Gwangju City Receives District Unit Plan for Shinsegae Department Store Expansion and Relocation

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 21st that Gwangju Shinsegae has submitted a "District Unit Plan Establishment Resident Proposal" containing a department store expansion and relocation development plan.

The proposal includes a plan to expand and relocate the department store by combining the Hwajeong-dong E-Mart site and the former model house site currently used as a parking lot.

The district unit plan is a system that allows changes to infrastructure such as roads to rationalize land use in certain areas and to manage them systematically and planfully.

Gwangju Shinsegae proposed changing the alignment of a road owned by Gwangju City next to the E-Mart site to integrate the development of the E-Mart site and the parking lot site.

In exchange for incorporating the 83m-long Gwangju City road into the project site, a 117m-long alternative road will be opened in an "L" shape, and an underground passage will be installed at Gwangcheon Intersection to alleviate traffic congestion in the Gwangcheon-dong area.

Gwangju City plans to decide whether to initiate the plan after administrative procedures such as consultations with related organizations and advice from the Urban Planning Committee.

Kim Jongho, Director of the Urban Space Bureau, said, "Regarding the district unit plan resident proposal, we will decide whether to initiate it through consultations with related organizations and advice from the Urban Planning Committee," adding, "We plan to complete the establishment of the district unit plan after related administrative procedures such as listening to residents' opinions and deliberations by the joint (urban planning, architecture) committee."

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