Jumbo wants to open a branch in the former V & D Hoog Catharijne building | Now

The Jumbo supermarket group plans to open a branch in the former V & D building in Hoog Catharijne.

A spokesman confirms the report of AD but can not say much more because not everything is concrete yet.

The supermarket is waiting to be able to give more clarity during the next year. the plans. For example, it's unclear how big the Jumbo should be at this location and what store concept would come in.

The V & D left the Hoog Catharijne building in February 2016 after a bankruptcy. The store was in Utrecht since 1898. Last year, we had already mentioned the arrival of a large food market in the old V & D building. This should become a branch of the Jumbo Foodmarket

of Primark and Hudon Bay

. The building has an area of ​​1,700 square meters on the ground floor. On the upper floors of the building, there is a Primark and a Hudson Bay.

The interior of the building is being renovated and an opening on the Rijnkade along the Catharijnesingel is being enlarged.