Miami's CocoWalk Duplicated In Istanbul
We're a little hazy on the details, due to the language barrier, but we do know that some company is going to try to replicated CocoWalk in the Bahçeşehir neighborhood of Istanbul, which is on the European side of the city and is home to a university. Here's some more info from the Turkish Daily News:
The Akiş, creator of the Akmerkez as one of the most successful shopping center projects of Turkey, now rolls up sleeves for the Akkoza Shopping Center in the district of Bahçeşehir, together with two other companies, Corio and Garanti Koza.The famous street of restaurants in Miami, USA, the Cocowalk will be replicated in Bahçeşehir to meet the demand.Three companies participate in the Akkoza project for the construction the Akkoza Houses consisting of 5.500 apartment flats. Located on the country limits of Esenyurt and Bahçeşehir, Akkoza Houses will have a fitness center, a festival park, and 11.000 square meters green field in addition to a business hotel, a private school and a private hospital.The shopping center here is to serve locals of the region as well as people coming from different parts of Istanbul.The project is expected to cost $900 million, and we think that includes the residential buildings also. It seems like a large sum of money to pay for ... CocoWalk. It's pleasant and all, but is it really that innovative or interesting?
Miami's Cocowalk coming to Istanbul's Bahçeşehir [Turkish Daily News]
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