Babilonas (shopping mall)

Babilonas is a shopping and entertainment mall in Panevėžys, Lithuania (Klaipėdos street 143a).[1] It is a part of a wider Babilonas real estate development.

See also: List of shopping malls in Lithuania
Babilonas
LocationPanevėžys, Lithuania
Coordinates55°43′45″N 24°18′37″E
Opening date28 August 2007
DeveloperOgmios group
ManagementJustinas Lapinskas,[1] Managing Director
OwnerOgmios group
ArchitectGintautas Navickas
No. of stores and services78
No. of anchor tenants
Total retail floor area1,798,161 m2 (19,355,240 sq ft) (2,181,316 m2 (23,479,490 sq ft) overall)
No. of floors3
Parking900
Websitewww.babilonas.net

Shops and entertainment businesses

In the shopping mall there are:[2]

  • Three restaurants and a cafeteria.
  • Cinema (Forum Cinemas Babilonas, 3 cinema halls).
  • Separate hall for furniture sales (4,590 m2 (49,400 sq ft)).
  • Hall for entertainment and events (967 m2 (10,410 sq ft)). Here, depending on the season various entertainment is offered (ice rink, trampoline jumping, sailing balls). Additionally, various events, sporting competitions and gigs take place here.
  • Electronics store (Topo centras, 1,545 m2 (16,630 sq ft)).
  • Chinese goods store (Azijos centras, 800 m2 (8,600 sq ft)).
  • Food store (Solo, 1,000 m2 (11,000 sq ft)).
  • Various other stores and entertainment places (up to 400 m2 (4,300 sq ft)): clothes, sports and lifestyle, drinks, books.

Furniture retail hall, cinema and the electronics store are the largest in northeastern Lithuania (Aukštaitija).

History

The construction of the shopping mall started in 2006 and ended in 2007.

In the August 2008 the mall was expanded: the cinema and several additional shops were opened.

In 2007-2008 the primary market catered by the mall was that of household goods: furniture, construction, interior décor. Other primary target market was that for entertainment (cinema, ice rink).

Since year 2009 the market orientation changed: the number of interior goods stores lowered somewhat and at the same time number of stores selling soft goods such as clothing and shoes. In 2010 a supermarket (food store) opened for the first time in Babilonas.

Image and architecture

As the name “Babilonas” means Babylon, the interior of Babilonas is modeled after the ancient Middle East. On the walls over the shop entrances there are frescoes with bulls and ancient people. In front of main entrance there are improvised columns. Inside a shopping center in a special terrarium a crocodile, named by children Babilonijus, lived for several years.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2010-12-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-08-18. Retrieved 2010-12-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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