PHOTO: A rafter festival has been celebrated for the future giant shopping center “Akropole”

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The new shopping and entertainment center “Akropole” is planned to open in 2019. It will cover a total area of ​​98,000 square meters, of which approximately 9,000 square meters will be occupied by high-end office space. The Acropolis will also have a cinema, including an IMAX cinema, an ice rink, a special entertainment area, restaurants and a bowling alley.

There will be about 1,500 new jobs in the shopping and entertainment complex. About 2,500 parking spaces are planned, 700 new conifers, deciduous trees and shrubs, as well as several hundred other plants will be planted.

The total investment in the construction of the Acropolis is planned in the amount of 177 million euros, of which 60% will be financed with a loan of SEB banka in the amount of 106.5 million euros, making it the largest loan issued by SEB banka in its history.

In order for residents to reach the shopping center, a new trestle from the South Bridge will be built, as well as other traffic improvements, such as widening Salaspils Street, creating new entrances from Slavu and Salaspils Streets, as well as improving public transport access to the center.