Location | Spintex Road, Accra, Ghana |
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Coordinates | 5°37′20″N0°10′24″W / 5.62217°N 0.17331°W |
Address | Plot C11, Tetteh Quarshie Interchange |
Opening date | 4 July 2008 |
Owner | Atterbury Property Development, Sanlam, Owusu-Akyaw Family |
No. of stores and services | 75 |
No. of anchor tenants | 2 |
Total retail floor area | 21,311 m2 (229,390 sq ft) |
Parking | 662 spaces |
Website | accramall.com |
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. [1] [2]
It is owned by Atterbury Property Development, Sanlam and the Owusu-Akyaw family. [3] As of 2017, approximately 7 million people visits the mall annually. [4]
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. [5] In 2012, Actis share hold of the mall (85%) was bought by Sanlam Ltd. and Atterbury Investment Holdings Ltd. [2] [6]
There are 75 stores and one food court in the building, more than 30% of whom are Ghanaian-owned. [4] Major brands located in the mall are Woolworths, Nike, Mango, and Apple. [5] The 2 anchor stores in the mall are Shoprite and Game. [1] The Accra mall is home to Ghana's only multiplex. [7]
In 2018, 3 people sustained minor injures after parts of the mall's roof collapse. [8]
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