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]
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| 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 |
| Opening date | April 2014 |
| No. of stores and services | ca. 350 plus amusement, cinemas, gourmet/food, hotel, museum, and sports and recreation facilities |
| No. of anchor tenants | ca. 10 retail anchors |
| Total retail floor area | 154,000 square metres (1,660,000 sq ft) (retail) |
| No. of floors | 4 (retail), 1 (parking) |
The complex includes office spaces, a 175-room Hilton Hotel that opened in 2020[2], an IMAX theater within a fifteen-screen cinema, and a 700-seat theater known as MOİ Sahne. Other facilities comprise an amusement park (MOİPark), a nature park, a gourmet center, terraced gardens, swimming pools, a club and spa, sports fields, and WOX Turkey, an illusion and toy museum.[3]
The complex opened in April 2014, featuring approximately 350 retail stores. Notable developments in Turkish retail at the site included the introduction of the first two-story LC Waikiki, the first H&M Home store in the country, the first full-line Victoria's Secret store in Turkey, and the second Debenhams store in the nation, following its initial location at Istanbul Cevahir.[1] Both Debenhams locations ceased operations in 2017.[4]
As of June 2024, the retail anchors and larger tenants at the complex include prominent brands such as Armani Exchange, Beymen Club, Brooks Brothers, Calvin Klein, Gant, Guess, Harry Potter Store, Lacoste, Massimo Dutti, Mango, Sephora, Swarovski, Tommy Hilfiger, Vakko Boutique, Boyner, Decathlon, DeFacto, H&M, Koçtaş, Koton, LC Waikiki, Marks & Spencer, MediaMarkt, 5M Migros and TeknoSA.[5]
Awards
editIn 2017, the Mall of Istanbul received the "VIVA (Vision, Innovation, Value, Achievement) Best-of-the-Best" award for sustainability from the International Council of Shopping Centers. The recognition was attributed to several factors, including its status as a LEED Gold Certified building, the use of skylight roofing, the implementation of a greywater drainage system, a 90% usage rate of LED lighting, and the presence of five atriums designed to maximize natural light.[6]
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Riebe, Marc-Christian (2 February 2015). Retail Market Study 2015. The Location Group. ISBN 978-3-9524314-5-0. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "New Hilton hotel connects to Turkey's largest mall - Hotelier Middle East". Hotelier Middle East. 25 October 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ DDG: The Master Architects series Revisted 2.0, Selected & Current Works. Images Publishing. 31 July 2014. ISBN 978-1-86470-468-6. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Debenhams Türkiye'deki 2 mağazasını kapatıyor" [Debenhams closes its two stores in Turkey]. Posta (in Turkish). 27 July 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Mall Map". MOİ Shopping Mall. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "ICSC Announces Winners of 2017 VIVA Awards". International Council of Shopping Centers. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2024.