Lillenium, Lille new shopping destination
Lillenium, new ‘must’ northern shopping address
During MAPIC, VICITY, commercial real estate developer from Lille has showcased Lillenium, an area of unique shopping and leisure in the heart of the Lille metropolis. With its 60,000 sq. m of total area, including a E. Leclerc supermarket, 5,000 sq. m of retail space, 30,000 sq. m of shops and medium-size supermarkets dedicated to personal and home equipment, leisure, culture and restauration, 4,800 sq. m of offices, a 116 rooms 3-star hotel and 1, 000 places parking, Lillenium aims to become the new shopping and leisure destination of Lille. The new mall, which is scheduled to open late 2014, has many advantages: an accessible location in an area under renovation near equipments dedicated to sports with the Halle de Glisse (Hall of Slide), and fashionable thanks to young fashion houses creators. And a customer catchment area dense with nearly 100 million consumers within a radius of 300 km.
The architectural choice, all fluidity, openness and light, signed by the Rudy Ricciotti agency, reflects the designers of the project will to make of Lillenium the new must northerner address for shopping, leisure and relaxation. The project is in an active approach to sustainable development (green roofing...) and will be BREEAM certified, a sustainable international label.
Lillenium pictures: copyright Architecte Rudy Ricciotti
