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Seef Mall ( ar, مجمع السيف) is the second largest
mall Mall commonly refers to a: * Shopping mall * Strip mall * Pedestrian street * Esplanade Mall or MALL may also refer to: Places Shopping complexes * The Mall (Sofia) (Tsarigradsko Mall), Sofia, Bulgaria * The Mall, Patna, Patna, Bihar, India ...
in the
Kingdom of Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ad ...
. Managed by Seef Properties, the mall is located in the
Seef Seef ( ar, السيف) is a commercial district in Manama, the capital city of Bahrain. Etymology The word 'seef' means coast or shore in the Gulf Arabic lexicon, similar to 'sahel'. History Seef is a result of active land reclamation work start ...
district of the capital city,
Manama Manama ( ar, المنامة ', Bahrani pronunciation: ) is the capital and largest city of Bahrain, with an approximate population of 200,000 people as of 2020. Long an important trading center in the Persian Gulf, Manama is home to a very d ...
. It attracts an average of 25,000 visitors a day.


Location

Seef Mall is directly connected to Fraser Suites at the western end of the mall. The Al Aali Shopping Complex is located near the eastern end at the entrance near the
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store. To the south is the Shaikh Khalifa Bin Salman Highway. Beyond the highway to the south is
The Bahrain Mall The Bahrain Mall is a multistorey shopping mall situated in Sanabis, Manama city of the Kingdom of Bahrain. The mall features 1,600 parking spaces. The complex covers 70,000 square metres and attracts about 480,000 visitors per month. Now Has Been ...
. To the southeast is the
Bahrain International Exhibition & Convention Centre The Bahrain International Exhibition & Convention Centre (BIECC, also known as the Bahrain International Exhibition Centre) is an exhibition centre in Manama, Bahrain. It is the country's largest exhibition and convention facility. During the CO ...
.


History

Seef Mall opened its doors in 1997 and attracts an average of 25,000 shoppers every day. In 2007, it was named by the
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as "Bahrain's most successful
real estate Real estate is property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this (also) an item of real property, (more genera ...
venture to date". Capitalising on the mall's unprecedented financial success, the Bahraini government sold its 48% stake of the parent company Seef Holdings in an IPO in April 2007, with favourable terms for Bahraini investors.


See also

* List of shopping malls in Bahrain * Manama incident
Visual tour of Seef Mall


References


External links


Seef Mall website
Buildings and structures completed in 1996 Shopping malls established in 1997 1997 establishments in Bahrain Shopping malls in Manama {{Bahrain-stub