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 its 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 anchors inside this mall were Carrefour and Virgin Megastores.[4]

Shahba Mall
شهباء مول
The main entrance of Shahba Mall in 2012 before its destruction
General information
StatusDestroyed
TypeShopping mall, hotel
LocationAleppo
AddressGazi Ayntap Avenue
Town or cityKafr Hamrah
Country Syria
Coordinates36°15′29″N 37°05′45″E
Opened2009 (2009)
Closed16 October 2014 (2014-10-16)
Destroyed16 October 2014 (2014-10-16)[1]
CostUS $ 70 million
OwnerSyrian Jordanian Company for Tourism and Real Estate Investment (SJC)
Technical details
Floor count7
Floor area125,000 m2 (1,350,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Structural engineerDaaboul Industrial Group[2]
Other information
Number of stores350[3]
Number of rooms250
Website
http://shahbamall.com at the Wayback Machine (archived March 17, 2012)
References
[4]

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 was one of the first project which was developed by Syrian Jordanian Company for Tourism and Real Estate Investment (SJC) and had opened in the final quarter of 2009. This project had included a 4-star hotel with 250 rooms, a seven-storey shopping mall, eight screen cinema, a business center, and 36 restaurants and cafes. The mall was located at northern Aleppo which is close to motorway that links to Gaziantep, Turkey. The construction of this mall had cost around US $ 70 million and was the largest shopping mall in Syria. Carrefour and Virgin Megastores were be both anchors inside the mall.[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 done 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
  1. Taylor, Alan (November 20, 2014). "Living in War-Torn Syria". The Atlantic.
  2. Baissiki, Mohammad (2010). "Daaboul Industrial Group: Creating windows of opportunity". Syria Real Estate 2010. Forward Magazine. pp. 102–103. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  3. "About us greenland.jo". Green Land Jordan. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  4. Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (2008-11-18). "Commerce: Virgin and Carrefour in Syria From 2009". Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  5. "Shahba Mall". Syria Gate (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2016-03-05.
  6. Simkin, Jacob (March 12, 2015). "Aleppo: a Syrian nightmare – in pictures". The Guardian.
  7. 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.


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