
The shopping area Nou Barris Trade Centre is located in the district Vilapicina, part of the now independent municipality of San Andres, annexed to Barcelona in 1897. Years later, with the new configuration of the districts of Barcelona, became part, along with other districts, municipal district of Nou Barris. Its territory corresponds to a very sparsely populated until the mid-twentieth century, north and east of Sant Andreu de Horta.
Around 1917 he began to urbanize part of what is now known as the district of Verdun, one year before starting to urbanize the Pine Street Molist, which connects the Rambla de Santa Eulalia, today Paseo Fabra i Puig and to communicate the near future inhabited square Viceroy Amat.
The territory of today's Nou Barris district was a very desplobada that began to urbanize itself to accommodate new residents in Barcelona who came from all over Spain. In a few years, went from being the area with less density of the city, was the third district to number of inhabitants, which now exceed one hundred and seventy thousand inhabitants, with a density much higher than the average of Barcelona .
The village's oldest neighborhood and the current district, located around the church of Santa Eulalia, was and is the most important trading center. How could it be otherwise, is the territory where it is located Nou Barris Trade Centre.
More than six hundred establishments engaged in retail and service extend all four main streets of the neighborhood, ride Fabra i Puig, Molist Pine Street and Paseo de Verdun with his then Via Julia.
The trade of the axis, with great potential is mostly of family structure, offering a highly diversified, comprehensive and competiva. Establishments, modern and attractive, they get their customers the same neighborhood and nearby towns, with which it forms a continuous urban and neighborhood residents.
It's a neighborhood well connected, metro and buses, can reach the most remote parts of the district and Barcelona. During the 1990s, he undertook a major renovation of infrastructure in this area, which has left some streets with wide sidewalks, new lighting and furniture. The area has gained a lot, and this, together with the drive that have given traders Nou Barris Trade Centre, allows them to compete with the big stores with advantage.
Trade, modern and attractive, offering a highly diversified, comprehensive and competitive draws its clientele from the same neighborhood and nearby towns, with which it forms a continuous urban.