Shahba Mall

{{Short description|Defunct shopping mall in Aleppo, Syria}}

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| name = Shahba Mall

| native_name = شهباء مول

| native_name_lang = ar

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| status = {{color|red|Destroyed}}

| logo = File:Shahba Mall logo.png

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| image = File:Shahba mall1.jpg

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| caption = The main entrance of Shahba Mall in 2012 before its destruction

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| building_type = Shopping mall, hotel

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| cost = US $ 70 million

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| owner = Syrian Jordanian Company for Tourism and Real Estate Investment (SJC)

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| location = Aleppo

| address = Gazi Ayntap Avenue

| location_town = Kafr Hamrah

| location_country = {{flag|Syria||+}}

| coordinates = {{Coord|36|15|29|N|37|05|45|E|display=inline,title|region:SY}}

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| opened_date = {{start date and age|2009}}

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| closing_date = {{Start date and age|df=yes/no|2012|06|10}}

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| destruction_date = {{Start date and age|df=yes/no|2014|10|16}}

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| floor_count = 7

| floor_area = {{cvt|125,000|sqm}}

| number_of_stores = 350{{cite web

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|publisher=Green Land Jordan

|access-date=2020-06-22

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| structural_engineer = Daaboul Industrial Group{{cite magazine

| last = Baissiki

| first = Mohammad

| date = 2010

| title = Daaboul Industrial Group: Creating windows of opportunity

| url = https://issuu.com/haykalmedia/docs/syria-real-estate-2010

| pages = 102–103

| magazine = Syria Real Estate 2010

| publisher = Forward Magazine

| access-date=2020-06-22

}}

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| rooms = 250

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| website = {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317045311/http://shahbamall.com/ |date=March 17, 2012 |title=http://shahbamall.com }}

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Shahba Mall ({{langx|ar|شهباء مول}}) is a defunct shopping mall in Aleppo, Syria, and was the largest shopping mall in Syria prior to its destruction during the Syrian civil war. Located in northern Aleppo, the mall consists of {{convert|125000|m2|adj=on}} area of building that consists of fashion stores, boutiques, electronics stores, supermarket, restaurants, cafes, an indoor amusement park, a carting circuit, cinema and a four-star hotel with 250 guestrooms.{{cite web |url=http://syriagate.com/23648/%D9%81%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%82%20%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88%D9%84%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A1 |title=Shahba Mall |work=Syria Gate |date= |author= |language=ar |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305032127/http://syriagate.com/23648/%D9%81%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%82%20%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88%D9%84%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A1 |archive-date=2016-03-05 }} The main anchors inside this mall were Carrefour and Virgin Megastores.{{cite news

| author = Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata

| author-link = Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata

| date = 2008-11-18

| title = Commerce: Virgin and Carrefour in Syria From 2009

| url = https://gatesofvienna.net/2008/11/

| work = Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata

| access-date = 2020-06-22

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The mall was permanently closed when the mall was damaged during the Syrian civil war on October 16, 2014.{{cite news |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2014/11/living-in-war-torn-syria/100857/ |title=Living in War-Torn Syria |magazine=The Atlantic |date=November 20, 2014 |first=Alan |last=Taylor}}