Developer Ogmios group No. of stores and services 78 Phone +370 45 424001 Number of stores and services 78 | Opening date 28 August 2007 Architect Gintautas Navickas Opened 28 August 2007 Owner Ogmios group | |
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Management Justinas Lapinskas, Managing Director Hours Open today · 10AM–12AMMonday10AM–12AMTuesday10AM–12AMWednesday10AM–12AMThursday10AM–12AMFriday10AM–12AMSaturday10AM–12AMSunday10AM–12AM Similar GO9, Cido Arena, Šiauliai Arena, Ąžuolynas, Pažaislis Monastery Profiles | ||
Babilonas is a shopping and entertainment mall in Panevėžys, Lithuania (Klaipėdos street 143a). It is a part of a wider Babilonas real estate development.
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Shops and entertainment businesses
In the shopping mall there are:
Furniture retail hall, cinema and the electronics store are the largest in northeastern Lithuania (Aukštaitija).
History
The construction of the shopping mall started in 2006 and ended in 2007.
In the August 2008 the mall was expanded: the cinema and several additional shops were opened.
In 2007-2008 the primary market catered by the mall was that of household goods: furniture, construction, interior décor. Other primary target market was that for entertainment (cinema, ice rink).
Since year 2009 the market orientation changed: the number of interior goods stores lowered somewhat and at the same time number of stores selling soft goods such as clothing and shoes. In 2010 a supermarket (food store) opened for the first time in Babilonas.
Image and architecture
As the name “Babilonas” means Babylon, the interior of Babilonas is modeled after the ancient Middle East. On the walls over the shop entrances there are frescoes with bulls and ancient people. In front of main entrance there are improvised columns. Inside a shopping center in a special terrarium a crocodile, named by children Babilonijus, lived for several years.