April 21, 2023 - A new shopping centre, "Galerija Bakar", was opened on Wednesday in the Bakar Industrial Zone on Kukuljanovo, on an area of more than 30,000 square meters, in which about 35 million euros were invested, and 350 employees will find work there.

As stated in the announcement of Galerija Bakar, the new shopping centre is designed as a 'retail park', i.e. a series of shopping units located in the same complex, each with a separate external entrance, writes Poslovni.

The retail area of the centre exceeds 30,000 square meters, making it the largest shopping centre in Bakar and its surroundings. The press release states that three hundred fifty new jobs will be created, and additional funds will be added to the local budget for the development of infrastructure and a better quality of life for citizens.

"Currently, 20 halls are being built in the Bakar Industrial Zone, a tender is underway for the design of a large sports centre with three swimming pools and a hall, as well as business premises, and we are getting closer to realising the construction of a kindergarten. This year, more than 500 people will be employed in the Bakar Industrial Zone, of which more than 350 will be employed in Galerija Bakar," said Tomislav Klarić, the mayor of Bakar.

In the first phase of construction of the Galerija Bakar specialised shopping centre, 15 brands will open their doors, and customers will have 550 parking spaces at their disposal. The total investment for the first phase is about 35 million euros, stated Neven Marić in front of the investor AM PS Lambda Nekretnine d.o.o.

"On the southern part of the plot, in about a year, five more stores, a stand-alone McDonald's, and a warehouse will open their doors, and the investment for the second phase amounts to more than 10 million euros. All phases of project development, from financing, land purchase, design and space rental, construction and reconstruction, would not have been possible without our partners City of Bakar, Industrial Zone Bakar, competent services of the City of Bakar and the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, as well as utility companies, BKS Bank, companies Brodokomerc Nova, companies Spiller Farmer, Arhinet d.o.o., Elterm d.o.o. and our tenants", pointed out Marić.

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