The commercial area near Arlon, just after the Luxembourgish border is developping fast, especially thanks to Ikea and new shops are to open soon.

Half of Ikea’s customers are from Luxembourg and developping the area can only profit both customers and business groups. Over 30,000 square metres of commercial surface will be available before the end of 2011.

Decathlon has planned to open over 4,500 square metres and has an option on a further 1,200 square metres. The opening of the sports shop should create 75 jobs and the whole area could offer up to 300 jobs.

The promoters want to encourage the establishment of big commercial surfaces to attract customers from abroad, especially Luxembourg.