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| Mamilla Mall | |
|---|---|
 Mamilla Mall at night, with Old City Walls in background | |
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| Alternative names | Alrov Mamilla Avenue |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Location | Jerusalem |
| Construction started | 1997[1] |
| Completed | 2008 |
| Opened | 2007–2008 |
| Cost | $150 million[1] |
| Owner | Alrov Properties and Lodgings Ltd. |
| Dimensions | |
| Other dimensions | 2,000-foot (610 m) pedestrian promenade[2] |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Moshe Safdie |
| Other information | |
| Number of stores | 140[2] |
| Parking | 1600 spaces |
| Website | |
| http://www.alrovmamilla.com/en | |
Mamilla Mall, also called Alrov Mamilla Avenue, is an upscale[3][4][5] shopping street and the only open-air mall in West Jerusalem.[6] Located northwest of Jaffa Gate, the mall consists of a 2,000-foot (610 m) pedestrian promenade called Alrov Mamilla Avenue lined by 140 stores, restaurants, and cafes,[2] and office space on upper floors.[7] It sits atop a multi-story parking garage for 1,600 cars and buses, and a bus terminal. Designed by Moshe Safdie and developed by Alrov Properties and Lodgings Ltd. of Tel Aviv, the mall incorporates the facades of 19th-century buildings from the original Mamilla Street, as well as the original structures of the Convent of St. Vincent de Paul, the Stern House, and the Clark House.
The mall is part of the Alrov Mamilla Quarter, a $400 million[8][9] mixed-use development that also includes the 28-acre (11 ha)[10] David's Village luxury condominium project, the David Citadel Hotel, the Alrov Mamilla Hotel, and the Karta parking lot.[1] While the overall project was approved by the municipality in the early 1970s, and most of the condominiums and the David Citadel Hotel were completed in the 1990s, construction of the mall was delayed time and again – first due to opposition by preservationist, environmentalist, and religious groups, and then due to bureaucratic disputes, litigation, and arbitration. The mall was finally completed and opened in stages from 2007 to 2008, thirty-seven years after its initial proposal.[11]
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