Skopje East Gate (

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: ''Скопје ист гејт''), simply known as East Gate, is a mixed-development project incorporating a shopping and entertainment center, a residential complex and an office park based in

Skopje Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...

, North Macedonia. It is located about 3 kilometers east from the center of

. The shopping and entertainment center called East Gate Mall, opened on October 29 and by far is the largest shopping mall in

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, and the third largest overall in the region of the

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Overview

Skopje East Gate's total area is , of which are reserved for the residential area consisting of 627 residential units, for the shopping and entertainment center "''East Gate Mall''", for the business office area and for green area consisting of parks. This project was announced in 2017 by

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CEO

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. On June 1, 2018, in an event in which the

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and other political and business figures took place, it was announced that the project will be finished during the fall in 2021 and would be an investment of 350 million euros, by far the largest foreign investment ever in

East Gate Living

East Gate Living is the residential complex part of Skopje East Gate with an area of consisting of four buildings and for the green area. The four residential buildings are located with a distance of between one-another, with 20 floorplans. The four residential buildings offer 672 residential units, with apartments ranging from .

East Gate Mall

East Gate Mall (

: Ист гејт мол) also known as East Gate Shopping is the largest shopping mall in

, with a total retail area of and 2000 parking places. East Gate Mall is a five floor building and it has over 220 international and local shopping brands, a hypermarket, electronics shops and other services. It also has the gastronomy area with multiple choices of cuisines and over 800 seats. The mall also has five Café Avenues, a fitness center, a video playground and 8 Cineplexx Cinemas theatres. In East Gate Shopping are located world known brands like

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, Calvin Klein (fashion house),

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, Nike, istyle, Kiko Milano,

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. East Gate Mall also debuted 40 new brands in the Macedonian shopping lifestyle like Twinset, Patrizia Pepe,

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, Burberry,

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, etc.

References

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