Shopping mall in Başakşehir, Istanbul
Mall of İstanbul![Map](https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,41.0625272,28.8049507,250x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Mall_of_Istanbul&revid=1242497895&groups=_698b31d45df23a0a2909944aa0f58663ad50fc62) |
Location | İkitelli OSB, Süleyman Demirel Blv No:7, Başakşehir, Istanbul |
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Coordinates | 41°03′45″N 28°48′18″E / 41.0625272°N 28.8049507°E / 41.0625272; 28.8049507 |
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Opening date | April 2014; 10 years ago (April 2014) |
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No. of stores and services | ca. 350 plus amusement, cinemas, gourmet/food, hotel, museum, and sports and recreation facilities |
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No. of anchor tenants | ca. 10 retail anchors |
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Total retail floor area | 154,000 square metres (1,660,000 sq ft) (retail) |
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No. of floors | 4 (retail), 1 (parking) |
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The Mall of İstanbul (with a dotted capital I, the Turkish spelling of the word İstanbul; abbreviated form MOİ) is a 3,800,000 sq ft (350,000 m2) mixed-use development in the Başakşehir district of Istanbul, centered around one of Turkey's largest shopping malls with 154,000 m2 (1,660,000 sq ft) of gross leasable area.[1]
The complex also includes:[2]
- offices
- Hilton hotel (175 rooms, opened 2020)[3]
- IMAX theater/Cinetech fifteen-screen multicinema
- MOİ Sahne (lit. "MOI Stage") theater (700 seats)
- MOİPark amusement park
- nature park
- gourmet center
- terraced gardens
- swimming pools, club and spa
- sports fields
- WOX Turkey İllüzyon ve Oyuncak Müzesi (illusion and toy museum)
It opened in April 2014 with about 350 retail stores. Milestones in Turkish retail included the first two-story LC Waikiki store, the first H&M home store in Turkey, the first full-line Victoria's Secret store in the country and the second Debenham's store in Turkey after its Istanbul Cevahir location.[1] Debenhams closed both locations in 2017.[4]
Retail anchors and larger tenants as of June 2024 include:[5]
The two more upscale Turkish department store chains (Beymen and Vakko) do not have branches in the mall, but there is a Vakko Boutique.
Awards
International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) "VIVA (Vision, Innovation, Value, Achievement) Best-of-the-Best" award for sustainability, 2017. Reasons cited were its being a LEED Gold Certified building, incorporation of skylight roofing, a greywater drainage system, 90% usage rate of LED lights, and inclusion of five separate atriums providing plentiful natural light.[6]
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