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| | Bucharest Mall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | The four-story, 50,000 sq m mall opened in 1999, in a Ceausescu -era abandoned hunger circus, or giant foodwarehouse. |
 | | The transformation of a communist-era warehouse into a western-style mall was a 40-million-dollar project, performedby the Turkish firm Bayindir Fiba SA Located on Calea Vitan approximately 1 km outside Bucharest's historiccenter, the mall now stands in dynamic contrast to the undistinguished communist-era architecture that surrounds it. |
 | | The Bucharest Mall tenants include some 70 stores, including a large supermarket, over 25 restaurants and cafes, a ten-screencinema multiplex, a bowling alley, a child-care center, a video arcade, a public library, and an exhibition space for youngartists. |
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