WestEnd City Center
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The WestEnd City Center is located next to the (Western Railway Station), in Budapest, Hungary. It is close to the 'Worlds most beautiful McDonald's' and Budapest's biggest dance club: Bank Dance Hall.
It used to be Central and Eastern Europe's largest shopping mall, though now there exist larger ones e.g. Centrum Manufaktura in Łódź, Poland (total area of 27 ha).
The mall was completed on November 17, 1999.
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- Client: TriGranit Development Corporation (joint venture of TrizecHahn Corporation and Granit Polus RA)
- Site area: 540,000 sq ft (49,703 sq meters)
- Total building area: 2 million sq ft (185,806 sq meters)
- Layout:
- 535,000 sq ft retail entertainment
- 225,000 sq ft offices
- 170,000 sq ft Hilton International Hotel
- 240,000 sq ft open space – rooftop garden/park
- Special features: accessible by subway, train, bus and tram
- Awards: 2001 First in Retail, Prix d’Excellence, International Real Estate Federation, Paris
