Torrecardenas Shopping Centre is the latest project by Bogaris developed in Almería, Spain. The €115m development comprises a floor area of 176,500m² (61,452m² GLA) and combines two concepts 40,000m² Shopping centre and 22,000m² large-format speciality retailers area. Together they make the project one of the leading large shopping complex in the province. Located in the immediate vicinity of the Torrecardenas Hospital Complex, the development enjoys excellent public transport access to the city centre and other municipalities. The centre's primary catchemnt are area totals c.305,000 inhabitants. The property also features as impressive car parking for over 3,000 spaces.
The Torrecardenas project draws on the city’s film-making legacy and provides a unique, differential character in the design of its spaces and the visitor experience while establishing an emotional link with society and promoting integration and customer loyalty for the new project. The distribution of the shopping areas and the feel of the centre are therefore inspired by the seventh art, including nods to the film world in the treatment of the floor, simulating a red carpet, and the interplay of lights and contrasts that make the space look as theatrical as possible.
Torrecardenas boasts a unique offer not found in its immediate surroundings integrating fashion range, which takes up to 56% of the overall area, leisure and bars and restaurants under the same roof. The leisure range includes 5,000m² cinema complex, as well as a climbing centre and multi-adventure children’s area unlike anything currently existing in Almería. The centre's food court is also the first one in the province. Retailers such as Primark, Leroy Merlin, Media Markt and the Inditex group have already committed to let space.
GLA: 61,452m²
Number of shops: 150
Parking spaces: 3,000
Developer: Bogaris
Architect: Chapman Taylor
Start of construction: 2017
Completion: 2018
Address: Avenida de torrecardenas, Almería, Spain
