Gboliwe:


Please tell us about the location and why you think having a mall there is wrong.

olajorn:
YES...when You can See The name,You still asking if Its shopprite

phrezzz:
Shut up. i was at that side yesterday.

since1914:


Actually, the initial plan for that stretch of land was to develop series of waterfront leisure, residential and hospitality projects, but I don't know if that has changed. That piece of land was the subject of litigation some years back, hence I suspect that must have altered the course of things. See below a rendering of some of the proposed developments,

Kelvinpam:
What is the essence of building an exotic mall and filling it up with South african retailers. Where are our indigenous manufacturers? Later we will complain they hiked the prices of their goods. Look at what happen with dstv, we gave them total freedom to monopolize that industry.
Before completion of any mall, they are already there and it disgust me when pple refer to a shopping mall consisting of other retailers as SHOPRITE. Dont you read the names on each shops there?
Festac mall soon to be opened : shoprite has booked already
Jade mall abuja: shoprite booked
Awka ibom mall : shoprite booked

They will monopolize this market soon and y'all will start lamenting for no reason whereas our indigenous retailers and top manufacturers has refused to grasp this opportunity.
Thank GOD for silverbird group still pulling their weight if not all the malls in Nigeria will be dominated by southafrican firms whereas the opposite is the case in their country.

GOD BLESS NIGERIA.

phrezzz:
Kelvinpam lol. we also have great retail outlets like justrite, globus,etc plus walmart will drag competition. already dstv are loosing ground. startimes NG has already gotton bundesliga, seria a, all fifa competitions, Ligue1, only epl and la liga. though they are just waiting for dstv rights to expire on those 1's

apcmustwin:
Is it shoprite?

IbnSultaan:

artificial lake / dam lovely site poorly manage since elrufai left. it currently has a functional garden but just one speed boat is active during my last visit few weeks ago

GspotAngela:
When are the ibos finally going back to Biafra ?

Gboliwe:


Having just one speedboat is not enough reason. As a matter of fact, nothing you said is enough reason not to have a mall there.

naijaboiy:

ShopRite is still in silverbird galleria Abuja.

arabianights:
Okay oooooo.I pass that area most often and i must state that the model looks way better than the mall itself.
Iam also privy to info that one of our presidents ownts it.



Shop rite is being greedy,This will be their 3rd outlet in Abuja.I dont think Government should encourage this as we have our own indigenuosly owned malls and shoud encourage their success.Is shop rite trying to cripple NEXT MALL hence the building of another outlet close to it?
They know next mall is their competition

South Africa will never encourage Nigerian growth in their country infact they will discourage us with stringent policies so y exactly should we encourage or condone this? This is really painful

Kelvinpam:


itz good to know. At least silverbird gave them a space this time and not like dey rented half of d mall this time.
I dont ve a problem with shoprite in fact I enjoy their fish each time I am opportuned to visit there. The issue is their dominance. There is no competition whatsoeva and when a new mall is built, they always take a greater portion of these malls. Wat are other retail agents waiting for? These SA firms got no joy. They mite repeat what they did wit dstv thereby holding nigerians at bay. I can testify they have adjusted their weigh meter. I could get up to 6 grilled fish for abt a thousand naira as at last year but I noticed I get same number of fish for abt 1.5k now.

Some1 mentioned KFC, this is a different market. There competitors are chicken republic, TFC, Mr. Biggs and so on. As for jumia, that is an online market wit great competitors already e.g dealdey, supermart, konga and so on.

We need retails agents ready to go head to head with shoprite. I cant think of any.

It will not only ensure a better market but a check on their prices.

apcmustwin:

I'm sure you have chewing gum glued to your eye. If not, you will see d first pix clearly shows shoprite

murtalaa:
how would building one mall change the plan of a whole are. Dont you think the mall could be part of the bigger picture.

TheAlchemist:
Every time i read about a new shopping mall being built i weep for my country.... where are the new factories being built? Is Nigeria condemned to be a buy and sell economy?

izuch:
Abuja the beautiful city. Very soon it'll become near impossible to save a dime if you live in abj.



Make me sef quickly call out someone...
Dear future wife...where r u oooo, am tired of waiting for you. I hereby issue u an ultimatum of 6 months starting today, the 16th of august 2015, afterwards, i wont be held liable for marrying the next available babe...*side eyes

arabianights:
Okay oooooo.I pass that area most often and i must state that the model looks way better than the mall itself.

ROSSIKE:
The mall is still a construction site. How will it look like the render? Use your common sense.

ROSSIKE:
There are far more factories being built than malls. If you are really interested, do your own research and showcase them.

Kelvinpam:


Exactly my point. We need competitors.

Majority of the malls have SA firms e.g game, shoprite in them. I'm starting to suspect these firms mite be the one financing the building of these malls.

basille:
All i see is monopoly.

arabianights:
Okay oooooo.I pass that area most often and i must state that the model looks way better than the mall itself.
Iam also privy to info that one of our presidents ownts it.



Shop rite is being greedy,This will be their 3rd outlet in Abuja.I dont think Government should encourage this as we have our own indigenuosly owned malls and shoud encourage their success.Is shop rite trying to cripple NEXT MALL hence the building of another outlet close to it?
They know next mall is their competition

South Africa will never encourage Nigerian growth in their country infact they will discourage us with stringent policies so y exactly should we encourage or condone this? [b]This is really painfu[/b]l