OREANDA-NEWS  On 10 November was announced, that RIO retail and entertainment centre located at the junction of Dmitrovskoe Highway and the MKAD is scheduled to open on December 5.

RIO, a project by a development subdivision of TASHIR group of companies, has been built within the project City Park Moscow comprising as well an office complex and a hotel. The total area of the building will be roughly 300,000 sq m, the total area of the three-level shopping centre will be 250,000 sq m.

A tentative date of the opening of RIO has already been postponed several times. The new scheduled time is December 5, 2008.

The anchor tenants of the second RIO in Moscow will be NASH hypermarket by the Seventh Continent food retailer, the DIY hypermarket Nash Dom and Eldorado household appliances and consumer electronics hypermarket. The entertainment zone will comprise Sinema Star nine-screen multiplex, Fun City family entertainment centre, a food court for 11 catering firms and a bowling hall. The galleria will be occupied by the supermarkets of Detsky Mir, Sportmaster, Marks&Spencer, Snezhnaya Koroleva, Lady&Gentleman City and TopShop.