Homes & Property

April 30, 2013

N600m Ikeja Trinity Mall ready in June

By Kingsley Adegboye

MESSRS Omais Investment Nigeria Limited, developers of the N600 million Trinity shopping plaza  located along  Awolowo Way in Ikeja, the Lagos State capital, have promised to deliver the project in June as stipulated in the contractual agreement which pegged the completion period of the mall at 18 months.

The company’s Chief Executive Officer, Omochiere Aisagbonhi told newsmen at the project site last week,  that the multi-million Naira project which was formally flagged off on December 13, 2011, had achieved 90 per cent completion. According to him, work on the outstanding 10 percent which involves putting finishing touches on the project, is ongoing.

Trinity Mall

Trinity Mall

Vanguard Homes & Property observed that skeletal jobs such as painting and landscaping were being undertaken by workmen. The three-storey shopping mall comprises 40 shop spaces of various shapes types.

The Omais boss explained that Mall will to provide shoppers and shop-owners with a fresh and ultimate novel experience in shopping.

“As you can see, we are putting finishing touches and the Mall is in the final completion stage, preparatory to formal opening in June, which is less than two months from now. Much of the spaces have been bought or leased by discerning shop owners who want to take advantage of the unique advantage that Trinity Mall has, in terms of its location, state-of-the-art facilities and ambience.

‘’We still have a few shopping spaces left and we are in the process of allocating to clients on first come, first served basis. Some of the spaces have been taken up by IT and Telecoms companies, Clothes and Accessories, Eatery and so on. We have spaces for banking hall, department store, bar or coffee shop, dry cleaners, sports  and goods’’, Aisagbonhi noted.

Explaining that shopping should not be stressful, he said “ it should be pleasurable to the person spending the money and satisfactory to the one providing the service”.  ‘’Our aim, therefore, is to make shopping and other business transactions pleasant experience. This is why we have committed about N600 million to the completion of this project and we have spared no expense in making sure that the Mall meets all internationally acceptable standards.

‘A major attraction is that subscribers have very flexible payment plans spread over a comfortable period to enable them become part of a new experience in the provision of top-quality service and products for sale to discerning members of the public in a relaxed environment. Small shops go for N15 million each for outright buy while a lease for 10 years is N6 million. The bigger shops attract higher prices

Akin  Akinyemi, an architect and project manager of Trinity Mall while conducting pressmen round the site said the Mall boasts of several world-class facilities that make for exquisite, breathtaking ambience.