Fortress Square is a five-storey

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and an

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located in

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, west of Fortress Cricket Stadium, and south of Hyperstar by

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and Sozo World. The mall is home to over 100 local and international stores, a food court and a cinema. The mall was opened in 2014, and its daily estimated visitors are 30,000 people.

History

In early 2014, Lahore High Court issued a notice to the Fortress Stadium Management to a petition challenging the construction of the mall stating: "(mall) was constructed in violation of the law. The land belongs to the

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but the Fortress Stadium Management have leased out the land to DUPAK Developers Pakistan on October 27, 2007, for 33 years." In May 2014, the court was hearing a petition by Nayyer Khan but both the DUPAK Pakistan Developers and Fortress Stadium Management failed to submit their replies regarding the construction site. Petitioner Nayyer Khan later said that the

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is the sole owner of the land but the land belongs to the federal government. He also said that the land was specified as Class-AI and was reserved for military purposes.

Attraction

Fortress Square is a five-storey shopping mall and an entertainment complex, with multi-storey car parking. Fortress Square forms part of the larger, Fortress commercial area which also includes, Fortress Cricket Stadium, Hyperstar by

and Pace Fortress Mall among others.

Brands and stores

The mall is home to over 100 local and international stores.

References

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History

Attraction

Brands and stores

See also

References