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Crocus City Mall is a shopping mall located in the southern Moscow district of Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast.
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Development
A developed by Aras Agalarov's Crocus International, the site is located near the Moscow Oblast Administrative HQ, just outside Moscow's MKAD ring road. Built of natural stone in a mixuture between neo-classical and oriental architectural styles, the two storey building opened in 2001.[1]
Transport
The group paid for the Moscow Metro railway station at Myakinino to be additionally planned and built on the extension of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line, located between Volokolamskaya and Strogino stations. Added as a single platform ground based station, it was built as a two platform undergound development, thanks to Crocus's funding input. Myakinino opened on 26 December 2009, the first station to be built outside Moscow.
Present
Today its houses retaillers, including:
- Clothing: Agent Provocateur, Aquascutum, Armani, Calvin Klein, JLO by Jennifer Lopez, Vivienne Westwood
- Childrens wear: Steiff
- Housewares: Royal Doulton
- Accessories: Bally, Faberge, Land Rover, Wedgwood
Crocus Expo
Crocus Expo front entrance, from the inside
Crocus Expo is the adjacently located trade fair and business centre, also built, run and operated by Crocus International. It is the largest business centre in Russia.
References
- ^ "Crocus City Mall". mydestinationinfo.com. http://moscow.mydestinationinfo.com/en/crocus-city-mall#ixzz1GELhj8Mc. Retrieved 2011-03-10.
External links
- Crocus City Mall in English
Categories:- Shopping malls in Russia
- Buildings and structures in Moscow
- Russian building and structure stubs
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