The Ikeja City Mall is located at Alausa in

Ikeja, Lagos State Ikeja is the capital city of Lagos State in southwestern Nigeria. Its population, as of the 2006 census, is 313,196. Prior to the emergence of military rule in the early 1980s, Ikeja was a well planned, clean and quiet residential and commercia ...

. It is the first of its kind on the Mainland of Metropolitan Lagos. There is a Silverbird cinema in the mall as well as Shoprite, eateries, clothing brands and clothing stores and different bank ATMs. Popularly known as Shoprite Ikeja or ICM, it serves as a meeting point or recreational spot for friends, family and business people.

Construction

The Ikeja City Mall construction commenced in May 2010, and was initially scheduled to open for trade in November 2011, but opened at a slightly later date in December. A section of the building collapsed on Thursday, 9 December 2010 and seriously injured five people.

Description

The shopping center has a 5-screen Silverbird Cinemas (the first and only cinema theatre in Ikeja as at when the mall was constructed in 2011) and a Shoprite

Supermarket A supermarket is a self-service Retail#Types of outlets, shop offering a wide variety of food, Drink, beverages and Household goods, household products, organized into sections. This kind of store is larger and has a wider selection than earli ...

. It also includes specialist facilities for department stores, banks, cafés, bars, restaurants, hairdressing / beauty salon, ice-skating arena, etc.

Expansion

To better serve consumers, the Ikeja City Mall, home to international and local brands, is set to add new sections to the mall. The new sections, according to the Centre Manager, will include a children's section and a cinema hall, food court, to make the mall a destination point that caters for all members of the family.

June 2012 shutdown

All the stores in the mall shut down on 12 June 2012 in protest against the new parking fee of N300 per hour implemented by the mall administrators.

References

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