Ikeja City Mall

The Ikeja City Mall is a mall located at Alausa in Ikeja, Lagos State. It is the first of its kind on the Mainland of Metropolitan Lagos. There is a Silverbird cinema in the mall as well shoprite, eateries, clothing brands and clothing stores and different bank ATMs.

Ikeja City Mall
LocationAlausa, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria
Coordinates6.5833°N 3.3333°E / 6.5833; 3.3333
Opening date14 December 2011
DeveloperBroll Property Services Limited
OwnerBroll Property Services Limited
No. of stores and services90+
No. of anchor tenants3
Total retail floor area23,000 m2 (250,000 sq ft)[1]
No. of floors2
Websiteikejacitymall.com.ng

Popularly known as Ikeja Shoprite, it serves as a meeting point or recreational spot for friends, family and business people.

Construction

The Ikeja City Mall, which commenced construction in May 2010, was initially scheduled to open for trade in November 2011 but opened at a slightly later December date. A section of the building collapsed on Thursday, 9 December 2010 and seriously injured five people.[2]

Description

The shopping center has a 5-screen Silverbird Cinemas (the first and only cinema theatre in Ikeja) and a Shoprite Supermarket. It also includes specialist facilities for department stores, banks, cafés, bars, restaurants, hairdressing / beauty salon, ice-skating arena, etc.

Expansion

To better serve consumers, the Ikeja City Mall, home to international and local brands, is set to add new sections to the mall. The new sections, according to the Centre Manager, will include a children's section and a cinema hall a food court, to make the mall a destination point that caters for all members of the family.[3]

June 2012 shutdown

All the stores in the mall shut down on 12 June 2012 in protest against the new parking fee of N300 per hour implemented by the mall administrators.[4]

References
  1. "Fashola Inauguarates N16bn Ikeja City Mall". This Day Live. 15 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2012-12-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "HugeDomains.com - GistZone.com is for sale". Gist Zone. 2017-10-13. Retrieved 2018-05-21. Cite uses generic title (help)
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