WestEnd City Center

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The WestEnd City Center is located next to the (Western Railway Station), in Budapest, Hungary. It is close to the "World's most beautiful McDonald's" and a Budapest dance club: Bank Dance Hall.

It used to be Central and Eastern Europe's largest shopping mall, though now there exist larger ones, e.g. Centrum Manufaktura in Lodz, Poland [total area of 27 hectares (2,900,000 sq ft)].

The mall was completed on November 17, 1999.

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Client: TriGranit Development Corporation (joint venture of TrizecHahn Corporation and Granit Polus RA)
Site area: 540,000 square feet (50,000 m²)
Total building area: 2,000,000 square feet (186,000 m²)
Layout:
- 535,000 square feet (49,700 m²) retail entertainment
- 225,000 square feet (20,900 m²) offices
- 170,000 square feet (15,800 m²) Hilton International Hotel
- 240,000 square feet (22,300 m²) open space – rooftop garden/park
Special features: accessible by subway, train, bus and tram
Awards: 2001 First in Retail, Prix d’Excellence, International Real Estate Federation, Paris