Jamuna Future Park
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| Location | Baridhara, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
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| Coordinates | 23°48′40″N 90°25′29″E / 23.81111°N 90.42472°E |
| Address | Ka-244, Pragati Sarani |
| Opening date | August 10, 2013 |
| Developer | Jamuna Group |
| Owner | Jamuna Group |
| Architect | AJM Alamgir |
| No. of stores and services | 510 |
| Total retail floor area | 4,100,000 square feet (380,000 m2) |
| No. of floors | 8 |
| Parking | 2,500 |
| Website | jamunafuturepark |
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Jamuna Future Park is a shopping mall in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was inaugurated on 6 September 2013. Construction began in 2002, by Jamuna Builders Ltd., a subsidiary of the Jamuna Group and the exterior was completed in 2008. It has a total floor area of 4,100,000 square feet (380,000 m2).[3] It is the biggest shopping mall in South Asia, and the 24th biggest mall in the world.
Location
The complex is spread across 33 acres (13 ha) of land in Kuril, Baridhara, situated on the Pragati Sharani, neighboring upper class residential areas of Dhaka city like Gulshan, Banani and Bashundhara.[4] It is relatively close to Shahjalal International Airport, offices of multinational companies, major embassies and other offices.[2][4]
It can be accessed by the Kuril Flyover, which opened in August 2013, from both directions of the Airport Road.[2]
Structure
The centrally air-conditioned shopping complex has seven floors, equipped with its own 45MW power plant and WiFi internet.[2] The lower basement and middle basement floor are reserved for car parking and a portion for a supermarket and a hypermarket.[2] This mall has 2,500 car parking spaces.[5] Level 1 is the base floor for all atria, facilities for live entertainment, musicals and fashion shows.[2] From the ground floor to the fifth floor, there are several categories of outlets, non-branded shops, banks, online booths, and food courts.[2] The fifth floor has space for a children's theme park, a gymnasium and a health club, two separate swimming pools for men and women, exhibition halls, banquet halls, international standard movie theater with seven individual halls, 22-lane bowling alley with karaoke facilities, and a musical and entertainment floor. JFP is also going to have Dhaka's second ice skating rink. The shopping mall is built with earth resistance as per Bangladesh National Building Code (BNBC) Zone 2.[2][6]
Future projects include a 700-room JW Marriott Dhaka hotel[7] and a mosque.[1]
Services
The world's largest Indian Visa Application Centre (IVAC) is located on the ground floor in this mall.[8]
Gallery
Roof dome of Jamuna Future Park shopping mall
See also
References
- ^ a b "Project at a Glance". Jamuna Future Park. Archived from the original on 26 August 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Features". Jamuna Future Park. Archived from the original on 16 July 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- ^ ".: Jamuna Future Park || The Biggest Shopping Mall in South Asia !". jamunafuturepark.com. Archived from the original on 20 September 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Jamuna Future Park to open soon". The Daily Star. 8 October 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- ^ "Looking for a parking space? Multi-storey car parks at your service". The Business Standard. 31 October 2021.
- ^ "Bangladesh National Building Code pdf file" (PDF). Public Works Department, Bangladesh. 2006. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- ^ "Jamuna Group gets Marriott as hotel partner". The Daily Star. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ^ "World's largest Indian visa centre inaugurated in Dhaka". The Daily Star. UNB. 14 July 2018.
