Monday, November 10, 2008

The T-Sud El Prat becomes Sibarita

The Board of Directors of Aena has awarded 40 local shops and 43 restaurants of the new T-Sur Airport of El Prat de Barcelona will offer 19,600 square meters of commercial. Among the companies awarded figure Pansfood (Agrolimen), which will create a luxury restaurant chef in charge of the Catalan Carles Gaig, awarded a Michelin star.

Concessions for the 40 stores have a term of 5 years while those of the 43 local restaurants have a period of 8 years. The award criteria were based on "ensuring a varied offer for all tastes and ages, promote job stability and the creation of occupation," he explained today, the Director of Commercial Services Aena, Mara Dolores Izquierdo.

Local restaurant, which will occupy 12,800 square meters, have been awarded to Pansfood, Fields, McDonald's, and Select Service Airfoods with outlets that include sandwich shops, cafes, pubs, pizza parlors, bars, brasseries, hamburger and restaurants.

For his part, the shops, with an area of 6,800 square meters, will include trendy establishments, Shoes, toys, jewelry, candy, wine, food, supermarket, intimate apparel, music, electronics, optics or jewelry. Among the companies being awarded Zara and Massimo Dutti, both of the Inditex group-Chocolat Factory, Cottet, Montblanc or Natura Selection.

Aspect of the current T-Sud. (Photo: Quique Garcia)

According to Aena, the putting into operation of new trade concessions will generate 600 new jobs in addition to the 1,400 already existing in the three existing terminals.

Director of Commercial Services Aena said that El Prat will have "a great shopping area to which we have to add 6,000 square feet of the VIP rooms and 2,500 square meters of the Business Center, which exceed the surface of the Madrid-Barajas. "

Aena

Estimated that during the term of concession tendering companies generate a turnover of more than 1,000 million euros "at least". For his part, the airport's managing body will have revenues of 250 million euros for concessions.

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