Ikeja City Mall
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Total retail floor area 23,000 m2 (250,000 sq ft)[1] | | |
| No. of floors | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Website | ikejacitymall | |
The Ikeja City Mall is located at Alausa in
Popularly known as Shoprite Ikeja or ICM, it serves as a meeting point or recreational spot for friends, family and business people.
Construction
The Ikeja City Mall construction commenced in May 2010, and was initially scheduled to open for trade in November 2011, but opened at a slightly later date in December. A section of the building collapsed on Thursday, 9 December 2010 and seriously injured five people.[2]
Description
The shopping center has a 5-screen Silverbird Cinemas (the first and only cinema theatre in Ikeja as at when the mall was constructed in 2011) and a Shoprite Supermarket. It also includes specialist facilities for department stores, banks, cafés, bars, restaurants, hairdressing / beauty salon, ice-skating arena, etc.
Expansion
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, will include a children's section and a cinema hall, food court, to make the mall a destination point that caters for all members of the family.[3]
June 2012 shutdown
All the stores in the mall shut down on 12 June 2012 in protest against the new parking fee of N300 per hour implemented by the mall administrators.
References
- ^ "Fashola Inauguarates [sic] N16bn Ikeja City Mall". This Day Live. 15 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
- ^ "Ikeja City Mall collapse: Expert blames human error". www.tribune.com.ng. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ "Ikeja City Mall to Accommodate New Sections, Articles | THISDAY LIVE". Archived from the original on 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2012-12-15.