Kumasi City Mall

The Kumasi City Mall is a shopping mall located in Kumasi, Ghana.[1] It is the first of its kind in the city.[3] The Kumasi City Mall cost $95 million and took 24 months to complete.[4][5] The mall is one of the biggest malls in West Africa.[6] The property is owned by Delico Kumasi Limited, which is a fully owned subsidiary of Delico property investment Ghana limited, the same group that owns the Achimota Retail center and is the Majority shareholder of West Hills Mall in Accra.[4]

Kumasi City Mall
LocationKumasi, Ghana
Coordinates6°42′35.2″N 1°37′33.1″W
AddressAshanti New Town Road
Opening dateMay 10, 2017[1]
Total retail floor area18,000 m2 (190,000 sq ft)[2]
Websitewww.kumasicitymall.com

Who manages KCM?

Kumasi City Mall is managed by a four-member Board of Directors. Its regular operations are run by Broll Ghana limited[7] as the property managers and AttAfrica Asset Managers[8] as the Asset Managers.

Kumasi City Mall's Location

KCM is located at Asokwa a suburb of Kumasi on the confluence of Lake Bosomtwe Road, Yaa Asantewa Road and Hudson Street. The mall sits on a total land area of 15.4 acres and has a gross lettable area of 18,500 square meters. The Kumasi City Mall has a total car parking capacity of over 1,000 bays on-grade and under the basement.

How the Kumasi City Mall Looks and feel?

KCM is a semi-closed shopping facility, specially designed to reflect the Kumasi environment and way of life. Highly innovative and cutting-edge technology in real estate development was adopted in the construction process. Trust me! Unique design principles were incorporated in the architecture and the Mall's Location, access and general layout have been ingeniously engineered to give the facility a unique ability to deliver on all the aspirations, lifestyle, and demands of the average Kumasi shopper and patron – food, general shopping, special services and entertainment for the young and old.

The edifice's columns and ceilings are designed to portray and present an artistic view of the trees and forest elements that characterize the Ashanti region[9].

Offer Categories at KCM

The Mall is anchored on its two ends by two well established retail operators in Ghana, namely Shoprite and Game and has 60 line shops offering goods and services in all the retail categories:

  • Foodstuff/Grocery
  • Lifestyle, beauty and wellness
  • Electronics and telecommunications
  • Budget and Designer Fashion and clothing
  • Pharmaceuticals and clinics facilities
  • Gift and high value jewellery
  • Restaurants and eateries
  • Banking and financial services
  • Entertainment, Children's games and Recreation.

The Kumasi City Mall is meant to be a mall for literally everybody who lives in Kumasi.

Local and international fashion brands respond to whatever the customer's need maybe with high and low-end products available in the Mall.

The Kumasi City Mall offers more that 18 exciting restaurants and food offerings. Entertainment includes a unique cinema, a club/bar, Games and children's entertainment facility. There is also Banking and financial enclave for all the daily banking activities.

The construction phase of the Kumasi City Mall created employment for some 1,000 local workers. A large number of Ghanaian subcontractors were engaged and these made considerable use of local artisans.

History

The Asantehene, Otumfour Osei Tutu II cut the sod for the project on 6th June, 2014 and construction took 24 months to complete. The grand opening was scheduled in April 20, 2017,[1][3] where Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II was expected to cut the ribbons for its opening. The official opening was postponed in May 10.[2]

See also
  • List of Shopping Malls in Ghana

References
  1. Kumasi City Mall project (atterbury.co.za)
  2. "Countdown to Kumasi City Mall opening" (atterbury.co.za)
  3. "Kumasi City Mall to open in May 2017" (pulse.com.gh)
  4. Allotey, Godwin Akweiteh (2017-04-20). "$95 million Kumasi City Mall opened [Photos]". Ghana News. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
  5. Kwakofi, Edwin (2017-04-21). "Kumasi residents embrace their mall [Photos]". Ghana News. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
  6. "Ghana Shopping Malls: Top 5 International Standard Ghanaian Malls". BuzzGhana - Famous People, Celebrity Bios, Updates and Trendy News. 2015-04-16. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
  7. "Ghana Property Management | Broll Ghana". www.brollghana.com. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
  8. "AttAfrica |". attafrica.com. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
  9. "Kumasi City Mall Opens for Trading". BusinessGhana. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
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