As the Ruhr Park on November 14, 1964 in the quarter Harpen was opened, he was after the Main-Taunus-Zentrum in Sulzbach the second shopping center in Germany and a novelty for the young Federal Republic. At the beginning possessed the mall over 24,000 sqm of leasable area, which was part of the main department stores, mostly for smaller specialist shops. The Ruhr-Park shopping center on the approximately 254,000 m² site in Bochum with now 125,000 m² lettable area (of which 71,500 m² sales area) and an estimated trade turnover in 2013 of aro...read more
As the Ruhr Park on November 14, 1964 in the quarter Harpen was opened, he was after the Main-Taunus-Zentrum in Sulzbach the second shopping center in Germany and a novelty for the young Federal Republic. At the beginning possessed the mall over 24,000 sqm of leasable area, which was part of the main department stores, mostly for smaller specialist shops. The Ruhr-Park shopping center on the approximately 254,000 m² site in Bochum with now 125,000 m² lettable area (of which 71,500 m² sales area) and an estimated trade turnover in 2013 of around 243 million euros is one of the major shopping centers in Germany . In the approximately 140 stores operate approximately 2,500 employees; customers are about 4,800 free parking is available.
The founder of the Ruhr-Park shopping center was the investor Edward J. Roberts, the center in 1978 to the West German real estate bank sold. Since October 1, 2010, the Perella Weinberg Real Estate Fund owns the Ruhr Park, which by Unibail-Rodamco Germany is managed. The Ruhr-Park is located outside the city center and has ample parking lot. At the time of construction of the Ruhr-Park, the first pedestrian zones in the surrounding inner cities, although attractive, but also more difficult to access made the City area emerged. All this sparked fears among retailers, the through the mall on the " green field at its other locations feared lost revenue". However, this concept is groundbreaking for many other shopping centers in Germany to this day.
The dining area "Via Bartolo" was opened in October 2,001th 13 restaurant concepts are a ring around a central - equipped with dining tables and seating (280 seats) - arranged place and to invite you to a "gastronomic trip around the world" by offering dishes of different countries. The dining area is broken up by a seasonable decoration with plants and sculptures. After a renovation from 2011 to 2015 the Ruhr-Park of the new "South Mall" was posted on November 4, 2015 incl. Re-opened and now has a sales area of 115.000m².
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