Westfield Mall of Scandinavia is a

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located in Solna in

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. It was inaugurated on November 12, 2015, and is the second largest mall in the

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with 224 stores, many of them with double-height storefronts up to tall. 50,000 shoppers showed up to the opening of the mall. About 20-25% of the leasable area is dedicated to experiences, including 22 restaurants and a 15 screen

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with the first purpose-built commercial IMAX theatre in the

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(and also the second overall IMAX theatre in Sweden after the Cosmonova

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at the

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). The shopping mall has 3,700 parking spaces and a retail gross leasable area of . The building also house an additional of office space and condominiums. The project cost is estimated at SEK 6,1 billion and the mall is owned by

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (previously Unibail-Rodamco SE) is a French commercial real estate company headquartered in Paris, France. Its history originates with the formation of two separate shopping centre operators, Unibail (founded in Fran ...

with

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as the main contractor. Located near the Solna

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station, approximately seven minutes from the

city centre, and the E4 highway, it is part of the Arenastaden project, which includes of new office space, the Friends national football arena and 1,500 residential units. In 2019, the mall was bought by Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield. The mall changed its name from Mall of Scandinavia to Westfield Mall of Scandinavia on September 28, 2019.

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- official website of the mall owner {{Shopping centres in Sweden Shopping centres in Sweden Shopping malls established in 2015 IMAX venues Solna Municipality 2015 establishments in Sweden Buildings and structures in Stockholm County

Mall of Scandinavia Westfield Mall of Scandinavia is a shopping mall located in Solna in Stockholm, Sweden. It was inaugurated on November 12, 2015, and is the second largest mall in the Nordic countries with 224 stores, many of them with double-height storefront ...

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