Iulius Town Timișoara (until 2019 Openville Timișoara) is the name of a

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edge city An edge city is a concentration of business, shopping, and entertainment outside a traditional downtown or central business district, in what had previously been a suburban, residential or rural area. The term was popularized by the 1991 boo ...

and

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located in

Timișoara Timișoara (, , ; , also or ; ; ; see #Etymology, other names) is the capital city of Timiș County, Banat, and the main economic, social and cultural center in Western Romania. Located on the Bega (Tisza), Bega River, Timișoara is consider ...

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. Owned by the –Atterbury Europe consortium, the project was conceived from the beginning to integrate Iulius Mall, now completed with office, retail and entertainment functions. The mixed project includes, in addition to the shopping area, a park, event rooms, offices, a health center, a cinema and 4,070 parking spaces. Over 442 million euros were invested in the first phase of the project, partially inaugurated in August 2019, being one of the largest infusions of private capital in the real estate sector ever made in Romania. The estimated annual traffic for Iulius Town is over 20 million visitors.

Iulius Mall

Iulius Mall Timișoara, the second mall within the Iulius national network, was inaugurated on 20 October 2005, following an initial investment of approximately 45 million euros. It was developed on a site that hosted antennas mounted in the 1940s and that remained undervalued in the early 2000s. was founded in 1991 by Iulian Dascălu, and the company currently owns three other malls in

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and

Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca ( ; ), or simply Cluj ( , ), is a city in northwestern Romania. It is the second-most populous city in the country and the seat of Cluj County. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest (), Budapest () and Belgrade ( ...

. At the time of its inauguration, Iulius Mall Timișoara was the first mall in western Romania. In 2005, Iulius Mall Timișoara had a

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of 31,000 m², which was then expanded to 73,000 m² in 2009, and 102,000 m² in 2019. The mall has: 4,070

parking space A parking space, parking place or parking spot is a location that is designated for parking, either paved or unpaved. It can be in a parking garage, in a parking lot or on a city street. The space may be delineated by road surface markings. The ...

s, 450 stores, including a 11,500-square-meter

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hypermarket, a 12-screen Cinema City cinema, a 2,500-seat

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, full-service

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s, bars and

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s, a semi-Olympic

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and largest

fitness club A health club (also known as a fitness club, fitness center, health spa, weight room and commonly referred to as a gym) is a place that houses exercise equipment for the purpose of physical exercise. In recent years, the number of fitness an ...

in Romania (over 3,400 m²), a

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and

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(during the winter season), a

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and billiard hall, a

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, indoor playgrounds and play areas,

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s, police offices (vehicle registration and passport services) and a

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. At the time of the last extension, it was the largest mall outside

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and the third largest in Romania, after AFI Cotroceni and

Băneasa Shopping City Băneasa Shopping City is a shopping center in the north of Bucharest, Romania, opened on 18 April 2008. Located in the Băneasa neighborhood of Sector 1, it is part of the Băneasa Developments owned by Aurel and Radu Timofte. Besides the Bă ...

Iulius Gardens

Iulius Gardens have an area of 5.5 ha, being the largest suspended park in Romania. The park involved an investment of 8.7 million euros and was carried out by a team of specialists from

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and

. Arranged above the underground car park in the complex, the green space integrates 10,000 shrubs and 1,400 large trees. Iulius Gardens also include an 800-square-meter lake, a multi-storey Venetian

carousel A carousel or carrousel (mainly North American English), merry-go-round (International English), or galloper (British English) is a type of amusement ride consisting of a rotating circular platform with seats for riders. The seats are tradit ...

for children, a

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, promenades and plazas for outdoor events and fairs.

United Business Center

Iulius Town includes in the first stage of development over 100,000 m² of

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in four buildings, employing about 13,000 people. All four buildings are operational as of 2022, with tenants including multinational IT, automotive and

customer support Customer support is a range of services to assist customers in making cost effective and correct use of a product. It includes assistance in planning, installation, training, troubleshooting, maintenance, upgrading, and disposal of a product. Rega ...

companies. United Business Center 2 is the first office building that was commissioned within the Iulius Town complex, opened in early 2017. The last one to be inaugurated and the tallest of them, having 15 floors and two technical floors, is United Business Center 0.

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