Mercator-S, the Serbian arm of Slovenia's Mercator retail chain, has acquired a retail scheme with 30 shops in Belgrade, Serbia for around EUR 32 mln.

Mercator-S, the Serbian arm of Slovenia's Mercator retail chain, has acquired a retail scheme with 30 shops in Belgrade, Serbia for around EUR 32 mln.

The Ljubljana-based retail group has acquired the Roda complex providing some 23,000 m2 of retail space and 800 parking lots in New Belgrade, news agency Beta has reported. Tenants in the shopping centre include retailers Roda Megamarket, Intersport, and Modiana.

Merkator-S has opened a number of Roda centres in Serbia over the past months, including a 14,000 m2 scheme in Kragujevac and a 7,000 m2 centre in Sremska Mitrovica. In February 2009, the company opened another complex in Sabac with 14,000 m2 of gross space. Other developments in the pipeline include projects in the cities of Valjevo, Sombor and Kanjiza.