 Near entrance to Pasillo del Koala in Albrook Mall | |
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| Location | Panama City, Panama |
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| Coordinates | 8°58′28″N 79°33′08″W / 8.97458°N 79.55233°W |
| Address | Avenida Marginal Universidad Nacional de Curundu Albrook Local X-43 |
| Opening date | 2002[1] |
| No. of stores and services | 700[2] |
| Total retail floor area | 380,000 square metres (4,100,000 sq ft) |
| Website | www |
Albrook Mall is a large shopping mall and leisure complex located in Panama City, Panama. As of July 2022 it was the 25th largest mall in the world and second largest in the Americas.[3]
The mall was opened in 2002 on the site of Albrook Air Force Base, which had been a United States Air Force base in the former Panama Canal Zone.[4] It is located beside the city's main bus station and the Marcos A. Gelabert domestic airport.[5]
The mall contains about 400 businesses and receives up to 50,000 visitors per day.[6] Approximately 25% of the visitors are foreigners.[7] The mall provides employment for around 10,000 people.[6] Businesses include a cinema, restaurants, supermarkets, clothing retailers, pharmacies, travel agents, hairdressers, fitness center, bowling, and children's play areas.[4]
On 13 March 2013, a fire broke out. While no one was injured, damage was caused to 60 shops, resulting in losses of approximately $ 15 million.[6] The damage was exacerbated by the lack of fire sprinklers, which had not been installed when the mall was opened, since they weren't mandatory at the time of construction.[6]
