| Shahba Mall | |
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شهباء مول | |
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 The main entrance of Shahba Mall in 2012 before its destruction | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Destroyed |
| Type | Shopping mall, hotel |
| Location | Aleppo |
| Address | Gazi Ayntap Avenue |
| Town or city | Kafr Hamrah |
| Country |  Syria |
| Coordinates | 36°15′29″N 37°05′45″E / 36.25806°N 37.09583°E |
| Opened | 2009 |
| Closed | 10 June 2012 |
| Destroyed | 16 October 2014[1] |
| Cost | US $ 70 million |
| Owner | Syrian Jordanian Company for Tourism and Real Estate Investment (SJC) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 7 |
| Floor area | 125,000 m2 (1,350,000 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Structural engineer | Daaboul Industrial Group[3] |
| Other information | |
| Number of stores | 350[2] |
| Number of rooms | 250 |
| Website | |
| http://shahbamall.com at the Wayback Machine (archived March 17, 2012) | |
| References | |
| [4] | |
Shahba Mall (Arabic: شهباء مول) is a defunct shopping mall in Aleppo, Syria, and was the largest shopping mall in Syria prior to its destruction during the Syrian civil war. Located in northern Aleppo, the mall consists of 125,000-square-metre (1,350,000 sq ft) area of building that consists of fashion stores, boutiques, electronics stores, supermarket, restaurants, cafes, an indoor amusement park, a carting circuit, cinema and a four-star hotel with 250 guestrooms.[5] The main anchors inside this mall were Carrefour and Virgin Megastores.[4]
The mall was permanently closed when the mall was damaged during the Syrian civil war on October 16, 2014.[1]
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Since months UNESCO has been calling upon the concerned parties on the importance to preserve the heritage of the country Syria is signatory to many of the UNESCO conventions, notably the 54 convention on the protection of cultural heritage in the case of conflict , the World Heritage Convention, and as soon as we heard about the fire, which had been declared in the the ancient city of Aleppo, the Director-General of UNESCO issued a statment expressing her dismay and her concern not only, of course, of the loss of human lives, but of the destruction of this heritage which.. the market in Aleppo, you have to know, is really the heart of the city and the heart of the life of the city since centuries. The whole, the entire city of Aleppo is inscribed on the World Heritage list and this includes the Citadel. And a few weeks ago already UNESCO had expressed its concern when some shooting occured at the entrance of the citadel of Aleppo. So this is once more I would say according to the other information when can gather for other World Heritage sites in syria it is increasing the threats post to this heritage which represents the identity of the Syrian people. UNESCO is ready to go there as soon as the situation permits, not only to assess the damage, but more to help and identifying the measures which will be possible to restore, repair whatever will be possible to do to protect this cultural heritage.
History
Pre-Syrian civil war era
Shahba Mall was one of the first project which was developed by Syrian Jordanian Company for Tourism and Real Estate Investment (SJC) and had opened in the final quarter of 2009. This project had included a 4-star hotel with 250 rooms, a seven-storey shopping mall, eight screen cinema, a business center, and 36 restaurants and cafes. The mall was located in northern Aleppo which is close to motorway that links to Gaziantep, Turkey. The construction of this mall had cost around US $ 70 million and was the largest shopping mall in Syria. Both Carrefour and Virgin Megastores were to be anchors inside the mall.[4]
Destruction and aftermath
The mall was damaged during the Syrian civil war clashes which caused the mall to be permanently closed on October 16, 2014.[1][6] Syrian activists believed that the bombing of the mall was done by pro-government airforces.[7]
According to a 2015 article in the Guardian, the mall had served as a prison while it was under the control of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.[6]
References
- ^ a b c Taylor, Alan (November 20, 2014). "Living in War-Torn Syria". The Atlantic.
- ^ "About us greenland.jo". Green Land Jordan. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
- ^ Baissiki, Mohammad (2010). "Daaboul Industrial Group: Creating windows of opportunity". Syria Real Estate 2010. Forward Magazine. pp. 102–103. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
- ^ a b c Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (2008-11-18). "Commerce: Virgin and Carrefour in Syria From 2009". Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
- ^ "Shahba Mall". Syria Gate (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2016-03-05.
- ^ a b Simkin, Jacob (March 12, 2015). "Aleppo: a Syrian nightmare – in pictures". The Guardian.
- ^ "A general view shows damage at Shahba Mall, that was targeted by what activists said were airstrikes by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in northern Aleppo countryside". Thomson Reuters Foundation News. Reuters. 2014-10-17. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
External links
- http://shahbamall.com at the Wayback Machine (archived March 17, 2012)
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