The largest food hall in Eastern Europe will open on the site of the former Ford factory in Bucharest
Marketta Food Hall, considered to be the largest food hall in Eastern Europe will be inaugurated soon, in Bucharest, on the site of an important car factory, which was recently modernized and adapted to the new destination.
The largest food hall in Eastern Europe will open on the site of the former Ford factory in Bucharest
“With over 6,000 square meters of space, Marketta is preparing to become the most iconic attraction in Floreasca And one of the most frequented and exciting food hall destinations in Bucharest. Designed to attract a heavy traffic of visitors, it will become a place to be found in the heart of the city, located in a historical monument – the former Ford factory in Romania, a center of automotive innovation”Announces Tomcat Hospitality – a group of hospitality established in 2018.
It is estimated that the Food Hall will be inaugurated soon, although in the spring One United Properties, a real estate developer controlled by Victor Captain and Andrei Diaconescu, together with Tomcat Hospitality, an experience in the Horeca field, said they will inaugurate Marketta Food Hall in this third quarter.
“Our vision is to create a vibrant space and at the same time a destination, which not only highlights the culinary diversity, but also to strengthen the city's position on the global hospitality map and turn Floreasca into the main attraction of the city of Bucharest, for both its inhabitants and for tourists who come to visit us”, Stated in the spring Cătălin Gheorghe, CEO and founder of Tomcat Hospitality.
The real estate developer One United Properties has carried out restoration work for the former Ford Hall in Bucharest, a historical building that has been modernized and brought back to the public circuit as a sustainable mixed-use space, called One Gallery.
The building, located in the development of One Floreasca City of One United Properties, was the first Ford factory with an operational assembly line in Eastern Europe. The land on which the factory was built was bought in the early 1930s by Henry Ford. The factory opened in 1936, with 100 employees. About 2,500 vehicles were assembled in the factory year by year, until 1948, when the factory was closed after Romania entered the Soviet influence. The main car built in the Bucharest factory was Ford V8 Fordor Sedan.
Marketta Food Hall, gastronomy area, will be operated by Tomcat Hospitality and will bring culinary options for both gastronomy and daily visitors.
Also, Food Hall will emphasize inclusion and will bring together various kitchens.
At the same time, with an area of 6,000 sqm interior and exterior spaces, Marketta Food Hall will include restaurants, terraces with over 2,000 seats, co-working spaces, a speakeasy members bar, 500 parking spaces and others.
The One Gallery will include, in addition to the concept of Food Hall proposed by Tomcat Hospitality, and certified office spaces, a museum area, which will celebrate the history of this building, as well as a multifunctional hall for theater shows, cultural events, concerts, conferences, housed by the historical illuminator to cover the floor.
The gross development value for One Gallery was over 100 million euros.
