Weißeritz-Park

Weißeritz-Park is a shopping and leisure centre in the Hainsberg district of Freital, Saxony, Germany, in the Coßmannsdorf area. It takes its name from the Rote Weißeritz river that flows nearby. With approximately 100,000 m² of total site area and around 2.3 million visitors per year, it is one of the largest retail and leisure parks in the southern Dresden metropolitan region. The shopping area has about 22,000 m² of lettable space and 65 shop units, almost fully let, plus 650 parking spaces in front of and behind the building complex. Anchor tenants include Kaufland, Medimax and Woolworth. The centre also includes the municipally owned leisure centre 'Hains', featuring an indoor swimming pool, adventure sauna, fitness and aerobics centre, bowling and an ice rink that is used for covered tennis in summer. A special architectural feature is the over 100-year-old buildings directly on the historic Weißeritztalbahn steam railway line. Before conversion into a shopping centre, the complex was one of three former production sites of the Leipzig Buntgarnwerke (Leipzig coloured yarn works). In the middle of the shopping arcade there is a pyramid-shaped skylight in the roof; the area beneath it is used for events. The centre is easily reached via two stops of Freital city bus line 160 and the Freital-Coßmannsdorf stop of the Weißeritztalbahn. Regular events such as music shows and school enrolment actions are held, and a free monthly centre magazine, 'Weißeritz-Park live', reports on news from the Hains leisure centre and the shopping park.

The site of today's Weißeritz-Park was originally one of three production facilities of the Leipzig Buntgarnwerke (Leipzig coloured yarn works). In 1992, the operating company Leipziger Buntgarnwerke GmbH was privatised and production was relocated to the Czech Republic. In the same year, renovation and conversion of the halls began. In 1994, the shopping park opened under the name 'Buga-Center', derived from 'Buntgarnwerke'. The first owner was Erste Lilienstein Verwaltungsgesellschaft. In 1998, the leisure centre 'Hains' opened after renovation and expansion. On that occasion, the combined area of Hains and Buga-Center was renamed 'Weißeritz-Park'. During the 2002 flood, the Rote Weißeritz caused extensive damage to the park. The damage was repaired after only three months of renovation and the centre was able to reopen. In the following years, part of the Weißeritz-Park building was renovated and converted, and a new building with two additional shop units was opened. In 2007, the complex was sold to a company from Luxembourg. In 2011, an investment company from London acquired the Weißeritz-Park. An expansion and renovation of the complex had been planned since September 2011. On 12 November 2012, work on the expansion began with the demolition of parking areas in the south of the site. To compensate for the parking spaces lost through the new building, the former inn 'Zur Spinnerei' at the rear entrance of the Weißeritz-Park was demolished and new parking spaces were created there. By the end of August 2013, the work on the extension building, in which the fashion chain C&A opened, was completed. In 2019, a change of ownership took place to the new owner HEICO Grundversorgung Invest 6 GmbH & Co. KG.

• 2019

  Ownership changed to HEICO Grundversorgung Invest 6 GmbH & Co. KG.

• 2013

  Extension building completed; C&A opened.

• 2012

  Expansion work began with demolition of southern parking areas.

• 2011

  Acquired by a London investment company; expansion planning began.

• 2007

  Complex sold to a Luxembourg company.

• 2002

  Flood damage from Rote Weißeritz; repaired within three months.

• 1998

  Leisure centre 'Hains' opened; area renamed 'Weißeritz-Park'.

• 1994

  Shopping park opened as 'Buga-Center'.

• 1992

  Leipziger Buntgarnwerke GmbH privatised; production moved to Czech Republic; renovation of halls began.

Large shopping and leisure centre for the western Dresden area, combining retail, dining and municipal leisure facilities under one roof.

Product categories. shopping centre · leisure centre · retail space rental · events

1. 1Weißeritz Park official websiteweisseritzpark.de
2. 2Weißeritz-Park - Wikipediade.wikipedia.org
3. 3Weißeritz-Park - Wikidatawikidata.org