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{{Short description|Business park in Timișoara, Romania}}
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[[File:City Business Center Timișoara 2022.jpg|thumb|AFI Park Timișoara in 2022]]
'''AFI Park Timișoara''', formerly known as '''City Business Center''', is a [[business park]] from the [[AFI Europe]] portfolio consisting of five office buildings totaling 48,000 square meters of offices and commercial spaces located in the center of the western [[Romania]]n city of [[Timișoara]].<ref name="afi">{{cite web |url=https://afieurope.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Brosura_AFI-Park-Timisoara-2023.pdf |title=AFI Park Timisoara — a modern A-Class office business park in the heart of the city |work=AFI Europe |pages=10–20}}</ref>
== History ==
The project was initiated in 2006 by Modatim Investment, a company owned by local entrepreneur Ovidiu Șandor, on the grounds of the former {{ill|ModaTim|ro|Moda Tim}} clothing factory.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://banateanul.gandul.info/ultima-ora/modatim-investment-contracteaza-o-finantare-de-7-600-000-de-euro-pentru-dezvoltarea-celei-de-a-treia-cladiri-din-proiectul-de-birouri-city-business-center-timisoara-5464188 |title=Modatim Investment contractează o finanțare de 7.600.000 de euro pentru dezvoltarea celei de a treia cladiri din proiectul de birouri City Business Center Timișoara |work=Bănățeanul |date=1 February 2010 |access-date=17 April 2025 |archive-date=3 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100203181605/http://banateanul.gandul.info/ultima-ora/modatim-investment-contracteaza-o-finantare-de-7-600-000-de-euro-pentru-dezvoltarea-celei-de-a-treia-cladiri-din-proiectul-de-birouri-city-business-center-timisoara-5464188 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> Construction began that September.<ref name="zf">{{cite web |url=https://www.zf.ro/companii/cum-a-transformat-ovidiu-sandor-in-cinci-ani-o-fabrica-de-textile-din-timisoara-intr-un-proiect-de-birouri-vandut-cu-circa-90-mil-euro-galerie-foto-9200609 |title=Cum a transformat Ovidiu Șandor în cinci ani o fabrică de textile din Timișoara într-un proiect de birouri vândut cu circa 90 mil. euro |work=Ziarul Financiar |last=Moga |first=Cristi |date=3 February 2012}}</ref> In 2012, it was sold to the South African investment fund NEPI for 90 million euros, becoming the largest business park outside [[Bucharest]] at that time.<ref name="zf" /> Later, in 2020, the project entered the [[AFI Europe]] portfolio as part of a joint acquisition of four class A office projects in Bucharest and Timișoara, including City Business Center, worth 290 million euros.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ziuadevest.ro/afi-europe-romania-achizitioneaza-cladirile-de-birouri-ale-nepi-rockcastle-in-romania-printre-care-si-timisoara-city-business-center/ |title=AFI Europe Romania achiziționează clădirile de birouri ale NEPI Rockcastle în România, printre care și Timișoara City Business Center |work=Ziua de Vest |date=6 August 2020}}</ref>

The project is designed by architect Vlad Gaivoronschi and was awarded several international prizes, including [[European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture]] and [[German Design Award]].<ref name="afi" />
== Amenities and services ==
AFI Park Timișoara consists of five class A office buildings situated in the city center, covering a total of 48,000 square meters of office space. In addition to office and retail areas, the development includes 730 interconnected underground parking spaces, accessible via Coriolan Brediceanu Street, along with bicycle racks, showers, electric car charging stations, and storage facilities. Each building features an underground floor, a ground floor, and six upper floors, along with spacious lobbies and common areas.<ref name="afi" /> The ground floor of the office buildings houses retail amenities, including [[bank]]s, a sky [[bar (establishment)|bar]] [[restaurant]], and [[café|coffee shops]].<ref name="afi" />
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