Carrefour opens two more hypermarkets this year

Newsroom 27/01/2011 | 13:00

Carrefour has announced that it will open this September its 8^th hypermarket in Bucharest, located in the Colosseum retail park. The new unit will have a surface of approximately 8,000 sqm.

“For the Carrefour group in Romania this new hypermarket is proof that we will continue to expand on the large format (…),” said Patrice Lespagnol, executive director of Carrefour Romania. A second hypermarket will open in October in Botosani, bringing the French retailer’s local network to 25 hypermarkets.

Once complete, Colloseum will comprise of a 190,000 sqm covered shopping mall and a retail park with more than 480 shops and 10,000 parking spaces. Located in Northern Bucharest the centre is estimated to be the largest shopping centre in Bucharest and the third largest in Europe, according to company representatives.

Nova Imobiliare, the project’s developer, plans to deliver the retail park this September. In addition to Carrefour, other tenants will be Altex and Leroy Merlin with its first local DIY store.