The Shopping City Süd is a shopping centre located in Vösendorf

Vösendorf

Vösendorf is a town in the district of Mödling in the Austrian state of Lower Austria....

, south of Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

, Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

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With a leasable area of 173,000 square metres, it is the biggest shopping mall in Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

 and also one of the biggest in Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

. It contains over 330 shops and has got about 4,500 employees. The SCS offers 10,000 parking spaces, and so it also serves people from Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

, Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

, Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

, and the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

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In December 2007, the SCS was sold for €607 mil. to Dutch real estate company Unibail-Rodamco

Unibail-Rodamco

Unibail-Rodamco is a French-Dutch company, headquartered in Paris, that focuses on investment in commercial property. It is the largest commercial real estate company in Europe. The main assets managed by the company fall into three categories: shopping centres, convention centres and office...

, which also owns the Donauzentrum

Donauzentrum

Donauzentrum is the largest shopping mall in Vienna, Austria. It joins with the Donauplex which contains many restaurants, bars, cinemas and a few various shops.Donauzentrum opened in 1975, and the Donauplex joined it in 1999.- Donauplex :...

, the biggest shopping centre in the city of Vienna.

Facts

• Opened Sept. 22nd, 1976
• Expansion on Oct. 20th, 1988
• Opened Multiplex Center Oct. 25th, 1994
• Total sales area (Main complex, multiplex & specialised dealers on SCS area): ~ 270.000 m²
• Total roofed over area (Main complex, IKEA and Multiplex): ~160.000 m²
• total length of show window miles: ~3 km
• longest stretch of buildings: 1,6 km
• Parking lot for ~10.000 vehicles
• gross turnover 2004: ca. €1 bn.
• visitors 2005 (to date): >25 Million
• persons employed: ca. 4.500