The new Ikea shopping centre near Loulé, which the promoters wish us to refer to as MAR Shopping Algarve, has announced a pre-launch occupation rate of 70%.
Names include Zara, Bershka, Stradivarius, Zara Home, Pull & Bear, Oysho, Massimo Dutti, Primark, Mango, C & A, Punt Roma, Sfera, Tiffosi, Aromas and Sephora are some of signings.
Pingo Doce already has taken the supermarket space in the commercial complex that hosts the Designer Outlet Algarve and the long-awaited IKEA store. There will even be a Worten to add to our pleasure.
Ana Machado, director of marketing for IKEA Centres in Europe is back in the media with one of her regular press releases and hopes the whole project will be 100% full by the year end ready for next summer’s grand opening.
To keep us all happy, a new website has been launched with images of happy shoppers relaxing in modern surroundings to start giving customers the feeling that the new centre is “a meeting point for leisure time with family or friends."
"This huge recreation area will have fountains, paths and playgrounds, because our goal is that people will build memories of a perfect day with the family," explains Machado.
The Ikea fact file states “with 220 stores and 3,500 parking spaces, the new shopping complex plays a major role in the development of the region. In total, the Ikea Group is investing €200 million in a project that will create 3,000 direct and indirect jobs.”
Here is the new website
