News Article BREEAM Bucharest Caelum certification green mall retail Romania shopping Sonae Sierra
by Import Sys | Retail

The ParkLake shopping mall in Bucharest, developed by a joint venture of Sonae Sierra and Caelum Development, has received a BREEAM certification with a rating of ‘Excellent’.


ParkLake’ scored highly in the categories of management, transport, water, waste and land use and ecology. Around 97.5 percent of the construction waste has been reused or recycled.
 
The developers invested €180 million in the construction of ParkLake which comprises 70,000 sqm GLA with more than 200 stores, including 23 restaurants, a multiplex cinema, and 2,450 spaces in an underground car park.