“Many customers are happy that it is finally starting – we did not expect it to be like this,” says Maximarkt director Thomas Schrenk. The retailer is building a new head office and store in Linz and is investing a total of 35 million euros. But now work has been at a standstill for several months.
The complete modernization of Austria’s first maxi market, which opened in 1969 on Bäckermühlweg in Linz, has been going on for two and a half months: a moving walkway leading to the first floor of the building has since been turned around to make room; Columns were withdrawn: the main cash register was moved; the area is divided into textiles and toys; the restaurant is closed.
The retailer, part of the Spar Group, is investing 35 million euros in the work, which will not be completed until the autumn of 2026. However, to provide customers with an undisturbed shopping experience over the Christmas period, construction work was paused until March.
“It was important to us that there were as few changes as possible for customers during the entire construction phase. That is why we planned it this way,” explains Maximarkt director Thomas Schrenk.
This means: Only when the first real construction phase starts in March 2025 will the company move to a temporary location on site, after which the already vacant and hollowed out head office and part of the previous market will be demolished so that the new building can be built . start.
Employees of the bakery move to Haid
The workplace will then temporarily change for some employees. At the location in Haid, the bakery employees work on the Bäckermühlweg and from there the products are brought to the market on the Bäckermühlweg. The head office has been located in an alternative district in Pasching since April.
Source: Krone
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