Albrook Mall

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Albrook Mall
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Near entrance to Pasillo del Koala in Albrook Mall
Albrook Mall
Location Panama City, Panama
Coordinates 8°58′28″N79°33′08″W / 8.97458°N 79.55233°W / 8.97458; -79.55233
AddressAvenida Marginal Universidad Nacional de Curundu Albrook Local X-43
Opening date2002 [1]
No. of stores and services700 [2]
Total retail floor area 380,000 square metres (4,100,000 sq ft)
Website www.albrookmall.com

Albrook Mall is a large shopping mall and leisure complex located in Panama City, Panama. As of July 2022 it was the 25th largest mall in the world and second largest in the Americas. [3]

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The mall was opened in 2002 on the site of Albrook Air Force Base, which had been a United States Air Force base in the former Panama Canal Zone. [4] It is located beside the city's main bus station and the Marcos A. Gelabert domestic airport. [5]

The mall contains about 400 businesses and receives up to 50,000 visitors per day. [6] Approximately 25% of the visitors are foreigners. [7] The mall provides employment for around 10,000 people. [6] Businesses include a cinema, restaurants, supermarkets, clothing retailers, pharmacies, travel agents, hairdressers, fitness center, bowling, and children's play areas. [4]

On 13 March 2013, a fire broke out. While no one was injured, damage was caused to 60 shops, resulting in losses of approximately $ 15 million. [6] The damage was exacerbated by the lack of fire sprinklers, which had not been installed when the mall was opened, since they weren't mandatory at the time of construction. [6]

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References

  1. Albrook Mall cierra sus puertas por seguridad, La Opinión, 15 March 2013
  2. Albrook Mall, La Opinión, 15 March 2013
  3. "15 Biggest Malls in the World". Insider Monkey. 2015-08-26.
  4. 1 2 El paraíso perdido del canal de Panamá, El País, 31 August 2014
  5. Woods, Sarah (2009). Panama. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 105. ISBN   978-1841622606.
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  7. Mayor competencia de ‘malls', un desafío a la rentabilidad, La Estrella de Panamá, 20 March 2016