The “Epicentr” company built a new shopping center in Chernihiv with a total area of ​​almost 33,000 square meters. m instead of destroyed at the beginning of a full-scale invasion.

The opening of the institution took take place on November 9 at the address of Novoselivtsi, str. Shevchenko, 57.

This was reported by the company’s press service on November 8. The volume of investments in the project has exceeded UAH 1 billion , Petro Mikhalchyshyn, general director of Epicenter K LLC, said earlier.

Details

• The total area of ​​the shopping center after reconstruction increased by almost 50%. The company stated that this will make it possible to open all the innovative concepts of the shop-in-shop format that Epicenter is developing. 
• The new shopping center will feature a large Food Market (2,400 square meters) with its own food court. 
• For the residents of the city, Multiservice will be located on the territory of the shopping center, which will provide services for dry cleaning and repair of clothes and shoes, as well as Klyuchmeister, Dim vody and other service formats.
• The construction of a larger shopping center made it possible to create almost 100 additional jobs, and in general, the shopping center will provide work for about 500 people, the report says. 
• According to the company’s calculations, the estimated amount of planned payments of the shopping center to the local and state budgets will exceed UAH 57 million per year.  
• Later, the shopping center plans to open a Drive in Arena (3,300 sq. m.), where you can drive in your own car to buy and load the necessary goods. 
• It is planned to open a dual-purpose structure – an underground parking lot and a shelter for about 5,000 people. A new charging station for electric cars should also appear there.

Context

The “Epicenter” in Chernihiv was destroyed by Russian missiles at the end of February 2022.

In Ukraine, the company unites 71 objects under the “Epicentr” and “Nova Liniya” brands. As a result of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, seven “Epicentr” shopping centers in Mariupol, Chernihiv, Buch, Nikopol, Kharkiv and two in Kherson with a total area of ​​more than 125,600 square meters were completely destroyed. m. 

Due to damage and proximity to war zones, two shopping centers – in Kramatorsk and Kharkiv – are temporarily closed. The total area of ​​these objects is 46,500 square meters. m. Another commercial facility of the company in Melitopol (with an area of ​​5,430 square meters) was under occupation. 

In general, as a result of the large-scale military aggression of the Russian Federation, “Epicentr” lost 10 objects that were completely destroyed, occupied or damaged. Their total area is more than 177,500 square meters. m.

The revenue of “Epicenter” (TOV “Epicenter K”) for the first half of 2024 increased by 19.1% to UAH 37.6 billion, according to YouControl data. The profit of “Epicenter” decreased by 50.4%, to UAH 480.4 million, according to the registers.

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