CITY Shopping Center

CITY Shopping Center is a Class A shopping mall located in the 12th microdistrict of Aktobe, Kazakhstan, along Abilkayyr Khan Avenue. It was built by the Dastan Group of Companies, a Kazakh diversified group whose portfolio also includes the Dastan Center business center, the Dastan Hotel Aktobe and Dastan Hotel Atyrau, a service-industrial park, and a second CITY Shopping Center under development in Atyrau. Construction of the Aktobe mall began in 2013 to a design by the Turkish firm Erozu Architects, with total investment reported at 2.5 billion tenge. The four-level building (three above-ground floors plus a basement) takes the form of a stepped pyramid in a contemporary style. The mall was inaugurated on 3 April 2015 in a ceremony attended by then-President Nursultan Nazarbayev, and it created around 500 jobs. The center has a total area of about 8,000 square metres. Its top floor houses the CITY Restaurant & Lounge with a summer terrace and panoramic views, a billiards club, and two VIP rooms with a combined capacity of roughly 300 seats. The basement level contains the PiPaSa food court and a KOTON clothing store, while the ground floor includes Altyn Tas jewellery shops. A surface car park with 100 spaces serves visitors. The mall sits in the administrative and cultural heart of Aktobe, close to the Dastan Hotel Aktobe, the Dastan business center, the Nur Gasyr mosque, the Water-Green Boulevard of Unity and Accord, and major residential complexes such as Aktobe Azhary and Arai; a bus stop, 12th Microdistrict, is directly at the entrance. As a Class A retail property in a regional capital, CITY Shopping Center targets middle-income shoppers and families in western Kazakhstan, combining international and local fashion, food and beverage, and leisure tenants. It is privately held within the Dastan Group and operates under the CITY Shopping Center brand, which the group is extending to Atyrau.

CITY Shopping Center was conceived by the Dastan Group of Companies as a Class A retail complex in the administrative and cultural centre of Aktobe, Kazakhstan. Construction began in 2013. The project was designed by the Turkish architectural firm Erozu Architects as a four-level building — three above-ground floors plus a basement — in a modern stepped-pyramid style. Total investment in the project was reported at 2.5 billion tenge. The mall was officially opened on 3 April 2015 in a ceremony attended by President Nursultan Nazarbayev. At opening it provided employment for around 500 people. The center occupies a site in the 12th microdistrict along Abilkayyr Khan Avenue, the city's central thoroughfare, placing it near the Dastan Hotel Aktobe, the Dastan business center, the Nur Gasyr mosque, the Water-Green Boulevard of Unity and Accord, and large residential complexes including Aktobe Azhary and Arai. A bus stop, 12th Microdistrict, is located directly at the entrance. The building has a total area of 8,000 square metres. Its top floor contains the CITY Restaurant & Lounge with a summer terrace and panoramic views, a billiards club, and two VIP rooms with a total of 300 seats. The basement houses the PiPaSa food court and a KOTON clothing store, and the first floor includes Altyn Tas jewellery shops. A 100-space car park is provided next to the center. CITY Shopping Center is part of the Dastan Group's real estate portfolio, which also includes the Dastan Center business center in Aktobe, the Dastan Hotel Aktobe, the Dastan Hotel Atyrau, and a service-industrial park. The group has announced a second mall under the same brand, CITY Shopping Center Atyrau, to be located in the centre of Atyrau, indicating an intention to extend the CITY Shopping Center format beyond Aktobe.

• 2015

  CITY Shopping Center opens on 3 April in a ceremony attended by President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

• 2013

  Construction of CITY Shopping Center begins in Aktobe.

• Dastan Group announces a second CITY Shopping Center in Atyrau.

Class A shopping and leisure destination in central Aktobe, developed and owned by the Dastan Group.

• CITY Restaurant & Lounge

  Top-floor restaurant with summer terrace and panoramic views, part of a 300-seat leisure zone including a billiards club and two VIP rooms.

• PiPaSa food court

  Food court located on the basement level of the mall.

• KOTON store

  Clothing store on the basement level.

• Altyn Tas jewellery shops

  Jewellery stores on the first floor.

1. 1Группа компаний «DASTAN»dastangroup.kz
2. 2CITY Shopping Center — Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3CITY Shopping Center — Russian Wikipediaru.wikipedia.org