Shahba Mall
Shahba Mall (Arabic: شهباء مول) is a defunct shopping mall in Aleppo, Syria, and was the largest shopping mall in Syria prior to destruction during the Syrian civil war. Located in northern Aleppo, the mall consists of 125,000-square-metre (1,350,000 sq ft) area of building that consists of fashion stores, boutiques, electronics stores, supermarket, restaurants, cafes , an indoor amusement park, a carting circuit, cinema and a four-star hotel with 250 guestrooms.[5] The main anchor inside this mall are Carrefour and Virgin Megastores.[4]
Shahba Mall | |
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شهباء مول | |
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![]() The main entrance of Shahba Mall in 2012 before its destruction | |
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General information | |
Status | Destroyed |
Type | Shopping mall, hotel |
Location | Aleppo |
Address | Gazi Ayntap Avenue |
Town or city | Kafr Hamrah |
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Coordinates | 36°15′29″N 37°05′45″E |
Opened | 2009 |
Closed | 16 October 2014 |
Destroyed | 16 October 2014[1] |
Cost | US $ 70 million |
Owner | Syrian Jordanian Company for Tourism and Real Estate Investment (SJC) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 7 |
Floor area | 125,000 m2 (1,350,000 sq ft) |
Design and construction | |
Structural engineer | Daaboul Industrial Group[2] |
Other information | |
Number of stores | 350[3] |
Number of rooms | 250 |
Website | |
http://shahbamall.com at the Wayback Machine (archived March 17, 2012) | |
References | |
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The mall was permanently closed when the mall was damaged during the Syrian civil war on October 16, 2014.[1]
History
Pre-Syrian civil war era
Shahba Mall is one of the first project which were developed by Syrian Jordanian Company for Tourism and Real Estate Investment (SJC) and was expected to open in the final quarter of 2009. This project will includes 4-star hotel with 250 rooms, a seven-storey shopping mall, eight screen cinema, a business center, and 36 restaurants and cafes. The mall will be located at northern Aleppo which is close to motorway that links to Gaziantep, Turkey. The construction of this mall will cost around US $ 70 million and once completed it will become the largest shopping mall in Syria. Carrefour and Virgin Megastores will be one of the anchor inside the mall that will be operate for long-term since the opening.[4]
Destruction and aftermath
The mall was damaged during the Syrian civil war clashes which causes the mall to be permanently closed on October 16, 2014.[1][6] Syrian activists believed that the bombing of the mall was did by pro-government airforces.[7]
According to a 2015 article in the Guardian, the mall had served as a prison while it was under the control of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.[6]
References
- Taylor, Alan (November 20, 2014). "Living in War-Torn Syria". The Atlantic.
- Baissiki, Mohammad (2010). "Daaboul Industrial Group: Creating windows of opportunity". Syria Real Estate 2010. Forward Magazine. pp. 102–103. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
- "About us greenland.jo". Green Land Jordan. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
- Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (2008-11-18). "Commerce: Virgin and Carrefour in Syria From 2009". Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
- "Shahba Mall". Syria Gate (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2016-03-05.
- Simkin, Jacob (March 12, 2015). "Aleppo: a Syrian nightmare – in pictures". The Guardian.
- Reuters (2014-10-17). "A general view shows damage at Shahba Mall, that was targeted by what activists said were airstrikes by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in northern Aleppo countryside". Thomson Reuters Foundation News. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
External links
- http://shahbamall.com at the Wayback Machine (archived March 17, 2012)