Mediterranean Cosmos

Mediterranean Cosmos is a shopping mall located in Pylaia, a municipality of Thessaloniki, the second-largest city in Greece. It is the largest retail and entertainment development in Northern Greece.

Mediterranean Cosmos

Front view of the mall.
Address	11km National Road Thessaloniki - N. Moudania, 57001, Thessaloniki, Greece
Opening date	October 2005
Developer	Lamda Development S.A.
Owner	Lamda Development
No. of stores and services	226
No. of anchor tenants	7
Total retail floor area	60,000 square metres (650,000 sq ft)
No. of floors	2
Parking	3000
Public transit access	OASTH  36   45  KOSMOS
Website	www.mediterraneancosmos.gr/en

History

The mall officially opened in October 2005.^[1]

In June 2012, Lamda Development, the owners of the mall, announced that they will begin to charge parking fees from mid-February 2013.^[2][3]

In 2017, Värde Partners bought a controlling stake of the Mediterranean Cosmos and planned out an extension of the mall.^[4]

Facilities

It contains more than 200 retail units and facilities including an 11-screen multiplex cinema, numerous shops of fashion and electronics goods as well as cafés, restaurants, bars, a supermarket, an amphitheatre and an Orthodox church.^[1]

Design

Inside the mall, roads and square have been designed-like traditional cities of Northern Greece in combination with the advantages of a modern city's center.^[1]

Location

The mall is located 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) east of the city-centre and approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) away from Thessaloniki Airport. It can be accessed by National Road 67, the highway connecting Thessaloniki with the southern part of Chalkidiki.^[1]