Thursday, 14 May at 10:00 a.m. the new Chioggia retail park will be presented to the public: more than 16 thousand square meters (11,688 of which dedicated to the sales area) will house 1 Ipercoop, 6 midsize stores, 6 shops and 2 restaurants.

A vast retail offering ready to meet the needs of the local residents.  Over the few months the offer will be completed with the opening of a service station that will provide fuel for both cars and boats.

IGD – Immobiliare Grande Distribuzione Siiq Spa, owner of the retail park, invested €36,700,000 (including expenses and the plots of land) in the project which stands out for the attention paid to the local area, beginning with the name use which refers to the city’s origins and its founder, Clodio.

Careful attention was paid to the park’s environmental impact as a result of which choices were made with a view to reducing the structure’s energy consumption, like the installation of solar panels on the roofs of each building, LED lighting and the use of latest generation and highly efficient systems.

IGD’s CEO Claudio Albertini is also very satisfied: “With the inauguration of Clodì we can say that we have completed a journey begun in 2002. We are giving life to a retail park that will represent a local point of reference, with innovative features able to accommodate a continuous flow of visitors in an area with a low density of shopping centers. With this transaction, IGD confirms its strategy to invest in select geographic areas and in environments that are favorable to business development”.

The retail park is located near the super highway, SS ss Romea, and is accessible from both the state highway thanks to the recently constructed overpass and the nearby Sottomarina and Chioggia.

The project was designed by Studio Tecnico Associato di Progettazione Stap and the work carried out by a consortium of builders comprised of  “CCC” Consorzio Cooperative Costruzioni and “CoVeCo” Consorzio Veneto Cooperative, under the supervision of Arch. Dino Zennaro.

The retail park will offer:

• Clothing: Piazza Italia – Oviesse – Wit Plus Jeans & Fashion
• Sporting goods: Decathlon
• Footwear: Scarpe & Scarpe
• Electronics: Trony
• Housewares: Casa
• Restaurants: Diemme Caffè – Susheat
• Leisure time and gifts: Maxy Toys – Blue spirit
• Personal care: Unix Profumerie – Megavision Optic Store

To celebrate the opening of the retail park together with the clientele a program has been planned which includes: a ribbon cutting ceremony at10:00 a.m. on Thursday, 14 April, with the mayor of Chioggia, Giuseppe Casson, IGD’s Chairman Gilberto Coffariand Coop Adriatica’s Chairman Adriano Turrini. This will be followed by itinerate performances put on by “la Compagnia dei folli”, which will entertain the public with acrobatics, tight rope walking and very engaging music.

From noon on, finger foodwill also be distributed throughout the retail park.

The celebration will continue in the afternoon with Antonio Casanova, directly from one of Italy’s most popular TV shows “Striscia la notizia”, who, beginning at 4:00 pm, will be on stage with his show “Incantesimi di viaggio”.