Shopping City Süd

Shopping City Süd
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LocationVösendorf, Austria
Coordinates48°6′30″N 16°19′1″E / 48.10833°N 16.31694°E / 48.10833; 16.31694
Address
  • Shopping City Süd
  • 2334 Vösendorf
Opening date1976 (1976)
DeveloperHans Dujsik
OwnerUnibail-Rodamco-Westfield
No. of stores and services330
Total retail floor area235,000 square metres (2,500,000 sq ft)
No. of floors2 (main levels)
Parking10,000
Public transit accessBadner Bahn
Websitewww.scs.at Edit this at Wikidata
SCS Bürocenter office building (left) and IKEA Vösendorf (right). Photo taken in August 2007.

The Shopping City Süd (SCS) is a shopping centre located in Vösendorf and Wiener Neudorf, south of Vienna, Austria.

With a leasable area of 235,000 m2 (2,530,000 sq ft),[1] it is the biggest shopping mall in Austria. It contains over 330 shops and has around 5,000 employees (2016).

In December 2007, the SCS was sold for €607 million[2] to French real estate company Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, which also owns the Donauzentrum [de].

History

The Shopping City Süd was built outside the borders of Vienna to save costs. As a result, a lot of purchasing power flows from Vienna to Lower Austria.

Since 2011, the SCS has also been a member of the Austrian Climate Alliance [de] and aims to reduce its CO2 emissions by 5,300 tonnes as part of its membership.[3]

After the death of the founder Hans Dujsik, the SCS was transferred to a foundation. In December 2007, the SCS was sold to the Dutch real estate group Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, which also owns the Donauzentrum in Vienna.[4] The purchase price, which was initially kept secret, is believed to have been 607 million euros, according to the Austrian Textile Newspaper.[2] In 2021, Crédit Agricole Assurances, the insurance subsidiary of the French banking group Crédit Agricole, acquired 45% of the SCS.[5]

The name "Shopping City Süd" was changed to "Westfield Shopping City Süd" in September 2021.[6]

Stores

The Shopping City South comprises around 330 shops with 4,500 employees. It was primarily designed for car traffic when it was built and offers more than 10,000 parking spaces.

Facts

  • Opened 22 September 1976
  • The first IKEA store in Austria (IKEA Vösendorf) opened at SCS in 1977
  • Complete renovation and rebranding in 2012[1]

Access

The light rail station Vösendorf SCS of the Badner Bahn is located right in front of SCS. In addition, SCS is located just beside the junction of the Süd Autobahn (A2) and the Wiener Neustädter Straße (B17).

Public transport is mainly provided by the Badner Bahn, but there are also a few bus lines, such as a direct connection from Vienna, Siebenhirten (U6)–SCS ("SCS bus"), which can be used free of charge by those travelling from outside Vienna, and the regional bus lines 207 (towards Mödling station (S-Bahn) or Siebenhirten underground station (U6) and Vienna Liesing station (S-Bahn)) and 265 (towards Mödling station (S-Bahn) or Vienna Südtiroler Platz (Vienna main station, S-Bahn, underground station U1)).

The free bus line Oper–SCS ("Ikea bus") has been discontinued; since 2 October 2012, holders of the SCS customer card can use the Badner Bahn from Vienna without a ticket for the section Vösendorf-Siebenhirten–Vösendorf-SCS (outer zone).[7]

There have been repeated calls to extend the U6 line to the SCS since 2007.[8]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Centre | Westfield Shopping City Süd". www.westfield.com (in German). Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Kauf der SCS kostete 607 Mio. Euro" [Purchase of SCS cost 607 million euros]. ORF.at (in German). 20 June 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011.
  3. ^ SCS saves a lot in the NÖN edition Mödling/Perchtoldsdorf week 10/2011
  4. ^ "Shopping City Süd verkauft" [Shopping City Süd sold]. oesterreich.ORF.at (in German). 21 December 2007. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SCS" [SCS with new part owner]. retailreport.at (in German). Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Rebranding: Österreichs zwei Top Einkaufszentren SCS und Donau Zentrum werden zu Westfield Destinationen" [Rebranding: Austria's two top shopping centers SCS and Donau Zentrum become Westfield destinations]. OTS.at (in German). 7 July 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Ikea-Bus in Wien wird eingestellt" [Ikea bus in Vienna is discontinued]. Der Standard (in German). 27 September 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  8. ^ "U6 könnte bis Wiener Neudorf fahren" [U6 could run to Wiener Neudorf]. DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 13 November 2024.