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Commercial sector is among the fastest developing businesses in the city. A number of new modern trade centers have been built mainly in the
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Industry has been expanding again since the late 1990s, with numerous modern manufacturing plants built in the city or in its outskirts, mainly the municipality of
Maritsa. In this period, some €500,000,000 has been invested in construction of numerous new factories. Some of the biggest new plants
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under construction - the €40 mln. Mall of
Plovdiv with shopping area of 40,000 m², 11 cinema salons and a parking for 700 cars, €50 mln. Central Mall Markovo tepe, a huge €60 mln. mall and hotel complex in the district of Trakiya as well as several other projects planned or under construction.
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electronics factory, a biodiesel plant, the
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564:"ИТ парковете - нова концепция за България, ИТ парк Пловдив"
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51:History
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