150,000 jam into BIG Glilot over first weekend

Greater than 150,000 individuals packed the BIG Style Glilot procuring middle over the weekend – 70,000 of them on Saturday alone. Regardless of the visitors jams and congestion on the entrance and exit, and parking issues the shops in what’s now Israel’s largest mall reported enormous gross sales. BIG Procuring Facilities studies that that is the very best opening for a procuring complicated in Israel so far, and the style shops within the strip mall recorded document numbers of visits and gross sales for a shopping mall in Israel. Based on preliminary knowledge, common gross sales per sq. meter had been NIS 150-200 per sq. meter on every of the times.

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The Lego retailer that opened within the Glilot procuring middle attracted greater than 3,000 prospects, whereas the Adidas retailer was visited by over 10,000 prospects. About 70% of the shops within the complicated had been open on Saturday. Among the many shops not open on Saturday had been the Zara flagship retailer and the Golf retailer. The eating places and cafes had been totally booked all through the weekend.

On Saturday afternoon, round 2pm, BIG was pressured to announce that the procuring middle was full, and really useful that prospects come later within the week.

BIG Procuring Facilities CEO Hay Galis stated, “Over the weekend, the Huge Style Glilot middle recorded document guests and funds, and as a result of giant variety of guests, we had been pressured to concern a press release that the middle was full, the entry roads had been congested, and we really useful coming later within the week. That is the very best opening so far in Israel for a procuring complicated, and we’re assured that the place will change the foundations of the sport in Israel.”

Galis added concerning the congestion and delays in exiting the car parking zone, that the difficulty is being addressed, and that the corporate believes that this can be a one-time occasion that resulted from the big variety of guests.

BIG Style Glilot, simply north of Tel Aviv in Ramat Hasharon, opened final Thursday. Unfold over 44 dunam (11 acres) with 43,000 sq. meters of business area and 169,000 sq. meters of parking and companies area, alongside a 43-floor workplace tower with 75,000 sq. meters of workplace area and 4,000 parking areas, NIS 2 billion was invested in development of the middle.

Printed by Globes, Israel enterprise information – en.globes.co.il – on March 2, 2025.