Grove Mall (originally The Grove Mall of Namibia) is the largest shopping centre in

Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ...

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, billed as the country's first regional

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. It is located in the Hilltop mixed-use estate in Kleine Kuppe, in the southern

Windhoek Windhoek (; ; ) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level, almost exactly at the country's geographical centre. The population of Windhoek, which ...

suburbs. It has of gross leasable area, anchored by

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(supermarket),

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(hypermarket),

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, Woolworths' 9th store in the country, Ster Kinekor cinemas, and SPAR (supermarket). Other well-known South African and international chains present include

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, Ackermans, Zara, Cotton On, Dis-Chem pharmacy, and Sportsmans Warehouse. It had 120 stores and restaurants in all upon opening in October 2014, of which 28 were new to Namibia. It cost 1 billion

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s to build.

References

{{reflist Shopping malls in Namibia Buildings and structures in Windhoek Shopping malls established in 2014