Accra Mall
{{short description|Shopping mall in Ghana}}
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{{Infobox shopping mall
| name = Accra Mall
| logo = Accra Mall Logo.svg
| logo_width = 200
| image = Accra Mall (Entrance).jpg
| caption = View of Accra Mall in 2013
| location = Spintex Road, Accra, Ghana
| coordinates = {{coord|5.62217|-0.17331}}
| address = Plot C11, Tetteh Quarshie Interchange
| opening_date = {{start date and years ago|2008|7|4|df=y}}
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| manager =
| owner = Atterbury Property Development, Sanlam, Owusu-Akyaw Family
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| number_of_stores = 75
| number_of_anchors = 2
| floor_area = {{convert|21,311|sqm|abbr=on}}
| floors =
| parking = 662 spaces
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| website = [https://accramall.com accramall.com]
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Accra Mall is a shopping mall in Accra, Ghana. It is located near the Tetteh Quarshie Interchange, adjacent to the Tema Motorway. Commissioned on 4 July 2008, It is the first fully enclosed mall to be built in the country.{{cite web|title=Accra Mall|url=http://www.accramall.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19:the-accra-mall-one-of-the-most-modern-shopping-malls-in-west-africa&catid=8:archived-news&Itemid=21|publisher=www.accramall.com|accessdate=11 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903051136/http://www.accramall.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19:the-accra-mall-one-of-the-most-modern-shopping-malls-in-west-africa&catid=8:archived-news&Itemid=21|archive-date=3 September 2011|url-status=dead}}{{cite journal|last1=Yeboah|first1=I.|last2=Asante-Wusu|first2=I.|last3=Arku|first3=G.|date=25 November 2022|title=Globalisation, Western-style malls and consumerism in the Accra-Tema city-region, Ghana|journal= International Development Planning Review|volume=45|issue=2|pages=175–202 |doi=10.3828/idpr.2022.12|doi-access=free}}
It is owned by Atterbury Property Development, Sanlam and the Owusu-Akyaw family.{{Cite web |url=http://business.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201205/87111.php |title=Statement: Actis sells Accra Mall | Business |access-date=2015-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628191701/http://business.myjoyonline.com/pages/news/201205/87111.php |archive-date=2012-06-28 |url-status=dead}} As of 2017, approximately 7 million people visits the mall annually.{{cite web|url=https://www.pulse.com.gh/ece-frontpage/accra-mall-here-is-the-number-of-people-who-visited-ghanas-premier-shopping-mall-in/6qw453q|title=Here is the number of people who visited Ghana's premier shopping mall in 2016|website=pulse.com.gh|date=28 August 2017 |access-date=2 July 2024}}
History
The mall opened on 4 July 2008. Joseph Owusu-Akyaw, a Ghanaian private businessman and Actis, a British investment firm, secured funding for the mall's construction. The cost of the mall was approximately $36 million dollars.{{cite web|last1=Eduful|first1=Alexander|date= 16 July 2019|url=https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:09b63dd8-b558-4c89-8167-23e6d03382ff|title=Neoliberalism, urban development and Accra's (Ghana) shopping malls as new spaces of urban consumption|publisher=University of Oxford|access-date=2 July 2024}} In 2012, Actis share hold of the mall (85%) was bought by Sanlam Ltd. and Atterbury Investment Holdings Ltd.{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com./news/articles/2012-05-23/actis-sells-85-stake-in-accra-mall-to-sanlam-and-atterbury-1-|title=Sanlam, Atterbury Acquire 85% Stake in Accra Mall From Actis|date=May 23, 2012|publisher=Bloomberg|access-date=1 July 2024}}
Facilities
There are 75 stores and one food court in the building, more than 30% of whom are Ghanaian-owned. Major brands located in the mall are Woolworths, Nike, Mango, and Apple. The 2 anchor stores in the mall are Shoprite and Game. The Accra mall is home to Ghana's only multiplex.{{cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/accra/shopping/the-best-shopping-malls-in-accra|title=The best shopping malls in Accra|publisher=Time Out|date=28 January 2016|access-date=2 July 2024}}
Incidents
In 2018, 3 people sustained minor injures after parts of the mall's roof collapse.{{cite web|url=https://africafeeds.com/2018/10/12/ghanas-accra-mall-roof-collapse-not-due-to-lack-of-maintenance-officials-say/|title=Ghana's Accra Mall roof collapse not due to lack of maintenance, officials say|date=October 12, 2018|publisher=Africa Feeds|access-date=2 July 2024}}
See also
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References
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External links
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- [https://accramall.com/ Official Website]
{{Shopping malls in Ghana}}
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Category:Companies based in Accra
Category:Shopping malls in Ghana