City: Aix-en-Provence
Region: Europe
Country: France
Trade area: 7 080 425 sq. feet
Address: CCR Grand Vitrolles RN 113 13127 Vitrolles
Contact person: Céline Brunet
No of floors: 1
Owner: Holding by Klépierre : 83%
Parking: 4 450 sq. feet
Phone: 01 40 67 50 81
Grand Vitrolles was Marseille’s very first out-of-town shopping center, and it still sets the retailing benchmark for France’s second-largest city.
6 million visitors every year are drawn to Grand Vitrolles, not only by the sheer diversity of its retail offering, with 80 retailers, including a superstore and 10 restaurants, but also by its light-filled architecture and the fresh atmosphere provided by its extensive indoor planting.
Location and accessibility
6.5 million cost of the renovation works.
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