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14 new shopping malls that are opening in Spain in 2023

A total of 14 new retail centres are due to open up across Spain this year, with several more opening after major renovations.

Published: 11 January 2023 17:05 CET
14 new shopping malls that are opening in Spain in 2023
La Finca Grand Cafe is one of the new malls that will open near Madrid. Source: La Finca Grand Cafe

Imagina Parque Comercial, Getafe
The new Imagina shopping complex is expected to open its doors in the 4th quarter of 2023 in Getafe, with an area of ​​12,000 square meters. It will have two large international supermarket chains as well as fast food outlets Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen and Burger King. 11km from the centre of Madrid, it’s located near the new residential development Los Molinos. 

La Finca Grand Cafe, Pozuelo de Alarcón
Just 30 minutes by car from Madrid, this gastronomic centre is due to open in the spring and will include 14 different innovative restaurants. The complex will also house medical beauty centres, hairdressers, wellness spas, florists, supermarkets, opticians and entertainment venues over 12,000 square metres.

Oalmacenter, León 
Also scheduled to open in the spring, the Olmacenter in León will cover over 18,000 square metres and will focus on leisure and sports entertainment. There will also be supermarkets, entertainment for children, restaurants, gift shops and furniture stores. 

Jaén Plaza, Jaén
Opening March 2023, the centre will cover 42,000 square metres and will feature stores such as Primark, Mercadona, Yelmo cinemas, Zara, Stradivarius, Massimo Dutti, Bershka and Oysho.

Way Cáceres, Cáceres
Located in the residential area of Maltravieso, the mall will cover 3,000 square metres of space and will open in November. It has taken seven years for this project to be realised and has cost around €35 million. Among other stores, it has been confirmed that it will include a huge Decathlon. 

Parque Comercial Estepona, Estepona 
Scheduled to open towards the end of 2023, this new shopping centre near Málaga has cost around €15 million and covers around 6,000 square metres. It will create more than 100 jobs and feature establishments such as Sprinter, KFC, Primaprix and FlipaJump, among others. 

Solia Live Centre, Madrid 
The opening of this commercial centre in Madrid by Mackintosh Mall was scheduled for 2020, but so far, it’s still not complete. It’s thought to be opening this year instead. The centre will have 90,000 square meters of leasable area with space for leisure and restaurants inside. One of its tenants will be the entertainment company Live Nation, which will now have a stable headquarters in Madrid.

Breogán Park, A Coruña
Galicia’s new commercial centre will be located in A Coruña and will replace the old Centro Comercial Dolce Vita. Its main feature will be a Yelmo Cinema, which will occupy 3,000 square metres on the first floor and will have an amphitheater syle design, as well as reclining seats with USB charging points, ample space between the seats, and lots of offers of food and drink. It’s due to open at the end of 2023 or the beginning of 2024. 

Way Ourense, San Cibrao das Viñas
The inauguration of this complex will be at some point during the first quarter of 2023. Way Ourense has cost €25 million to build and will generate 250 direct and 96 indirect jobs. Covering 18,000 square metres, it will include stores such as Gadis, Joma and Jysk, Burger King and the petrol station chain Zero Gas. 

Nexum Retail Park, Fuenlabrada
Located just outside Madrid, the new Nexum Retail Park will open in the spring. It will include 26,000 square metres of shops, 1500 square metres of offices and 17 000 square metres of student residences.

Leroy Merlin Phygital & Co, San Cristóbal de la Laguna
This commercial park is being built by Leroy Merlín in San Cristobal de la Laguna in Tenerife. It will have a surface area of ​​23,000 square meters and is scheduled to open its doors in 2023, but not much is yet known about the exact date.

Parque Comercial Atalaya de Olaz, Pamplona
The Atalaya de Olaz shopping mall is due to be completed towards the end of 2023 and will be located on the outskirts of Pamplona. It will feature 17 different stores including supermarkets, bazaars, leisure, sports, pet stores, and others.

Parque Comercial San Fernando, San Fernando
Over €25 million has been invested into this project which promises to create 400 new jobs. It is owned by the Dutch company Ten Brinke and Mercadona is one of the chains interested in renting a spot there. 

