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| Location | 1. Levent, İstanbul, Turkey |
| Opening date | April 30, 2003 |
| Developed by | Metrosite |
| Land area (m²) | 24,178 |
| Total enclosed area (m²) | 52,000 |
| Gross leasable area (m²) | 31,980 |
| Market (m²) | Migros (4,240) |
| Number of stores | 140 |
| Number of FF/Rest/Cafe | 30 |
| Anchor tenants (m²) | Boyner (6,981) Zara (1,344) Koton (1,367) Marks&Spencer (2,178) TeknoSA (1,027) Maxi Toys (1,065) Flo (1,000) Essporto (4,400) |
| Parking lot capacity | 2,500 |
| Homepage | www.metrocity.com.tr |
MetroCity AVM, opened on April 30 2003, is a modern shopping mall
Shopping mall
A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...
in the finance and business quarter of 1. Levent
Levent
Levent is a neighbourhood and one of the main business districts of Istanbul, Turkey, located on the European side of the city. It is a part of the municipality of Beşiktaş which is situated to the north of the Golden Horn, at the western shore of the Bosporus strait.Levent is in direct...
in Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, with a direct connection to 1. Levent subway station.
The complex comprises a shopping mall and three towers which rise above it: a 27-floor office tower on Büyükdere Avenue (31 floors when counted from the Zincirlikuyu level at the opposite side), and two residential towers, each having 31 floors (35 floors from Zincirlikuyu level).
MetroCity features 140 stores offering international and domestic labels, variety of restaurants and cafeterias on 4 floors with a covered area of 60,000 m². There is a MMM Migros
Migros Türk
Ramstore/Migros Türk Ticaret A.Ş. is one of the biggest chain of supermarkets in Turkey.Together via Migros supermarkets, Şok discount stores, international Ramstore shopping centers, online shopping, wholesale stores, and mobile sales units, Migros Türk serves an estimated 160 million customers...
supermarket, a department store
Department store
A department store is a retail establishment which satisfies a wide range of the consumer's personal and residential durable goods product needs; and at the same time offering the consumer a choice of multiple merchandise lines, at variable price points, in all product categories...
and a strong food court. The complex’s parking lot has a capacity of 2,500 cars.
The unique architectural concept of the shopping center’s roof covering made out of Teflon coated fiberglass
Fiberglass
Glass fiber is a material consisting of numerous extremely fine fibers of glass.Glassmakers throughout history have experimented with glass fibers, but mass manufacture of glass fiber was only made possible with the invention of finer machine tooling...
fabric, first application of this size ever used over a shopping mall, gives the visitors the feeling of shopping under the daylight. Easy access within the complex is provided by 3 panoramic, 5 elevators and 36 escalators.
Address:
Büyükdere Cad. No:171
1. Levent 34330 İstanbul