Press Release - 18-11-03
More innovation and quality for Viana de Castelo's commerce Estação Viana offers the city 111 shops
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A € 45.8 million investment
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99% of the GLA already committed
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6,7 million visits/year scheduled
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900 new direct jobs created
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Environmental quality and security systems ensured by sophisticated solutions
Shopping and Leisure Centre Estação Viana, which opens to the public tomorrow, is an important revitalizing pole to the city of Viana do Castelo and its surroundings, which will have a significantly improved offer also in terms of innovation and quality.
Held by Sonae Imobiliária and Estação Shopping, the Estação Viana represents a € 45.8 million investment and will have a Gross Lettable Area (GLA) of 18.565 m2.
With eight anchor shops (Zara, Cinemas Castelo Lopes, Worten, Vobis, Modalfa, Sportzone, Bowling Bugz and "Supermercado da Estação" ), 16 restaurants and 87 satellite shops, a total of 111 shops, Estação Viana opens to the public with 99% of its GLA already committed. A wide range of prestigious brands is now available at Viana do Castelo, brands such as Stradivarius, Pull&Bear, Massimo Dutti, Berska, Mango, Quebra Mar, Perfume & Ca., A Loja do Gato Preto, Blanco, McDonalds, etc. Another important aspect is that 20% of the shops are let to local tenants with brands such as restaurant Bodegão e Camelo or fashion shops Salto Raso and Kid´s Blue.
Complementing the commercial offer, Estação Viana also bets on the Culture and Leisure areas, with the creation a cultural space, near the development's south entrance, which will surely vitalize even further Viana do Castelo's city centre. This space will have about 600 m2 and will allow for exhibits and quality events to be brought into the city.
Built on a 17.080 m2 site located on Av.ª Humberto Delgado, Viana do Castelo's new centre is scheduled to have 6,7 million visits per year and serves a population of over 133 thousand people in a 30 minutes catchment area. Estação Viana will create 900 direct jobs. The scheduled annual sales, not including the supermarket, reach € 41,7 million.
Among other infrastructures brought about by this development, the Estação Viana will ensure a cross over the railway which will connect the road transport interface and the railway station, as well as a parking lot of 600 spaces which will help overcome one of the city's biggest constraints.
The transport interface building will be handed over, once it's built, to the Viana do Castelo City Hall, thus becoming a city asset.
Maximum security and environmental quality
Benefiting from Sonae Imobiliária's vast know-how in the development of shopping and leisure centres, Estação Viana abides to the company's rigorous demands in terms of comfort, security, integration in the surrounding environment and environmental quality.
For example, the new centre comprises the most sophisticated solutions for such important aspects as the separation and treatment of residues or the monitoring of water and air quality. The centre's energy management and saving system is fully computerized (BMS - Building Management System).
As far as safety is concerned, the Estação Viana will benefit from some of the most modern support systems, such as the automatic fire detection system (SADI), the closed circuit television surveillance system (CCTV), the automatic intruder alert system (SAI), the fire fighting system (RIA) or the access control system.
ESTAÇÃO VIANA'S TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS