Liberty Center Mall was the fifth

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. Opened in 2008, the construction site was an uncompleted

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abandoned after the fall of the Communist system.A history of the shopping mall centres in Romania
Liberty Center Mall featured a

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and an indoor

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. It was located on 151-171 Progresului Road near the intersection with

Rahova Rahova is a neighbourhood of southwest Bucharest, Romania, situated in Sector 5, west of Dâmbovița River. It is named after the Bulgarian town ''Rahovo'' (today Oryahovo), site of a battle in the Romanian War of Independence. The neighborho ...

street. In 2023, the Greek store retailer

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acquired the shopping center, with plans to open a Jumbo store on its 2nd floor. In the autumn of the same year, the shopping center was partially closed for renovations, and was inaugurated, under the name of Jumbo Mall, in November 2024.

References

External links

Liberty Center Mall: Official website
Shopping malls in Bucharest {{Romania-struct-stub