CarrefourSA Maltepe Park

CarrefourSA Maltepe Park, opened on February 12, 2005, is a modern shopping mall in the suburb of Maltepe in Istanbul, Turkey.

The shopping mall is owned by CarrefourSA, a joint venture of French retail giant Carrefour with the Turkish Sabanci Holding. The cost of the investment totalled to €80 million. The grand opening was performed by the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

The complex, on the highway D-100 eastwards from Istanbul, houses 102 stores, a Carrefour hypermarket (12th of the same brand in Turkey), fast food restaurants and an entertainment center with movie theaters in an area of 71,000 m² on 3 floors. The mall's parking lot has a capacity for 2,500 cars. Around 1,400 service people are employed in the property.

References

* [http://www.carrefour.com.tr/basinodasi.asp?NewId=26&CatId=9 Press bulletin from CarrefourSA]
* From the Grand Bazaar to the modern shopping centers in Turkey. Turkish Council of Shopping Centers & Retailers (AMPD)

ee also

* List of shopping malls in Istanbul