Construction started on Monday for the development of the multi-functional Forum Centre in the centre of Duisburg, western Germany. Developed by Multi Development, the project includes retail, leisure and gastronomy areas, and is part of the major City Palais development, featuring offices, a Mercator Hall concert and congress centre, a casino, as well as Wedau Sports Park, one of Germany's largest sports and recreational sites.
Construction started on Monday for the development of the multi-functional Forum Centre in the centre of Duisburg, western Germany. Developed by Multi Development, the project includes retail, leisure and gastronomy areas, and is part of the major City Palais development, featuring offices, a Mercator Hall concert and congress centre, a casino, as well as Wedau Sports Park, one of Germany's largest sports and recreational sites.
The Forum centre will accommodate about 120 retailers on a lettable area of 50,000 m2 by September 2008 and will be anchored by a KarstadtQuelle department store. Other major tenants include the Mayer bookshop, as well as shoes retailers Tamaris and Roland, German newspaper Immobilien Zeitung reported.
