Bulgaria’s Fantastico investing 11.8 mln euro in new shopping centre

April 23 (SeeNews) – Bulgarian supermarket operator Fantastico Group started the construction of a shopping complex worth over 23 million levs ($12.5 million/11.8 million euro) in the capital Sofia, it said.

The complex, located on a 14,000 square metre plot, will create a hundred jobs, the company said in a statement last week.

Alongside the Fantastico supermarket, the centre will house fast fashion stores and other services. It will have its own photovoltaic system, a car park with electric vehicle charging stations and a playground.

Local construction company AT Engineering 2000 is the main contractor for the site.

Fantastico Group operates 45 supermarkets, most of which are located in Sofia and towns near the capital.

(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)