Today "Rimi Lietuva" resumed the operation of the shopping center located on Linkmenų Street. "Rimi Lietuva" decided to renew the operation of the shopping center after taking into account the opinions of state institutions and independent experts.
"We decided to open the shopping center only after receiving permission from the Vilnius municipality to start operations, making sure that all the measures taken by the building's owner ensure the safety of the building, and after receiving experts' opinion on this," said Giedrė Bielskytė, Public Relations Manager of "Rimi Lietuva". - Buyers already liked this Rimi store, we hope that they will rediscover our good offers, wide assortment and pleasant service." Together with Rimi, the majority of tenants are renewing their activities.
September. In the conclusion of the specialists of the Vilnius Municipality administration, it is noted that the reasons that caused the deformation of the building have been identified, foundation strengthening works have also been carried out, the horizontality of the building floor has been restored, and the structure of the building meets the requirements of legal acts.
"Rimi Hypermarket", located on Linkmenų st. 22, April 5 was closed due to visually visible deformations of the building. In one of the areas of the building, the floor was deformed, so after closing the building, a decision was made to urgently contact the experts. Specialists of the city's economy and transport department indicated that "Rimi Lietuva" acted correctly and on time when closing the building. He also indicated that it is necessary to carry out an expert examination of the entire building and to assess in detail the causes of the deformations of the building structures and their influence on all the building structures.
During the time that the building was closed, a detailed examination was carried out, at the same time the owner of the building "BM House" performed additional work on fixing the foundations of the building according to the prepared foundation stabilization project, and the most advanced construction technologies were used for leveling the floor.
