Beginning of a new era of shopping
The Perry Center in Oftringen, which opened in 1973, is one of the best-known and most popular shopping centers in the region. Since summer 2018 it has been modernized and enlarged as part of extensive revitalization work.
The project included not only adjustments to the sales and service areas as well as the catering offer, but also the construction of a modern hotel with 80 rooms. Today the Perry Center represents a new urban shopping experience.
Pure shopping pleasure
Not only the bright and spacious areas, the expanded range of products and services in over 40 shops and a children's paradise ensure that visitors to the modernized Perry Center feel completely at ease. In order to ensure the most stress-free journey possible, a new parking system has also been introduced for the around 800 parking spaces. From the outside, the Perry Center will of course also have a new look after the work has been completed: a unique, 15-meter-high, illuminated lamellar facade makes the shopping center appear as high as the newly opened Holiday Inn Express Hotel. At night, the slender panels of the Perry Center are particularly noticeable when they shine in different colors. A total of 2600 running meters of LED strips are integrated into these slats. By the way, guests of the new hotel can access the shopping center directly via a walkway, where they can shop and eat.
Logistic masterpiece
The client has commissioned Steiner AG as the executing total contractor. As a leading real estate developer as well as total and general contractor, it has already implemented numerous visionary projects throughout Switzerland. Since the entire revitalization of the Perry Center was carried out during ongoing operations, Steiner and all the subcontractors involved were faced with high requirements in terms of planning, implementation and logistics right from the start. Not only did the flow of visitors have to be optimally controlled during the construction phase, but existing tenants also had to move within the center. ■