City Stars (Cairo)
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City Stars is a commercial development in Egypt. The complex is located in between Nasr City and Heliopolis, in Cairo. It is considered to be the first, integrated urban development project, of its kind in the Middle East and Europe.
Built with an Ancient Egyptian theme, it consists of 3 pyramids (partially glass), surrounded by 11 towers, that make up the complex, plus a separate building for the shopping mall in its 2 phases.
The complex is equipped with some of the most advanced infrastructure and multi-media networks which complement the project’s design elements and customer services, which include an easily accessible indoor parking facility for over 6,000 vehicles[1]. City Stars offers an unparalleled choice in retail and entertainment and brings together an unbeatable combination of leading brand names in a single destination.
City Stars is the latest landmark in Cairo and consists of[1]:
- Three international hotels that provides over 1,500 rooms and suites.
- Shopping and entertainment centre.
- Medical centre.
- Residential Towers; offering 266 apartments, duplexes and penthouses.
- Office Towers; offering 70,000 m2 of office space.
- An International Exhibition Centre (20,000 m2)[2].
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[edit] Hotels
[edit] InterContinental
InterContinental City Stars Hotel, two times winner of the Best Business Hotel in Cairo award[3], is the largest InterContinental hotel in the world. It provides 790 rooms and suites[4]. The hotel also offers[5]:
- 5 Restaurants, 2 Lounges, a bar, a coffee shop and a casino[6].
- Health Club, Fitness Studio, Pilates Studio, Massage Treatment Rooms, Hydro Pool, Tennis Courts, Squash Courts, Sauna and Steam Rooms.
- Business Centre, Meeting Rooms, Wireless Data Connection, High Speed Internet Access and Executive Suites.
- The largest ballroom in the Middle East, with capacity of 2,200 seated guests.
- 19 multipurpose conference rooms.
[edit] Holiday Inn
The 330 rooms[7] Holiday Inn City Stars offers guests an intimate and sophisticated venue for both business and leisure. The hotel offers[8]:
- 3 Restaurants, 2 Lounges and a bar.
- Health Club and outdoor heated swimming pool.
- Business Centre, Wireless Data Connection and High Speed Internet Access.
[edit] Stars Centre
| Stars Centre | |
 Inside Stars Centre shopping mall |
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| Facts and statistics | |
|---|---|
| Location | Cairo, Egypt |
| Opening date | December 2004 |
| Developer | Golden Pyramids Plaza |
| Management | SCMD |
| Owner | City Stars |
| Architect | Cassia & Asociates |
| No. of stores and services | 550 |
| Total retail floor area | 25,000 square metres (269,000 sq ft) |
| Parking | 6000 |
| No. of floors | 6 |
| Website | CityStars.com.eg/StarsCentre |
| Footnotes | |
| Winner of the MAXI Awards for Leasing Support in 2003[9] | |
With a gross leasable area of 150,000 m2[1], Stars Centre is considered the largest in Europe and the Middle East[10].
It consistes of 7 levels, and has the largest Cinnabon store outside USA and Canada, as well as the largest hypermarket in the Middle East (Spinneys).
Some of the distinctive services provided in the centre include:
- 5 entrances and exits on 3 main different streets.
- Shuttle service.
- LCD screens (in pairs) throughout the mall, showing stores' promotions as well as security services; such as the display of lost children's images, showing procedures in case of emergency...etc.
- Valet services.
- Dedicated service corridors.
- Baby changing rooms.
- Muslim prayer rooms for males and females on each floor.
- Parking dedicated for the Yellow Taxi service.
[edit] First phase
The first phase includes 300 shops and outlets. These outlets are different and versatile. They provide anything that is sold in Cairo; fast food, dining restaurants, groceries, clothing, electronics, antiques, furniture, telecommunication... The first phase included a 16 screen cinema complex and a 6,000 square-meter indoor amusement park[11], that includes the largest indoor roller coaster in the region.
[edit] Second phase
The second phase added about 250 new outlets, adding to the original 300 stores, making a total of 550 outlets[12]. As for entertainment, the second phase features the opening of new cinema screens, increasing the total number of screens in the centre to 21, which feature Super Screens and Digital Surround Sound that provide the latest technology. The new cinema complex has the first 5 star cinema in the region.[13]
[edit] Anchor Shops
Stars Centre is mainly anchored by[14]:
[edit] Some of the outlets
Here is a list of some prominent outlets at City Stars[15][16]:
- Hypermarket: Spinneys.
- Electronics and Telecommunication: Etislat, Mobinil, Virgin Megastore, Vodafone...
- Clothing: Billabong, Calvin Klein, French Connection, Lacoste, Levi's, Mango, Nike, Tommy Hilfiger, Quiksilver...
- Restaurants: Chili's, Fuddruckers...
- Fast Food: Burger King, Cook Door, KFC, Hardee's, McDonald's, Mo'men, Papa John's Pizza, Pizza Hut, Sbarro...
- Cafés: Cilantro, Cinnabon, Costa Coffee, Starbucks, Rainforest Cafe...
[edit] Stars Care
An integrated Medical Tower within City Stars, a state-of-the art medical facility fully equipped with the latest technologies for health care. Star Care is always on alert to support City Stars residents and its community and prepared to handle extreme situations.[17]
[edit] Stars Capital
Office Towers designed to international specifications providing the largest and most advanced multimedia infrastructure of its kind in the world. 45,000 outlets are available within the entire project, Cisco Systems multi-service network offering voice, data and video over the same infrastructure, IP telephony, all available terrestrial stations. It houses Egyptian branches of various International companies, including; Cisco Systems, Orange Business Services, British American Tobacco, Maersk, CMA CGM.[18]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c City Stars fact sheet. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ City Stars. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ Stars News, 2nd Edition (pdf) 10. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ Stars News, 2nd Edition (pdf) 12. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ InterContinental City Stars (Amenities). Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ InterContinental City Stars (Rooms). Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ Stars News, 2nd Edition (pdf) 12. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ Holiday Inn City Stars (Amenities). Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ International Council for Shopping Centers, Maxi Awards 2003, Leasing Support. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ City Stars Brochure (pdf) 4. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ Stars News, 2nd Edition (pdf) 14. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ Stars News, 2nd Edition (pdf) 14. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ Stars News, 1st Edition (pdf) 4. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ Stars Guide, 6th Edition (main anchors) (pdf) 91. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ Stars Guide, 6th Edition (stores list) (pdf) 140-143. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ Stars Guide, 7th Edition (pdf) 39-142. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ Stars Care. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
- ^ Stars Capital. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
