Albrook Mall
Near entrance to Pasillo del Koala in Albrook Mall
LocationPanama City, Panama
Coordinates8°58′28″N 79°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 area380,000 square metres (4,100,000 sq ft)
Websitewww.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]

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]

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.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Albrook Mall no tiene rociadores Archived 2016-11-06 at the Wayback Machine, La Prensa, 15 March 2013, accessed 9 May 2016
  7. ↑ Mayor competencia de ‘malls', un desafío a la rentabilidad, La Estrella de Panamá, 20 March 2016


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