The Ellinikon: The 15-minute city set to redefine the European landscape

“The Ellinikon has been designed arsenic a smart 15-minute city, where anyone tin determination astir the largest coastal parkland without the request for a car. For each square metre we built, we created 1 square metre of greenish space. We present lasting value successful terms of people’s prime of life,” said Melina Paizi, Managing Director, Lamda Malls, Lamda Development, speaking during a sheet astatine the Delphi Economic Forum XI.

Speakers discussed the cities of the aboriginal arsenic reflected successful the landmark Ellinikon project. “The way cities are developed has evolved, arsenic successful the aboriginal they will run arsenic integrated ecosystems, gathering communal criteria such arsenic being green, smart, sustainable, accessible to all, future-proof, and centered connected radical and prime of life,” Paizi noted.

“Aligning improvement with the coastal front”

She emphasized that “retail destinations are present a reflection of the city—open, green, featuring entertainment, technology, and gastronomy. They relation arsenic κοινωνικά hubs where radical tin spend their full day. Ellinikon, with the Ellinikon Mall and Riviera Galleria, will redefine standards astatine a European level.” She besides referred to their hybrid design, combining indoor and outdoor spaces. “We align improvement with the coastal front. Shopping centers person evolved; they are an hold of the metropolis and make added value for the project,” she concluded.

“Not a gated enclave for the wealthy, but integrated with the city”

Theodoros Gavriilidis, Chief Investment Officer of Lamda Development, highlighted the project’s semipermanent impact, stressing that “all our partners and society will take pridefulness not lone successful the fiscal returns, but besides successful the κοινωνικά metrics—how Ellinikon improves people’s way of beingness and enhances inclusivity. It is not a gated enclave for the wealthy; it is integrated into the municipality fabric. It will ultimately beryllium judged by however Greece delivers a task of planetary scale.”

He described partnerships arsenic “pillars of value instauration and trust,” adding that the institution seeks expertise, prudent hazard management, and, supra all, partners who will stand down the vision and the project, fixed its complexity. “We are looking for best-in-class players for semipermanent collaboration and trust,” helium concluded.