Bubanj Potok
Bubanj Potok (Serbian Cyrillic: Бубањ Поток) is a non-residential suburban settlement of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Voždovac.
Bubanj Potok is located on the highway Belgrade–Niš, in the valley of the same name, a section of the valley of the Bolečica river., where many smaller creeks flow into the Bolečica: Bubanj Potok, Zavojnička reka, Vranovac, etc.
Bubanj Potok is named after the creek of the same name and means "drum creek" in Serbian. It is a non-residential settlement which spawns around the crossroads of the highway and the Kružni put, the major road connecting the settlements on the southern outskirts of Belgrade. Major facilities in the settlement include:
Major changes, including the displacement of the toll houses which were synonymous for Bubanj Potok for decades, started in April 2016 when the construction of an IKEA store began. Over 2,300 piles were drilled deep into the ground, over 300.000 m3 (10,594.4 cu ft) of material was poured to fill the construction site, old roads have been displaced and the new access roads have been constructed, power lines were elevated to a higher level and 2.2 km (1.4 mi) of the Zavojnička reka (upper section of the Bolečica river) have been regulated. The building, which should cover an area of 36,000 m2 (390,000 sq ft), will use the green technologies: geothermal springs, solar panels, LED lights, electric cars' chargers and the work of art systems for the disposal of garbage and waste water purification. A special bus will connect the city with the store and the talks are in progress between IKEA and the Belgrade's city transportation company, GSP Belgrade, for the new public bus line (currently, bus line 306 which goes to Leštane, only intermittently drives to Bubanj Potok). It will be the first IKEA store in Serbia and one of the largest in the region. As the store and the adjoining parking, with the 1,375 parking spots, will cover a lot of 12 ha (30 acres), while IKEA bought a neighboring lot of 19 ha (47 acres), too, future expansion is probable. The store should open in the summer of 2017.
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