Zara will set up the largest store in Bizkaia in the former headquarters of the BBK Gran Via

It will open the doors next fall and will offer more than 3,200 square meters of commercial use

spectacular and unexpected operation of the carried out in recent years. After taking away the Catalan Mango the former headquarters of the BBK, for which it paid more than 40 million, the Galician company was compensated months ago of the blow suffered when renting the historic property.

The change of cards between the big ones of the fashion is the order of the day in all the countries. Although the signing of Isak Andic has never explained the reasons for the transfer, Inditex is clear what it will do with a building whose entrails have been in sight of thousands of passers-by since last summer. Zara will open on 23rd of the Gran Vía the largest store in Bizkaia and will snatch this honor from the FNAC of Alameda Urquijo. A curious operation, since both Primark and Zara and Apple themselves, missed the opportunity of this site because it considered "insurmountable" for their commercial interests the maintenance of the original stairs of the building.

Once obtained the authorization of the City council, the establishment will be at street level and will turn around one of the most coveted blocks of the town. It is not yet known if the store will have shop windows to the street Astarloa, but the customers will have more than enough space to work with comfort.

«Reactivate the whole environment»

In addition to the 350 meters that will occupy the basement, where the dressing rooms will go, the ground floor will have 2,400, while the first floor will house another 700. Inditex officials are planning to open for next fall. In addition to its dimensions, the local will enter the category of 'top' points in the chain. They will throw the rest with an investment they keep secret to design a "spectacular" store, similar to those of San Sebastian and Salamanca.

Inditex will throw the rest in a place that will snatch the FNAC the honor of being the greatest

The main real estate agents of Bilbao applaud this operation. Despite the high presence of Inditex signs in the village, they maintain that this establishment "will reactivate the whole environment", especially in the areas of Gardoqui and Rodríguez Arias. Streets that maintained a very discreet commercial presence are opening gap in their first numbers, next to the neighboring Marquess of the Port, with an offer very different from the one of the great chains. "It is going to generate an important traffic of public", apostille

Source: ZARA