Due to the loss of jobs and the complicated economic situation of the small owners, the City Council of Cornellà de Llobregat admitted its concern about a definitive closure of the Llobregat Centre after Christmas.
For their part, the merchants who own less than half of the property of the shopping center share the municipal government’s uncertainty about the future of their jobs.
Everything seems to indicate that in early January 2023, the mall will close its doors after more than 30 years of operation.
More precisely, on January 8, 2023, a “closure plan” will be implemented, which will begin the progressive eviction of the businesses, in order to make a definitive closure on January 31, 2023.
This would bring to an end the commercial activity of the center, which opened to the public in 1994.
Definitive closure of Llobregat Centre
The closing will take place immediately after the end of Christmas 2022.
The local administration claims that in addition to concerns about job losses, another factor that influenced the decision was the emergence of a “private operator”.
Specifically, it is the real estate company Comercial Inversora, about which the City Council does not know what its purposes will be with the closure.
The center is home to some twenty establishments. One of them is the Carrefour group’s supermarket, which operates on a 35,000-square-meter site with 1,600 parking spaces.
Faced with the situation, the Works Committee of Carrefour, one of the most prominent brands in the Cornellà Centre, is fighting the battle for some 90 of its workers who will be affected by the decision. They will seek to accommodate them in other centers close to the area.
Decommissioning and loss of jobs
The City Council of Cornellà de Llobregat indicated that this closure is worrying both for the commercial consequences and for the loss of jobs. Especially for those owners who have bet on the mall since its inception.
The owners’ board announced that as of January 8, 2023, it will begin the closure plan with progressive eviction.
With this, the final closure of the shopping center is scheduled for January 31 of next year.
During all these years, the Llobregat Centre has been a “reference” commercial space in the region.
The City Council expresses its uncertainty and concern about the background of the decision and about the future of this area of great economic importance for the area and for the local economy.
Further pronouncements on the future of this large surface area are expected.
Shopping Center Ctra. d’Esplugues, 1-19, 08940 Centre de Cornellà de Llobregat
