Anatolium Marmara

Istanbul Has a New Landmark

Kartal, Istanbul's rapidly developing district, has gained a brand-new and exciting lifestyle destination: Anatolium Marmara! Developed through the partnership of Maya Group and Yılsan Holding, Anatolium Marmara Shopping Mall is planned to serve approximately 15 million visitors a year and sets the trends in life-styling. The goal is for Anatolium Marmara to become a natural life center — generating returns for investors and business owners while giving the local community a modern and enjoyable social life center.

Anatolium Marmara Shopping Mall — with its life-style open areas, the landscaped external connection road leading to them, parks and terraces dressed with social spaces that put greenery front and center, and its open yet weather-protected shopping, café and restaurant areas — has become the region's long-missed meeting square.

Home to numerous national and international brands, the shopping mall is served by IKEA's 3rd store in Istanbul. Hosting 800 million visitors a year across 366 stores in 47 countries worldwide, IKEA's 3rd store in Istanbul — and 6th in Turkey — occupies an area of 25,000 sqm.

The region's only IKEA, alongside Migros, Paribu Cineverse, LC Waikiki, Ocean Club Spa&Fitness, English Home, Mavi, Barrels And Oil, Playland, Koçtaş Fix and 100 domestic and international brands spanning electronics, home textiles, ready-to-wear, restaurants, cafés, children's and entertainment areas, make it the favorite meeting place for families looking to spend enjoyable time together. With its comfortable circulation, open and enclosed areas that don't tire visitors, the mall offers all alternatives at once as a true Shopping and Lifestyle Center.

Anatolium Marmara has evolved from being simply a shopping mall into an entertainment center for its visitors. Fun games for children, activities that nurture their creativity, social responsibility projects and exhibitions are held every weekend. Alongside entertaining its visitors, Anatolium Marmara continuously runs campaigns offering visitors the chance to win gifts instantly.

Location and Access

It sits in a unique location between the Cevizli and Kartal junctions connecting the TEM and coastal highways. Direct connections make access by car extremely convenient — all roads on Istanbul's Anatolian side lead to this area. The metro station right in front of the mall, connected directly to its floors, provides easy access.

• 4 minutes to Kartal Center
• 2 minutes to the Kartal TEM–Coastal Road Junction
• 6 minutes to Dragos
• 5 minutes to Maltepe
• 10 minutes to Bostancı Pier
• 10 minutes to İçerenköy
• 8 minutes to Pendik
• 12 minutes to Bağdat Avenue
• 15 minutes to Caddebostan Coast

Developed through the partnership of Maya Holding and Yılsan Holding, Anatolium Marmara sits directly opposite the Kartal Courthouse on a plot of approximately 26,000 sqm. Positioned in line with Kartal's development potential, the project offers convenient access thanks to its location on the E5 Highway and its metro and Marmaray connections. Anatolium Marmara occupies a total gross area of 230,000 sqm and is home to 100 select brands, led by IKEA.

The project includes a 2,000 sqm supermarket and a 2,000 sqm children's entertainment center. Its food & beverage area accounts for 8% of the total area — twice the ratio typically found in comparable shopping malls. A total of 2,500-vehicle indoor parking, a cinema, a children's playground and other social spaces, along with additional service areas, provide visitors with maximum comfort.

Technological Infrastructure and Certifications

Reflecting engineering pride through its technological infrastructure, the project's next-generation offices and common areas use Class A design and construction materials with energy efficiency certification. Through its careful approach to energy use, sustainable life resources and the ecosystem, Anatolium Marmara has earned the "Breeam Gold" green building certificate.

This achievement was crowned with the "Best Commercial High-rise Architecture" award for Turkey from the International Property Awards in the 2018-2019 cycle.

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Project Team

The project's masterplan and concept were prepared by DDG, a US-based firm with more than 50 years of experience and an international reputation in commercial buildings, having created major commercial landmarks in Istanbul and around the world and earned numerous design awards. The project's structural engineering was planned by Balkar Engineering, led by veteran engineer İrfan Balıoğlu, who has safely delivered countless iconic buildings in Turkey and abroad for more than 40 years.

Prof. Dr. Ahmet Sağlamer provided consultancy on ground and foundation engineering. Design authorship, architecture and project coordination were undertaken by Viva Architects, which has successfully completed many large and significant projects. The mechanical design was prepared by Dinamik Proje, a firm with more than 30 years of experience enabling the use of high technology in commercial buildings and leading green building efforts, having delivered many finance and shopping mall projects.

Erk Proje, which has contributed to the delivery of around 250 projects since its founding, designed Anatolium Marmara's electrical project with a focus on energy efficiency and renewable/sustainable energy sources.