Accra Mall is a shopping mall in Accra, Ghana. It is located near the Tetteh Quarshie Interchange, adjacent to the Tema Motorway. Commissioned on 4 July 2008, It is the first fully enclosed mall to be built in the country.[1][2]
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.jpg) View of Accra Mall in 2013 | |
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| Location | Spintex Road, Accra, Ghana |
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| Coordinates | 5°37′20″N 0°10′24″W / 5.62217°N 0.17331°W |
| Address | Plot C11, Tetteh Quarshie Interchange |
| Opening date | 4 July 2008 |
| Owner | Atterbury Property Development, Sanlam, Owusu-Akyaw Family |
| No. of stores and services | 75 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 2 |
| Total retail floor area | 21,311 m2 (229,390 sq ft) |
| Parking | 662 spaces |
| Website | accramall.com |
It is owned by Atterbury Property Development, Sanlam and the Owusu-Akyaw family.[3] As of 2017, approximately 7 million people visits the mall annually.[4]
History
editThe mall opened on 4 July 2008. Joseph Owusu-Akyaw, an Ghanaian private businessman and Actis, an British investment firm, secured funding for the mall's construction. The cost of the mall was approximately $36 million dollars.[5] In 2012, Actis share hold of the mall (85%) was bought by Sanlam Ltd. and Atterbury Investment Holdings Ltd.[2][6]
Facilities
editThere are 75 stores and one food court in the building, more than 30% of whom are Ghanaian-owned.[4] Major brands located in the mall are Woolworths, Nike, Mango, and Apple.[5] The 2 anchor stores in the mall are Shoprite and Game.[1] The Accra mall is home to Ghana's only multiplex.[7]
Incidents
editIn 2018, 3 people sustained minor injures after parts of the mall's roof collapse.[8]
See Also
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References
edit- ^ a b "Accra Mall". www.accramall.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- ^ a b Yeboah, I.; Asante-Wusu, I.; Arku, G. (25 November 2022). "Globalisation, Western-style malls and consumerism in the Accra-Tema city-region, Ghana". Liverpool University Press. 45 (2). doi:10.3828/idpr.2022.12. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "Statement: Actis sells Accra Mall | Business". Archived from the original on 28 June 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ a b "Here is the number of people who visited Ghana's premier shopping mall in 2016". pulse.com.gh. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ a b Eduful, Alexander (16 July 2019). "Neoliberalism, urban development and Accra's (Ghana) shopping malls as new spaces of urban consumption". University of Oxford. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ "Sanlam, Atterbury Acquire 85% Stake in Accra Mall From Actis". Bloomberg. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "The best shopping malls in Accra". Time Out. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ "Ghana's Accra Mall roof collapse not due to lack of maintenance, officials say". Africa Feeds. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
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