The new unit is located in shopping center Promenada Mall and covers 14,000 square meters, the retailer said in a statement.
Leroy Merlin currently has ten stores in Romania, namely, two units in capital Bucharest (shopping compound Sun Plaza and retail park Colosseum), two units in Cluj-Napoca, one in Bragadiru (Ilfov county), one in Craiova (Electroputere Mall), nearby Ploiesti, one in Brasov, one in Sibiu (Shopping City Sibiu) and one in Constanta.
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.