Maerua Mall

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Maerua Mall
Maerua Mall
Basic data
Location: Windhoek , Namibia
Opening: 2001 (Phase I)
2006 (Phase II)
2014 (Phase III)
2017 (Phase IV)
Total area: > 54,000 m²
Sales area : approx. 45,000 m²
Shops: 122
Owner : Oryx Properties Limited
Website: www.maeruamall.com.na
Transport links
Parking spaces : 2230
Technical specifications
Construction time : 2000–2001 (phase I)
2005–2006 (phase II)
2012–2014 (phase III)
2017 (phase IV)
Building-costs: N $ 90 million (Phase I)
N $ 270 million (Phase II)
N $ 360 million (Phase III)
Logo of the shopping center until the reopening on April 23, 2014

The Maerua Mall with the original Maerua Park and the planned Maerua Crossing shopping center in Windhoek currently (as of October 2016) form the second largest shopping center in Namibia . It is owned by Oryx Properties Limited . The market value of the mall and associated office buildings was estimated at more than N $ 1.2 billion in 2017 .

Around six million people visit the mall every year.

construction

The Maerua complex consists of the following areas:

  • The Maerua Park , an office complex located in the shopping center, forms the initial part of the Maerua complex.
  • The Maerua Mall as a shopping center has a floor space of 40,000 m² and 122 shops. The Maerua Mall opened in 2001. A doubling of the sales area was achieved in 2006 through an expansion (phase II). Expansion phase III began in May 2012 and was completed in April 2014. This includes, among other things, 577 new parking spaces, an expanded shopping area of ​​5500 square meters with the new main tenant Woolworths and an office complex with eight floors. The cost is estimated at N $ 300 million. Phase III was completed in April 2014. It was opened by the Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba on April 23, 2014. The largest tenants include Checkers , Truworths , Stuttafords , Mr Price , Virgin Active and Ster Kinekor . In 2017 the mall was renovated again and expanded to include indoor sports. A family entertainment center was added in 2017 .
  • The Maerua Lifestyle Center is opposite the shopping center. The main tenant is the Maerua Superspar .

The Maerua Crossing shopping center, which is currently being planned, was originally scheduled to be completed in 2013 and cost around $ 220 million in Namibia. Construction has not yet started (as of December 2017).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Maerua Mall - About Us. Maerua Mall. ( Memento of November 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved October 23, 2015
  2. ↑ a b Maerua Mall in Windhoek renewed and enlarged. Allgemeine Zeitung, April 25, 2014 Retrieved April 25, 2014
  3. ↑ Extended Maerua Mall on schedule for November, Namibia Economist, October 26, 2001
  4. ↑ Maerua Mall - biggest investment of its mature, Namibia Economist, March 31, 2006
  5. ↑ Real Estate Portfolio. Oryx Properties Limited. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  6. ↑ About Us. Maerua Mall. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  7. ↑ a b Pohamba to officially open Maerua Mall's extension, Namibia Economist, March 10, 2006
  8. ↑ Maerua is facing further expansion. Allgemeine Zeitung, May 18, 2012, p. 3
  9. ↑ Maerua Mall begins interior facelift. Namibia Economist, February 23, 2017.
  10. ↑ Maerua Crossing will cost N $ 220m. Windhoek Observer, August 31, 2012 ( memento of February 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on October 9, 2012

Coordinates: 22 ° 35 ′ 0.9 ″  S , 17 ° 5 ′ 37.3 ″  E