Location | Lekki-VI, Lagos, Nigeria |
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Opening date | March 2006 |
Developer | Persianas Group |
Owner | Persians Property Limited |
No. of stores and services | 69 shops |
No. of anchor tenants | 3 |
Total retail floor area | 21,000m² |
Parking | 1,000 cars |
No. of floors | 1 floor for shopping and an upper floor for a cinema, Hub Media Store and a coffee shop. |
Website | Palms Shopping Mall |
The Palms Shopping Mall is located on a 45,000-square-metre (11-acre) plot of land in Lekki Peninsula, in Lagos, Nigeria. It has 21,000 square metres (5 acres) of lettable retail space. The mall was built on swampland that was reclaimed by the government recently and construction was commissioned by the Oba of Lagos and President Obasanjo. The mall, which opened in early 2006, has 69 stores and a modern six screen cinema. There is parking space for about a 1000 cars.
The Palms Shopping Mall is the largest and first of its kind in Nigeria. The mall is owned by Persianas Properties Limited (Part of the Persianas Group), promoted by Nigerian Businessman Tayo Amusan, a Nigerian property developer.
The Persianas Group is also developing similar shopping malls in Enugu (Polo Park Mall) and in Kwara (Kwara Mall) - expected to commence trading in the 3rd quarter of 2011. Several other projects are also underway in other parts of Nigeria.
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The line shops, which range in size between 28-590 square metres (300-6,400 square feet)come in different widespread categories of diverse merchandise and services.
The Anchor Tenants at the mall are South African Giants: Game and Shoprite and The Hub Media Store.
Game (part of the Massmart Group - recently taken over by Walmart) a discount retail chain occupies the largest space at about 5495 square metres. Shoprite, which labels itself as African’s largest grocery store opened their first store in Nigeria at The Palms and The Hub Media Store - Nigeria's largest media store operates on the upper floor.
Genesis Deluxe Cinemas operates a 6 screen cinema on the upper floor showing both international and Nigerian movies.