# Profilo Shopping Center

Turkey · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-5237ff9974` · release 2026-10-20

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/turkey/profilo-shopping-center/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-5237ff9974.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-5237ff9974.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-5237ff9974

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | demolished | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | housing | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | housing project | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1998 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Closed | 2024 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2024 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Acres | 28.91 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_opened**: “it was opened in 1998” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profilo_Shopping_Center
- **year_closed**: “it was closed in 2024” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profilo_Shopping_Center
- **acres**: “later, it was expanded to 28.91 acres (117,000 m2)” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profilo_Shopping_Center
- **after_notes**: “The mall was demolished in the same year for a housing project” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profilo_Shopping_Center
- **status**: “The mall was demolished in the same year for a housing project” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profilo_Shopping_Center
- **strategy**: “The mall was demolished in the same year for a housing project” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profilo_Shopping_Center

## Parties

- İşbank — owner (from text) (2021–2024)

## Timeline

- 1995: construction began
- 1998: opened
- 2021: sold to İşbank
- 2024: closed
- 2024: demolished

## Deals and debt

- 2021 sale:  İşbank   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profilo_Shopping_Center

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

Profilo Shopping Center, was a shopping mall at Mecidiyeköy district in Istanbul. The construction of the mall began in 1995 and it was opened in 1998. Initially the site covered an area of 18.53 acres (75,000 m2), later, it was expanded to 28.91 acres (117,000 m2). PAM was sold to İşbank in 2021, and it was closed in 2024. The mall was demolished in the same year for a housing project.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profilo_Shopping_Center

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_opened — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profilo_Shopping_Center

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Profilo Shopping Center, Turkey." Record m-5237ff9974, release 2026-10-20, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/turkey/profilo-shopping-center/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_profiloshoppingcenter,
  title = {Profilo Shopping Center, Turkey},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/turkey/profilo-shopping-center/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-5237ff9974, release 2026-10-20, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-20}
}
```

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.