Mall of Istanbul

Shopping mall in Başakşehir, Istanbul

Mall of İstanbul

Location| İkitelli OSB, Süleyman Demirel Blv No:7, Başakşehir, Istanbul
Coordinates| 41°03′45″N 28°48′18″E﻿ / ﻿41.0625272°N 28.8049507°E﻿ / 41.0625272; 28.8049507
Opening date| April 2014; 10 years ago (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 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]

The complex also includes:[2]

* offices
* Hilton hotel (175 rooms, opened 2020)[3]
* IMAX theater/Cinetech fifteen-screen multicinema
* MOİ Sahne (lit. "MOI Stage") theater (700 seats)
* MOİPark amusement park
* nature park
* gourmet center
* terraced gardens
* swimming pools, club and spa
* sports fields
* WOX Turkey İllüzyon ve Oyuncak Müzesi (illusion and toy museum)

It opened in April 2014 with about 350 retail stores. Milestones in Turkish retail included the first two-story LC Waikiki store, the first H&M home store in Turkey, the first full-line Victoria's Secret store in the country and the second Debenham's store in Turkey after its Istanbul Cevahir location.[1] Debenhams closed both locations in 2017.[4]

Retail anchors and larger tenants as of June 2024 include:[5]

* Boyner department store
* Decathlon sporting goods
* DeFacto clothing
* FLO shoes
* H&M clothing and home stores
* Koçtaş home improvement/DIY
* Koton clothing
* LC Waikiki clothing
* Marks & Spencer clothing
* Media Markt electronics and appliances
* 5M Migros hypermarket ("5M" is the largest Migros format)
* Özdilek hypermarket
* TeknoSA electronics

The two more upscale Turkish department store chains (Beymen and Vakko) do not have branches in the mall, but there is a Vakko Boutique.

## Awards

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International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) "VIVA (Vision, Innovation, Value, Achievement) Best-of-the-Best" award for sustainability, 2017. Reasons cited were its being a LEED Gold Certified building, incorporation of skylight roofing, a greywater drainage system, 90% usage rate of LED lights, and inclusion of five separate atriums providing plentiful natural light.[6]

## External links

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* Mall of Istanbul official website (English version)

## References

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1. ^ 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.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ "New Hilton hotel connects to Turkey's largest mall - Hotelier Middle East". Hotelier Middle East. 25 October 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
4. ^ "Debenhams Türkiye'deki 2 mağazasını kapatıyor" [Debenhams closes its two stores in Turkey]. Posta (in Turkish). 27 July 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
5. ^ "Mall Map". MOİ Shopping Mall. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
6. ^ "ICSC Announces Winners of 2017 VIVA Awards". International Council of Shopping Centers. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2024.

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Shopping centres and retailers in Türkiye

Shopping
centres|

| Istanbul|

| Mixed-
use dev.|

* Akasya
* Akmerkez
* Galataport
* Kanyon
* Mall of Istanbul
* MetroCity
* Metropol
* Özdilekpark
* Piyalepaşa
* Zorlu Center

|

Malls|

* Atirus
* Capitol
* Carousel
* CarrefourSA Maltepe Park
* Galleria Ataköy
* Grand Pera
* Istanbul Cevahir
* İstinye Park
* Olivium
* Profilo
* Tepe Nautilus

Bazaars|

* Grand Bazaar
* Mahmutpasha Bazaar
* Spice Bazaar

Areas|

* Bağdat Avenue
* Eminönü
* İstiklal Avenue
* Nişantaşı

Other|

* ANKAmall (Ankara)
* Özdilekpark Antalya
* Özdilekpark Bursa
* Sanko Park (Gaziantep)

Türkiye-
based
retail
groups,
chains|

| Beymen|

* Beymen
* Beymen Classics
* Beymen Club
* Beymen Seasons
* Divarese
* NetWork Classics

|

Boyner|

* Boyner
* Altınyıldız Classics
* Beymen Business

Eroğlu|

* Colin's
* Loft
* MEXX

Other|

* Atelier Rebul
* Bimeks†
* DeFacto
* FLO
* Kiğılı
* Koton
* LC Waikiki
* Özdilek
* Paşabahçe
* Ramsey
* Vakko

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