The Pasing Arcaden is a
shopping mall located in
Munich's district of
Pasing. The first section of the Pasing Arcaden was opened on the 15 of March 2011. It is located near the
Pasing train station, in the west of Munich.
The main entrance at the Pasing train station square opens up to the 270 meter long first section of the shopping area. This portion of the complex has a total area of 26,000 m
2 and offers 14,000 m
2 of space for 90 shops and boutiques.
On 18 February 2013, the second section of Pasing Arcaden with an additional 50 shops and 11 catering establishments covering an area of 37,000 m
2 was opened.
Giovanni Trapattoni was the star guest at the opening.
The total area of the Pasing Arcaden covers 63,000 m
2, in which the total commercial area covers 39,000 m
2. Making the Pasing Arcaden the fourth major shopping mall in Munich, after the
Einkaufs-Center Neuperlach – pep
The Einkaufs-Center Neuperlach – pep (also ''Perlacher Einkaufspassagen'') is a shopping mall in Munich's Neuperlach borough operated by ECE. With a floor space of 60,000 square meters and about 135 specialty shops, it was according to a survey ...
, the
Olympia-Einkaufszentrum, and the
Riem Arcaden
The Riem Arcaden is the largest shopping mall in Munich. It was built in the Messestadt Riem district at Willy-Brandt-Platz according to a design by the Allmann Sattler Wappner office and opened on 10 March 2004.
The 122,500 m² building complex ...
.
The building was designed by the Munich architecture office of
Allmann Sattler Wappner
Allmann Sattler Wappner Architekten is a German architecture firm based in Munich. Established in 1987, it has existed in its current form since 1993. In 1997, Allmann Sattler Wappner Architekten received the German Architecture Award. Among many ...
. The floor plan was designed similar to that of a cruise ship. The façade was designed with diamonds made of metal. The side of the building, adjacent to the railway tracks from Pasing to
München Hauptbahnhof
München Hauptbahnhof or Munich Central Station is the main railway station in the city of Munich, Germany. It is one of the three stations with long-distance services in Munich, the others being Munich East station (''München Ost'') and Munich ...
, is slightly curved, and the building height is more than 20 meters. The opposite longitudinal side of the building is approximately 10 meters high. The reason for this being the 45 three-to-five room apartments that were built in diagonal blocks on the roof of the Pasing Arcaden. Between the apartment blocks are large terraces that are available to the tenants. Additional commercial area has been planned.
The walkways inside the shopping area do not run straight, but intertwine throughout the building. The shop facades are designed by the tenants themselves. Under the complex is a two-story underground parking area with 660 parking spaces.
The management behind the Pasing Arcaden is the same as that for the Riem Arcaden, ''mfi Management für Immobilien AG'',
Essen
Essen (; Latin: ''Assindia'') is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and D ...
. The first phase of construction costed a total of €190 million. The project schedule was delayed as a lawsuit with a neighbor interrupted construction works between 2008 and 2009.
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Pasing Arcaden
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Buildings and structures in Munich
Shopping malls established in 2011
Pasing-Obermenzing