King Cross Leopolis

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King Cross Leopolis
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Location Lviv, Ukraine
Coordinates 49°46′23″N24°0′38″E / 49.77306°N 24.01056°E / 49.77306; 24.01056 Coordinates: 49°46′23″N24°0′38″E / 49.77306°N 24.01056°E / 49.77306; 24.01056
Opening date March 26, 2010
Owner King Cross Group S.r.l.
No. of stores and services 110
Total retail floor area 116,000 m²
No. of floors 2 Levels
Parking 1800 cars
Website kingcross.com.ua

King Cross Leopolis is a shopping mall located in Lviv, opened on March 26, 2010. [1] With a total area of 116 546 m², it is the largest mall in western Ukraine.

Shopping mall complex of shops

A shopping mall is a modern, chiefly North American, term for a form of shopping precinct or shopping center, in which one or more buildings form a complex of shops representing merchandisers with interconnecting walkways that enable customers to walk from unit to unit. A shopping arcade is a specific type of shopping precinct which is usually distinguished in English for mall shopping by the fact that connecting walkways are not owned by a single proprietor and are in open air. Shopping malls in 2017 accounted for 8% of retailing space in the United States.

Lviv City of regional significance in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

Lviv is the largest city in western Ukraine and the seventh-largest city in the country overall, with a population of around 728,350 as of 2016. Lviv is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine.

Western Ukraine geographical and historical region in the western territories of Ukraine

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Description

The first phase of the mall opened in 2008. [2] It consisted solely of the Praktiker store, which occupied 8,174 m². [3] In 2016, the store closed and in 2016 an EpiCentre K store opened in its place. [4]

Praktiker European home improvement and DIY retail chain

Praktiker is an international chain offering home improvement and do it yourself goods operating in Hungary, Greece and Bulgaria.

The second phase, opened in 2010, consists of the shopping mall itself. It consists 50 000 m² of total area on two levels; including an Auchan hypermarket with an area of 13 000 m², and over 100 commercial stores: boutiques, household stores, cafes, restaurants, a large Planeta Kino multiplex, bowling alley, ice rink, recreation complex, overground and underground parking lot are also included in the mall.

Groupe Auchan SA is a French international retail group and multinational corporation headquartered in Croix, France. It is one of the world's principal distribution groups with a presence in France and 15 countries.

Household group of one or more people living in the same dwelling and sharing meals or living accommodation; may consist of a single family or other grouping of people

A household consists of one people who live in the same dwelling and share meals. It may also consist of a single family or another group of people. A dwelling is considered to contain multiple households if meals or living spaces are not shared. The household is the basic unit of analysis in many social, microeconomic and government models, and is important to economics and inheritance.

Multiplex (movie theater) movie theater complex with multiple screens

A multiplex is a movie theater complex with multiple screens within a single complex. They are usually housed in a specially designed building. Sometimes, an existing venue undergoes a renovation where the existing auditoriums are split into smaller ones, or more auditoriums are added in an extension or expansion of the building. The largest of these complexes can sit thousands of people and are sometimes referred to as a megaplex.

A third phase of the mall is planned to be constructed in the future. It will include an additional 20 000 m² of lease area; this will include 130 commercial stores. Additionally, the parking area will be increased by 600 parking spaces.

Parking space designated location for parking a vehicle

A parking space is a location that is designated for parking, either paved or unpaved. It can be in a parking garage, in a parking lot or on a city street. The space many be delineated by road surface markings. The automobile fits inside the space, either by parallel parking, perpendicular parking or angled parking.

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King Cross Leopolis (2010)

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References

  1. ↑ Zaxid.net. "У Львові відкриють найбільший Торгово-розважальний центр Західної України – KING CROSS LEOPOLIS". ZAXID.NET. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  2. ↑ "У Львові з'явиться новий масштабний торгово-розважальний комплекс - Щоденний Львів". old.dailylviv.com (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  3. ↑ "Огляд: новострої і поточні будівництва Львова". www.socmart.com.ua. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  4. ↑ Zaxid.net. "Третій львівський гіпермаркет «Епіцентр» відкриють у ТРЦ King Cross Leopolis". ZAXID.NET. Retrieved 2017-07-08.

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