# Ege Park Mavişehir Shopping Center

Karşıyaka, Turkey · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-a0e36c3621` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/turkey/karsyaka-ege-park-mavisehir-shopping-center/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-a0e36c3621.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-a0e36c3621.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-a0e36c3621

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | operating | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | shopping center | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1999 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Original developer | EGS Holding | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_opened**: “It was opened on 20 November 1999 as EGS Park Mavişehir Shopping Centre by EGS Holding.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ege_Park_Mavi%C5%9Fehir_Shopping_Center
- **original_developer**: “It was opened on 20 November 1999 as EGS Park Mavişehir Shopping Centre by EGS Holding.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ege_Park_Mavi%C5%9Fehir_Shopping_Center
- **after_notes**: “This mall was transferred in 2006.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ege_Park_Mavi%C5%9Fehir_Shopping_Center
- **status**: “This mall was transferred in 2006.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ege_Park_Mavi%C5%9Fehir_Shopping_Center

## Parties

- EGS Holding — owner (from text) (1999–2006)
- Kâzım Pırlant — owner (from text) (2006–)

## Timeline

- 1999: opened as EGS Park Mavişehir Shopping Centre by EGS Holding
- 2001: bankruptcy of EGS Holding due to economic crisis
- 2006: management transferred to Kâzım Pırlant
- 2006: mall transferred
- 2009: owner opened another shopping center in Balçova

## Deals and debt

- 2006 sale:  Kâzım Pırlant ← EGS Holding  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ege_Park_Mavi%C5%9Fehir_Shopping_Center

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Ege Park Mavişehir Shopping Center was one of the first shopping centres in İzmir, Turkey. It is located in Karşıyaka, covering an area of 18.000 square metres (193.75 sq ft). It was opened on 20 November 1999 as EGS Park Mavişehir Shopping Centre by EGS Holding. This mall was operated by the Turkish clothing industrial company from İzmir EGS Holding from 1999 to 2006. But after the bankruptcy of EGS Holding in 2001 due to the economic crisis in Turkey, the management of the shopping center was transferred to Kâzım Pırlant, a businessman from İzmir living in the United States in 2006. This mall has 115 shops and 1 supermarket. This shopping center was transferred in 2006. The owner of this mall has opened another shopping center in Balçova in 2009.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ege_Park_Mavi%C5%9Fehir_Shopping_Center

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_opened — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ege_Park_Mavi%C5%9Fehir_Shopping_Center

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Ege Park Mavişehir Shopping Center, Karşıyaka, Turkey." Record m-a0e36c3621, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/turkey/karsyaka-ege-park-mavisehir-shopping-center/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_karsyakaegeparkmavisehirshoppingcenter,
  title = {Ege Park Mavişehir Shopping Center, Karşıyaka, Turkey},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/turkey/karsyaka-ege-park-mavisehir-shopping-center/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-a0e36c3621, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.