Zara, Bershka, Adidas… in Gran Jonquera, 25,000 m 2 of additional shopping

“The land of shopping”. The new slogan of the Catalan shopping center is displayed in the four corners of the new gigantic space dedicated to cheap shopping. A large part of the brands are in fact part of the world of “fast fashion”, these collections of low-cost clothing manufactured on the other side of the world).

No surprise then along the now 400 meters to walk from one point to another of the site, from the Escudero supermarket to the new Lefties store which now has two floors connected by a slide (and an escalator for the less adventurous). The brands parade under (very) bright lighting and a modern environment, in compliance with European standards in this area.

58,300 m2 of commercial space, 250 new jobs

Zara therefore, the gondola head of this Gran Jonquera 2 (even more so since the closure of the Figueres store, until then the closest to customers in the Pyrénées-Orientales or Aude) extends over two floors. This flagship of the Spanish textile giant Inditex (36 billion euros in operating profit in 2023) brings in its wake other brands of the group: Bershka, Stradivarius, and soon Pull & Bear which will operate the very large premises until ‘here occupied by Lefties.

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Among the other new businesses: the British sporting goods brand JD, the German Adidas, a Toni Pons espadrilles store, a Julia Young perfume store but also a new Mango which is moving 300 meters to expand. All on 25,300 new m2 which brings the whole to 58,300 m2 to which Antoni Escudero, the creator of the supermarkets eponymous and, eleven years ago, of the first Gran Jonquera, is keen to add 71,500 m2 of parking, now accommodating 3,000 indoor or outdoor spaces compared to 1,200 until now.
The Catalan commercial site employs 550 people, its extension should generate 250 more, according to its promoter.

In the “land of shopping”, 75% of French people

An almost doubled surface area, new ready-to-wear brands, around ten restaurants and a mess of parking spaces, Gran Jonquera offers something to facilitate the arrival, journey and customer experience of the millions of French people who wander around every year behind its tall red facades.

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Because the French clientele and in particular those from the border, the inhabitants of the Pyrénées-Orientales then Aude, the former Languedoc-Roussillon and PACA are the first customers of the Catalan shopping center. Antoni Escudero knows this well, he who therefore planted a small Eiffel Tower and a mini-pyramid of the Louvre in front of his new 25,300 m2 articulated around a “Place du Louvre”. “This extension is made for the French, does he support this without complexes when answering questions from L’Indépendant (read below). They are the first customers of Gran Jonquera, you are good customers!”.

I took a day off on purpose

Like Véronique, a thirty-year-old living in Collioure who was already coming here “twice a month for years” car “It’s close, I’m 40 kilometers away, and there’s a choice. Today, I came to discover the new stores: Zara, Bershka, Lefties”. Same Pavlovian reflex in Fabienne and her daughter Carla. This Thursday morning, the two Perpignan women, who arrived as soon as it opened at 9 a.m., continued a promising mother-daughter shopping trip if we trust the enormous bag on the teenager’s arm. “I took a day off on purpose! proudly delivered the mother. My daughter wanted to go shopping, we did them all! Usually we go to Girona, here it’s less far.” “The stores are beautiful, the young girl exclaimed. Zara is incredible, it looks like a museum! And at Lefties, there’s a slide!”. Target hearts reached.