Overpoort
Gent, Belgium (Shopping Center)
DESCRIPTION
‘Shopping Overpoort’ is a shopping centre situated in the centre of Ghent, with a lettable surface area of 3,600 m² divided into seven units (Albert Heijn, Jims Fitness, Kruidvat...). The repurposed building used to be the former restaurant of Ghent University. With its metal structure, concrete slabs and glass curtain walls, it was hallmarked as one of the first 'modernist' buildings of the town from the early 1970s. The business concept is based on the proximity and the diversity of students as well as the local population.
The commercial part of the building was awarded a 'Very good' BREEAM certificate.
FACTS
Lettable area retail | 3,600 m²
LOCATION
The Overpoort shopping centre is located on a trunk road leading towards the town centre.
The prestigious faculties of Ghent University are distributed along this axis. The shopping centre occupies an ideal location in the vicinity of 'Heuvelpoort', an intermodal crossroads on the peripheral roads of the town and close to the B401 motorway.
ACCESSIBILITY
The shopping centre boasts excellent access to public transport and for bicycles. It has 200 bicycle parking spaces.
BREEAM certificate Overpoort, Gent
ADDRESS
Overpoortstraat 49A and Stalfhof 2/2A
9000 Gent