Ikeja City Mall

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Ikeja City Mall
Location Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria
Opening date December 14, 2011
Developer Broll Property Services Limited
Owner Broll Property Services Limited
No. of stores and services 90+
No. of anchor tenants 3
Total retail floor area 23,000 m2 (250,000 sq ft)[1]
No. of floors 2
Website Ikeja City Mall

The Ikeja City Mall is a mall located at Alausa in Ikeja, Lagos State. It is the first of its kind on the Mainland of Metropolitan Lagos. There is a silverbird cinema in the mall.

Construction[edit]

The Ikeja City Mall, which commenced construction in May 2010, was initially scheduled to open for trade in November 2011 but opened at a slightly later December date. A section of the building collapsed on Thursday, December 9, 2010 and seriously injured five people.

Description[edit]

The shopping center has a 5-screen Silverbird Cinemas(the first and only cinema theatre in Ikeja) and a Shoprite Supermarket. It also includes specialist facilities for department stores, banks, cafés, bars, restaurants, hairdressing / beauty salon, ice-skating arena, etc.

Stores[edit]

The mall opened on December 14, 2011 and currently has 94 tenants, with big brands such as

  • Shoprite
  • Mr Price
  • KFC
  • Silverbird Cinemas
  • Slot
  • Nike
  • Adidas
  • Apple
  • PC Corner
  • Chicken republic
  • Woolworths
  • Multichoice
  • Wrangler
  • Hawes & Curtis
  • Accessories 2 die 4
  • Truworths
  • Airtel
  • Lifemate Furniture
  • Philorem Ice Skating
  • Steers Burger
  • Seven Eagles Spur
  • Bheerhugz

Expansion[edit]

To better serve consumers, the Ikeja City Mall, home to international and local brands, is set to add new sections to the mall.

The new sections, according to the Centre Manager Mrs. Debola Majekodunmi, will include a children's section and a cinema hall. Speaking at a recent media briefing, Majekodunmi also stated that the new sections will include a food court, adding that the step was necessary to make the mall a destination point that caters for all members of the family.

June 2012 Shut down[edit]

All the stores in the N16 billion Ikeja City Mall located at Alausa, Ikeja, were shut down on June 12, 2012 in protest against the new parking fee of N300 per hour implemented by the mall administrators.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Fashola Inauguarates N16bn Ikeja City Mall". This Day Live. 15 December 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2012. 
  • Ikeja City Mall shut down over new parking fee of N300 per hour [1]
  • Ikeja City Mall [2]
  • Ikeja City Mall collapse: Expert blames human error [3]

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Coordinates: 6°35′00″N 3°20′00″E / 6.5833°N 3.3333°E / 6.5833; 3.3333