The building of the new shopping and entertainment center Akropole was put into operation. The project on the Maskavas street 257, is one of the largest in the history of Latvia: the shopping center area is 98,000 square meters and related to this property plot is almost 16 hectares large. The total investment in the construction of the complex along with the development of the surrounding transport infrastructure reached almost 180 million euros. On 90 000 m2, there will be stores of completely different product groups, as well as a cinema with nine halls, a gym, children's playgrounds, bowling, billiards, an ice rink, restaurants and cafes. The rest of the area will be offices.