Europe's largest Carrefour

[ASIMOV]

To be the biggest shopping mall of Carrefour in Europe and one of the most striking in its architectural design among Carrefours in Istanbul.

http://www.carrefourmalls.com/english/projets/europe/turquie/merter/carte.jsp

Construction began in September 2004.

http://wowturkey.com/tr51/Farmir_merter.jpg

Dates scheduled opening:
Leasing: March 2005
Opening date: June 2007

http://wowturkey.com/tr51/Farmir_merter3.jpg

Key figures:
- Hypermarket (sales area) 11,470 m²
- Shopping Center 52,298 m²
- Mid-Sized Stores 15,870 m²
- Boutiques & kiosks 24,740 m²

http://wowturkey.com/tr51/Farmir_merter6.jpg

- Restaurants 3,488 m²
- Leisure & cinemas 8,240 m²
- Outside Mid-Sized Stores 29,800 m²

http://wowturkey.com/tr51/Farmir_merter2.jpg

- Parking spaces 4,500
- Inhabitants in the catchment area 1,400,000
- Forecasted number of visitors per year 20,000,000

http://wowturkey.com/tr51/Farmir_merter5.jpg

Architect: Murat Tabanlioglu

[Urban Dave]

Again??:?

[Giorgio]

whats so good about its architecture?

[m@rco]

It can't be the Europe's largest Carrefour because with 11.470 m2 it will not overtake the one in Portet sur Garonne (near Toulouse in France), open in 1972 with a surface of 23.000 m2 whih is also the Europe's largest hypermarket !

11.000 m2 for a hypermarkert is big but not huge ! ;) (In France, the average surface for a hypermarket is 6.000 m2 and a lot overtake the one in Istanbul)