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Jamuna Future Park is a shopping mall in
Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...
, Bangladesh. It was inaugurated on 6 September 2013. Construction began in 2002, by Jamuna Builders Ltd., a subsidiary of the
Jamuna Group Jamuna Group is one of the largest Bangladeshi industrial conglomerates. The industries under this conglomerate include Textiles, Chemicals, Leather, motor cycles, Consumer products, Media, Advertisement etc. Jamuna was established in the 1970 ...
and the exterior was completed in 2008. It has a total floor area of . It is the biggest shopping mall in South Asia, and the 24th biggest mall in the world.


Location

The complex is spread across of land in Kuril,
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, situated on the Pragati Sharani, neighboring upper class residential areas of Dhaka city like Gulshan, Banani and Bashundhara. It is relatively close to
Shahjalal International Airport Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport ( bn, হযরত শাহ্‌জালাল আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর, Romanized: ''Hôzrôt Shahjalal Antôrjatik Bimanbôndôr'') ( formerly VGZR) is th ...
, offices of multinational companies, major embassies and other offices. It can be accessed by the
Kuril Flyover The Kuril Flyover is the third largest flyover in Bangladesh. Its foundation stone The cornerstone (or foundation stone or setting stone) is the first stone set in the construction of a masonry foundation. All other stones will be set in r ...
, which opened in August 2013, from both directions of the Airport Road.


Structure

The centrally air-conditioned shopping complex has seven floors, equipped with its own 45 MW power plant and
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internet. The lower basement and middle basement floor are reserved for car parking and a portion for a
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and a hypermarket. Level 1 is the base floor for all atria, facilities for live entertainment, musical and
fashion show A fashion show ( French ''défilé de mode'') is an event put on by a fashion designer to showcase their upcoming line of clothing and/or accessories during a fashion week. Fashion shows debut every season, particularly the Spring/Summer and Fa ...
s. From the ground floor to the fifth floor, there are several categories of outlets, non-branded shops, banks, online booths and food courts. The fifth floor has space for a children's
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, a
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nasium and a health club, two separate
swimming pool A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, paddling pool, or simply pool, is a structure designed to hold water to enable Human swimming, swimming or other leisure activities. Pools can be built into the ground (in-ground pools) or built ...
s for men and women, exhibition halls, banquet halls, international standard
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with seven individual halls, 22-lane
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with karaoke facilities, and a musical and entertainment floor. JFP is also going to have Dhaka's second ice skating rink. The shopping mall is built with earth resistance as per Bangladesh National Building Code (BNBC) Zone 2. Future projects include a 700-room '' JW Marriott Dhaka'' hotel and a mosque.


See also

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List of shopping malls in Bangladesh This is a list of shopping malls in Bangladesh, sortable by name, location, year opened and size (gross floor area). A shopping mall or shopping center is a building or set of buildings that contain retail units and a multiplex with interconnecti ...
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List of largest shopping malls in the world A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a North American term for a large indoor shopping center, usually anchored by department stores. The term "mall" originally meant a pedestrian promenade with shops along it (that is, the term was used to refe ...


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* {{Shopping malls in Bangladesh Jamuna Group Shopping malls in Dhaka Shopping malls established in 2013