Quinlan Private Golub (QPG) has unveiled plans for the 60,000-m[sup]2[/sup] South City Shopping in Bratislava, Slovakia. Construction of the shopping centre will begin in 2010, with the opening scheduled in the third quarter of 2012.
Quinlan Private Golub (QPG) has unveiled plans for the 60,000-m2 South City Shopping in Bratislava, Slovakia. Construction of the shopping centre will begin in 2010, with the opening scheduled in the third quarter of 2012.
The project is located in the south of Bratislava, in the Petrzalka district, which has a population of 125,000 people. It is part of South City, a project that brings together retail, leisure, offices and residential to create an ultimate on-site population of 20,000. Some of the residential elements are being developed by Cresco Group, a local developer who has worked with QPG on other projects in Bratislava. South City Shopping will be a regional shopping centre that serves Bratislava, Petrzalka, and also the 1.8 million people within a 40 minute drive. An EU funded tramline that will provide a 10-minute link to the centre of Bratislava will further enhance the scheme’s appeal to retailers and shoppers.
John Newton, QPG country manager for Slovakia and Hungary said: 'Our plans are still being worked on in close cooperation with the City of Bratislava, so they are not cast in stone yet, but I believe that this is the scheme that is missing today in Bratislava. It is superbly designed and totally modern, the kind of regional shopping centre that you would expect in any European city. It will be a development that responds to the needs of shoppers and the environment in equal measure.'
Quinlan Private Golub (QPG) is one of the leading real estate developers in Central and Eastern Europe. The company is the full-service development arm of Quinlan Private, a leading international real estate investor based in Ireland managing assets worth EUR 11.5 bn. Quinlan Private Golub acts as a principal and advisor in originating, structuring, financing, developing and managing a diversified portfolio of assets. Quinlan Private Golub has offices in Prague, Warsaw, Bratislava, Budapest, Sofia, Bucharest, Zagreb and Vilnius, and employs more than 175 staff across the region.
