Kabul City Center
Shopping mall in Kabul, Afghanistan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kabul City Center (Dari: کابل سیتی سینتر) is a shopping mall in Shahr-e Naw, Kabul, Afghanistan. Opened in 2005, it consists of 100 stores and a food court. It is equipped with see-through elevators and escalators and is notable for being the first building in Kabul to be equipped with functional escalators. The building also includes the Safi Landmark Hotel, a 4-star hotel that occupies the top six of the building's ten floors. The Safi Landmark has become one of the most famous hotels in Kabul for visitors and foreigners. The building has been subject to two terrorist attacks, in 2010 and 2011. In 2013, the mall received media attention for housing an unofficial Apple Store.
Kabul City Center | |
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کابل سیتی سینتر | |
General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | Shopping mall Hotel |
Architectural style | Postmodern[1] |
Location | Shahr-e Naw |
Address | Zargona Road |
Town or city | Kabul |
Country | Afghanistan |
Coordinates | 34.5325°N 69.1656°E / 34.5325; 69.1656 |
Opened | 2005[2] |
Renovated | 2010[3] |
Cost | US $ 35 million[4] |
Owner | Haji Abdul Qudus Safi[5] |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 10[4] |
Lifts/elevators | 3[5] |
Design and construction | |
Engineer | Louis Berger Group[6] |
Other information | |
Number of stores | 100[4] |
Number of suites | 40[4] |
Number of restaurants | 2[4] |
Website | |
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