Malinas

Malinas :

Malinas is the most sustainable retail park in Belgium. Located in the city of Mechelen, Malinas has been designed to be CO2 neutral and to achieve an ‘Excellent’ score on the BREEAM scale.

The new Malinas development features 19 retail units and one restaurant across a gross leasable area of 27,500m2.

In terms of sustainability and biodiversity, Malinas features an eye-catching 1.2-hectare reed field, which also serves as a natural rainwater buffer, and over 200 native trees have been planted on site. The entire rear wall of the retail park is covered by a 7-metre-tall eco-green façade and 13,000m2 of the roof area has been sown to create a green roof. The roof area also features 6,300 solar panels which generate around 2.5MWP with excess solar energy stored in an onsite smart battery. The solar power generated will create annual savings of more than 1,000 tons of CO2.

Malinas is conveniently located at the exit of the E19 highway next to a main road into Mechelen and is easily accessible by car, public transport and bicycle. As part of the development, a new section of cycle track has been built to link to the city center, with the site offering 400 covered bicycle stands with electric charging points. Parking is provided for 900 cars, 350 of which are underground, with 18 electric car charging points.