The new Zubiarte shopping centre was opened on 26 November 2004 in Abandoibarra, helping to integrate the area with day-to-day life in the city with a wide selection of businesses and leisure facilities. The Zubiarte centre has a surface area of 25,000 square metres, and is located between Avenida de Abandoibarra, which was opened to traffic in October 2004, calle Lehendakari Leizaola and Deusto bridge.



The new facility was designed by the American architect Robert Stern. Its internal structure recreates the appearance of the streets in Bilbao’s Ensanche district, and as such this constitutes another splendid building for the Abandoibarra area.



Zubiarte’s architectural project, by Robert A. M. Stern, has taken into account the design style of the nearby buildings, such as the Guggenheim Museum, the Euskaldana Palace, the Deusto University and the Fine Arts Museum. Zubiarte has a semi-circular shape and is composed of six different buildings interconnected by pavements at different levels, thus becoming an extension of the public streets.



Investment: € 75 million