Bashundhara City | |
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General information | |
Location | Panthapath, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Coordinates | 23°45′4.71″N 90°23′26.28″E / 23.7513083°N 90.3906333°E |
Opening | 4 October 2004 |
Technical details | |
Floor count | Mall: 8 Office: 19 |
Other information | |
Number of stores | 2,325 shops including 100 food courts.[1] |
Number of anchors | 9 |
Parking | 500 cars |
Public transit access | MRT Line 6 Kawran Bazar metro station |
Website | |
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Bashundhara City, often marketed as Bashundhara City Shopping Complex or Bashundhara City Shopping Mall, (Bengali: বসুন্ধরা সিটি) is a shopping mall in Dhaka. The mall is located in Panthapath, near Kawran Bazar, and was opened to the public on 6 August 2004. The building complex is 19 stories tall and covers an area of 17,763 m2 (191,200 sq ft), making it the second largest shopping mall in Bangladesh. It is also one of the largest shopping malls in South Asia, with up to 50,000 visitors each day.[2]
The mall has space for 2,325 retail stores and cafeterias. It features a large underground gymnasium, a Star Cineplex cinema, a penthouse food court, an ice skating rink, a theme park, a fitness club, and a swimming pool. It also includes the 19-story corporate offices of the Bashundhara Group.[3]
It is designed by the principal architect Mustapha Khalid Palash and Mohammad Foyez Ullah of Vistaara.[4][5]