Shopping City Süd
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The Shopping City Süd (SCS) is a shopping centre located in Vösendorf and Wiener Neudorf, south of Vienna, Austria.
With a leasable area of Template:Cvt,<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref> 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<ref name=":1">Template:Cite web</ref> to French real estate company Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, which also owns the Donau Zentrum.
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 Template:Interlanguage link and aims to reduce its Template:CO2 emissions by 5,300 tonnes as part of its membership.<ref>SCS saves a lot in the NÖN edition Mödling/Perchtoldsdorf week 10/2011</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The purchase price, which was initially kept secret, is believed to have been 607 million euros, according to the Austrian Textile Newspaper.<ref name=":1" /> In 2021, Crédit Agricole Assurances, the insurance subsidiary of the French banking group Crédit Agricole, acquired 45% of the SCS.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The name "Shopping City Süd" was changed to "Westfield Shopping City Süd" in September 2021.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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<ref name=":0" />
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).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
There have been repeated calls to extend the U6 line to the SCS since 2007.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>