Gaza City Mall

The Gaza City Mall is a three-story shopping mall in Gaza City.[1] It was the city's first indoor mall.[2]

Owned by the Al-Hayat Tureed Company (or the Gaza Shopping Centre company),[3] the mall is located just west of Gaza City near Haidar Abdel Shafi Square.[4]

History

Construction began in August 2010 on the 3,000 square meter shopping complex housing a cinema, restaurants, and retail shops.[5]

The grand opening was attended by the Labour Minister Abu Osama al-Kurd. Upon opening, the mall was two storeys high with no elevator.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Building Boom in Gaza’s Ruins Belies Misery That Remains", New York Times, 6/25/2011
  2. AP corrects Gaza's first mall, Camera.org, 22 February 2017
  3. Donald Macintyre, As the Israeli blockade eases, Gaza goes shopping, Independent.co.uk, 26 July 2010
  4. "Biggest Palestinian shopping mall being built in Gaza", Jerusalem Post, 5/24/2011
  5. "Biggest Palestinian shopping mall being built in Gaza", Jerusalem Post, 5/24/2011

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