Unirea Shopping Center


Unirea Shopping Center is a chain of two large shopping centres, the initial one being located in Unirii Square, Bucharest, Romania, and the second one in Braşov.

Bucharest

Opened in 1976 and enlarged in 1989, it was the largest department store in Communist Romania. It was converted into a shopping centre during the 1990s. The complex has a total area of and 1000 parking spaces. The closest metro station to the shopping centre is Piaţa Unirii metro station.

Critical reception

In recent years many empty spaces have appeared in the Unirea shopping center in Bucharest where once mainstreet and many less well known brands had their outlets. The state of the building has deteriorated gravely, which may lead to more vacancies in the near future. For occasional Romanian clients and foreign tourists it seems already to be clear that when the owner of the building does not invest in redevelopment this unique Bucharest landmark mall, despite its magnificent location and history, may loose its attraction completely, and could remain only an interesting outer hull for advertisement purposes mainly. Currently only some specialised clothing shops attract seemingly sufficient attention from the greater Bucharest region, worth to pay a visit.

Unirea Shopping Center Braşov

The owner opened a second shopping centre in 2008 in Braşov, Unirea Shopping Center Braşov, covering on four levels and one underground, with ground and underground parking on three levels. 90% of the brands are present in the Bucharest complex too. Total value of the investment is estimated at 35 million euro.
In 2019 the Brasov shopping center, once very favorite for its location near to the railway station, seems to have lost the battle with recently developed malls elsewhere in the city, since it is almost empty, as if in a state waiting for permanent closure.