Romanian stores.