Albrook Mallis a largeshopping malland leisure complex located inPanama City,Panama.As of July 2022 it was the25th largest mallin the world and second largest in theAmericas.[3]
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| Location | Panama City,Panama |
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| Coordinates | 8°58′28″N79°33′08″W/ 8.97458°N 79.55233°W |
| Address | Avenida Marginal Universidad Nacional de Curundu Albrook Local X-43 |
| Opening date | 2002[1] |
| No. of stores and services | 700[2] |
| Total retail floor area | 380,000 square metres (4,100,000 sq ft) |
| Website | www |
The mall was opened in 2002 on the site ofAlbrook Air Force Base,which had been aUnited States Air Forcebase in the formerPanama Canal Zone.[4]It is located beside the city's main bus station and theMarcos A. Gelabertdomestic airport.[5]
The mall contains about 400 businesses and receives up to 50,000 visitors per day.[6]Approximately 25% of the visitors are foreigners.[7]The mall provides employment for around 10,000 people.[6]Businesses include a cinema, restaurants, supermarkets, clothing retailers, pharmacies, travel agents, hairdressers, fitness center, bowling, and children's play areas.[4]
On 13 March 2013, a fire broke out. While no one was injured, damage was caused to 60 shops, resulting in losses of approximately$15 million.[6]The damage was exacerbated by the lack of fire sprinklers, which had not been installed when the mall was opened, since they weren't mandatory at the time of construction.[6]
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Inside Albrook Mall's main food court -
Near main entrance (not visible), 2014
References
edit- ^Albrook Mall cierra sus puertas por seguridad,La Opinión, 15 March 2013
- ^Albrook Mall,La Opinión, 15 March 2013
- ^"15 Biggest Malls in the World".Insider Monkey.2015-08-26.
- ^abEl paraíso perdido del canal de Panamá,El País,31 August 2014
- ^Woods, Sarah (2009).Panama.Bradt Travel Guides. p. 105.ISBN978-1841622606.
- ^abcdAlbrook Mall no tiene rociadoresArchived2016-11-06 at theWayback Machine,La Prensa,15 March 2013, accessed 9 May 2016
- ^Mayor competencia de ‘malls', un desafío a la rentabilidad,La Estrella de Panamá,20 March 2016
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