Parque Comercial Trocadero, Puerto Real 
Trocadero, owned by Batex & Duplex, will be the first retail park in the urban center of Puerto Real near Cádiz. When complete, it will feature Carrefour plus international fast-food joints. The plot has an area of ​​46,500 square meters, but the initial phase will cover around 10,000 square meters of it. 

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How Zara’s new second-hand buy and sell service works in Spain

Spain's biggest high street fashion retailer has launched an online service that allows you to buy, sell, repair and donate used Zara clothes. This is a step-by-step guide to how the pre-owned service works.

Published: 12 December 2023 13:13 CET
How Zara's new second-hand buy and sell service works in Spain

Spain’s biggest high street fashion chain has planted its flag firmly in the second-hand clothes sector this week.

After operating first in the UK and then for a few months in France, Inditex, the owners of Zara, launched the ‘Zara Pre-Owned’ platform on December 12th in 14 more countries, including Spain.

This is essentially a tool available online or through the Zara app which allows users to reuse clothes bought at Zara buy buying and selling second-hand, but also options to request repairs on damaged clothes and to donate them to charity.

The launching of the ‘Zara Pre-Owned’ service is seen as a strong commitment by the Galician-owned fashion giant to a more circular economy, with the main intention being that Zara customers will reuse and recycle their clothes more, generating less waste and moving away from the ‘fast fashion’ business model.

On the Zara website, ‘Zara Pre-Owned’ is described as “a platform to help you extend the life of your Zara clothes.”

So, how does it work?

READ ALSO: All the ways to donate or sell second-hand clothes in Spain

Repairs

Zara Pre-Owned allows you to send off damaged clothes for repair for a small fee.

Depending on the type of service requested, the repair can take up to two weeks. Once they are fixed, they will be sent back to your delivery address provided on the website or app.

In order to request a repair through the Zara desktop site, simple Google ‘Zara Pre-Owned reparación’. The first search result should take you to the homepage, where you should click ‘solicitar una reparación‘ (request a repair).

From there, you’ll be taken to the screen above where you need to include the relevant information on:

-Type of product

-What condition it’s in

-The colour

-The material 

-Add photos

-Add any comments

Once all that information is filled out and the repair properly requested, you simply take the damaged clothes to a delivery point and wait for them to be delivered back to you.

Buying and selling

You may be familiar with second-hand buying and selling services in Spain. If you aren’t, The Local has put together a list of the best ways to donate or sell second-hand clothes in Spain.

The Zara Pre-Owned buying and selling service is pretty similar to others. Again, Google ‘Zara Pre-Owned comprar y vender‘.

Click on the button below.

And from there, you’ll need to have a Zara account or create one.

But generally speaking, when selling, the first step to follow is to upload the product: that is, search for the product you want to sell in the Zara product catalogue so that its information can synced with your item.

The second step is to describe the product: add a brief description, upload photos and set a price.

The last step is to, once the item is sold, use the prepaid Correos service and send it within three days.

Sellers have a maximum of 6 days to send the item and once delivered to the transport company the wait for collection will be between 3 and 6 working days. 

When buying second-hand clothes from other users (buying and selling is done between users, not directly to or from Zara itself) you can click on products you fancy and a new screen should open up. This will take you through to bigger photos, along with a description of the item, the size, the condition, whether it has a label or not, and the year of purchase. 

Then it’s just a case of adding to your basket and purchasing like any other online retail store.

READ ALSO: The best websites and other ways to find a second-hand car in Spain

Donating

Another branch of the Pre-Owned launch is the donations service.

All the clothes collected by Zara are delivered to local charities and organisations, which then sort the clothes and donate them people in need, sell them in second-hand shops, or recycle them. Any funds raised are intended for social projects and organisations such as the Red Cross and Cáritas.

First, as before, you need to get to the Zara Pre-Owned website. Click ‘solicitar una donación‘ and you’ll be taken to a page asking for your name, email and mobile contact number.

From there, you’ll need to provide your address so the Zara Pre-Owned service can collect your donation

Once you’ve filled all that out, there’s just two simple steps:

1. Prepare your donation package.

Put all the clothes, shoes and accessories you want to donate in the package.

2. Then wait for collection.

In the next 24-48 hours Zara will pick up the package with the clothes you want to donate at the address provided.

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