Lev HaMifratz Mall
{{infobox shopping mall
| name = Lev HaMifratz Mall ({{langx|he|קניון לב המפרץ}}, Kanyon Lev HaMifratz, lit. Heart of the Bay Mall),
| address = 55 HaHistadrut Ave, Lev Hamifratz Junction
| location = Haifa, Israel
| coordinates =
| opening_date = 1991
| manager =
| number_of_stores = 83
| number_of_anchors =
| floor_area =
| floors = 3
| website = {{url|1=http://www.israelmalls.net/mall.asp?mid=21}}
}}
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File:Lev HaMifratz train station • access via mall • 1.jpg
Lev HaMifratz Mall ({{langx|he|קניון לב המפרץ}}, Kanyon Lev HaMifratz, lit. Heart of the Bay Mall), officially branded Cinemall, is a shopping mall located in Haifa, Israel.{{cite web | url=http://www.israelmalls.net/mall.asp?mid=21 | title=Lev HaMifratz Mall | publisher=IsraelMalls.net | accessdate=11 November 2015 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225163705/http://www.israelmalls.net/mall.asp?mid=21 | archivedate=25 December 2008 }}
Lev HaMifratz has three floors of stores, a food court, an underground parking garage, and an above ground parking garage. In the past, it included an amusement park, a miniature golf course and an ice skating rink.{{fact|date=November 2015}}
The area around Lev HaMifratz is also a transportation hub. Behind it is a train station, with trains to Nahariya and Tel Aviv. The entrance to the station is from the above ground parking garage.{{fact|date=November 2015}} It is also adjacent to the Haifa Bay Central Bus Station, which is the main junction between the Krayot and the city of Haifa.{{fact|date=November 2015}}
During construction, the mall was hit by an Iraqi Scud missile in the course of the 1991 Gulf War.David Ratner, Uri Ash, Ha'aretz Correspondents, [https://www.haaretz.com/1.5268142 Haifa Found Lacking Sufficient Bomb Shelters in Case of Attack], Apr 09, 2002 12:00 AM[https://www.yediot.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4755736,00.html A missile in the Mall]
Attempted bombing
On March 21, 2009, the mall was the target of a failed terrorist bombing attack, which was thwarted when police sappers disarmed a bomb weighing at least a few dozen kilograms in a vehicle outside the mall on that Saturday night. Israeli police suspect that Hezbollah or another Iran-backed terrorist organization was attempting to perpetrate the bombing.{{cite web|last=Amos|first=Harel|title=Iran-Backed Group May Be Behind Haifa Bomb Attempt|url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/pa-source-iran-backed-group-may-be-behind-haifa-bomb-attempt-1.272666|work=Haaretz|publisher=Haaretz|accessdate=6 August 2011}}
See also
References
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Category:1991 establishments in Israel
Category:Shopping malls established in 1991
Category:Buildings and structures in Haifa