Bega Shopping Center
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| Location | Timișoara, Romania |
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| Coordinates | 45°45′20″N 21°13′50″E / 45.75556°N 21.23056°E |
| Opening date | 4 December 1973 |
| Previous names | Bega Department Store (Romanian: Magazinul Universal Bega)[1][2] (1973–1997) |
| Owner | Bega Group |
| Architect | Vasile Oprișan |
| No. of anchor tenants | 1 |
| Total retail floor area | 12,000 m2 (130,000 sq ft) |
| No. of floors | 6 |
| Public transit access | Bus lines 33B, E2, E4, E7, M45 Tram lines 2, 4 |
| Website | www |
Bega Shopping Center is a shopping center in the historical area of Timișoara owned by Bega Group. Bega Shopping Center has six floors and a leasable area of 12,000 m2 (130,000 sq ft).[3]
History
[edit]The Bega department store was inaugurated on 4 December 1973.[4] The store was built according to a project by IPROTIM, with architect Vasile Oprișan as project manager.[2] In this place, in the former Balaș Square, there was the Mocioni Palace; it housed a pawnshop and a housekeeping school and was demolished in 1948.[5]
After its privatization in 1997, the Bega department store was bought by brothers Marius and Emil Cristescu, who transformed it into Bega Shopping Center and, over the years, completely changed the appearance of the building.[2] A new wing was completed in 2005, increasing the commercial area to 12,000 m2 (130,000 sq ft).[2]
Facilities
[edit]Bega Shopping Center has a main building and two wings. The main building consists of basement, ground floor and four floors with a total commercial area of 8,600 m2 (93,000 sq ft), of which 7,200 m2 (78,000 sq ft) are the shopping venue.[4] A 1,300 m2 (14,000 sq ft) Carrefour supermarket located in the basement of the main building serves as anchor tenant.[3] A 400-seat food court was opened on the third floor in 2012.[6] As of 2021, stores include dm, Jolidon, Pepco, Puma and Yves Rocher.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Micu, Cosmin Bogdan (2018). "Introduction in the Shopping Centre Sector from Romania - a Brief Inventory of the 24 Biggest Cities - as of July 2017" (PDF). MID Journal. 1 (1): 53–62. ISSN 2601-3983.
- ^ a b c d Both, Ștefan (3 March 2017). "Povestea primului mall al epocii comuniste din Timișoara, inaugurat în 1973. Cum s-a transformat magazinul Bega după Revoluție". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Bega Shopping Center Timișoara se modernizează și își schimbă chiriașii". Wall-Street. 24 July 2008.
- ^ a b Stegărescu, Gabriela (4 December 2017). "TIMIȘOARA COMUNISTĂ. Magazinul BEGA, mândria comerțului socialist, a ajuns proprietate a milionarilor care în 1989 trăiau dintr-un salariu". Timișoara Express.
- ^ "Cartarea monumentelor istorice din situl urban "Cetatea Timișoara" - cvartal 29-30" (PDF). Primăria municipiului Timișoara. p. 195.
- ^ "Food-court inaugurat la Bega Shopping Center, în Centrul Timișoarei!". Opinia Timișoarei. 12 October 2012.
- ^ "BEGA Center". Bega Grup.
