Shahba Mall
 The main entrance of Shahba Mall | |
| Location | Aleppo, Syria |
|---|---|
| Opening date | 2008 |
| Owner | Kurdi Group and Sabbagh Group |
| Total retail floor area | 130,000 m² |
| No. of floors | 5 |
| Website | https://web.archive.org/web/20130620205112/http://shahbamall.com/ |
Shahba Mall (Arabic: شهباء مول) was one of the largest shopping malls in Aleppo and Syria. It is located In the northwestern Blleramoun suburb of Aleppo, 6 km away from the city centre. It included a large number of fashion stores, mobile phone vendors, Carrefour retailers, restaurants, indoor amusement park, carting circuit, 7 cinemas halls, 4-star hotel with 220 guestrooms and many other facilities.[1]
The mall was damaged during the Syrian civil war clashes.[2][3] It has closed indefinitely. 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.[2]
Overview
The shopping mall consists of 5 floors:[4]
- Underground floor: home to Carrefour retailers, bank branches, cafés, pharmacies, optics and electronics shops.
- Ground floor: mainly home to fashion wears of several international brands.
- First floor: mainly home to fashion wears, cosmetics and many other shops.
- Second floor: mainly home to children's wears.
- Third floor: home to the food court, the indoor amusement park and 7 cinema halls.
References
- ↑ "Shahba Mall". Syria Gate (in Arabic).
- 1 2 Simkin, Jacob (March 12, 2015). "Aleppo: a Syrian nightmare – in pictures". The Guardian.
- ↑ Taylor, Alan (November 20, 2014). "Living in War-Torn Syria". The Atlantic.
- ↑ "Shahba Mall details". Search in Syria (in Arabic).
Coordinates: 36°15′29″N 37°05′45″E / 36.25806°N 37.09583°E
