“We will keep expanding the portfolio of tenants,” said Maria Craciun, center manager at Veranda Mall.
Nedelya is a Bulgarian brand established by Radoslava and Gheorghi Mincevi in 1993. The sweetshop chain has over 30 units in Eastern Europe. The store in Veranda Mall is the fifth in capital Bucharest and covers approximately 40 square meters.
The sweetshop has already been opened and the Sevda and Veer stores will be inaugurated at the end of March.
Veranda officials have recently announced the opening of an Orsay store and of pet shop chain Animax.
Veranda Mall, developed by Prodplast Imobiliare, covers an area of 30,000 sqm, plus 15,000 sqm of outdoor space hosting a playground and an outdoor ice rink.
Veranda tenants also include Carrefour (a 10,000-sqm area), H&M, C&A, LC Waikiki, CCC, Deichmann, Triumph, Pepco, Yves Rocher, Sephora, Noriel, Splend’or, Melkio, Diverta, Catena and Sensiblu.
Investments in Veranda Mall reached nearly EUR60 million and were 60% covered through shareholders’ contribution to capital; some EUR28.5 million represents financing from Raiffeisen Bank SA and Raiffeisen Bank International AG. Regional investment fund SIF2 Moldova invested RON65 million in shopping center Veranda Mall in Bucharest.
Craciun, a former marketing manager within Prodplast Imobiliare, the company that financed the development of Veranda Mall, is the new center manager of the shopping mall, a position she had taken over in December 2016 and which enables her to coordinate the activity of all retailers in Veranda Mall.