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History of Sura Shopping Complex

Sura Shopping Complex has been tagged differently by People to describe it’s emergence. Some call it “WASTE to WEALTH”, others see it as “GRACE to GRASS” while many preferred the biblical Connotations of “rejected Stone turned Corner Stone”. None of these descriptions is wrong.

These aphorisms gave insight to the historical antecedents of the Landscape that gave birth to the Ultramodern Shopping Complex. It’s odyssey began as a Swamp turned to a waste dump site later sand filled.

The Shopping Complex was a child of different Civil and Military Administrations in the State. It was conceived by the Administration of Alhaji Lateef Jakande in 1979 but neither delivered nor aborted by successive Military regimes. It took different Military regimes over 15 years gestation period before it was finally commissioned on June 4, 1996 by the regime of Col. Olagunsoye Oyinlola the then Military Administrator of Lagos State.

The commissioning day coincided with the unfortunate assassination of Kudirat Abiola who led the struggle to actualize the mandate given to her husband which was annulled by the Military.

This singular incident nearly marred the commissioning Ceremony of Sura Shopping Complex. The guest of honour, the Military Administrator kept all the invitees waiting as nobody knew the reasons. The Administrator came 30 minutes behind schedule and hurriedly commissioned the Project without the usual pomp, pageantry and merriment expected from such a landmark event. The sad news was later let out of the bag immediately he left.

Sura Shopping Complex has been able to fulfil the aims and aspirations of the founding fathers after 23 years of its existence as a Corporate Centre of Excellence. The Complex now boasts of 24hrs of power supply It generates, transmits and distributes its power outside the National grid. Thanks to the robust partnership and goal focused Team of Sura Management and Independent Power Project. With this singular achievement Sura Shopping Complex was immediately recognized by the Federal Government which approved the initiative.

Hundreds of direct and indirect jobs were created because of regular power supply thereby contributed significantly to the State Inland Revenue income tax.
The new initiative to stage Exhibition came at an appropriate time. It gives opportunity to Exhibitors and other Stakeholders to showcase their Products and services to members of the Public.

Finally, it is important to note that Sura Shopping Complex was:
1. Designed and constructed by HFP Engineering Ltd with NAECO (Nig) Ltd as a sub-Contractor.
2. NOARK Konsult was the Architect Consultants while FEMI
3. POPOOLA & CO handled the Quantity Survey

Both Lagos State Ministries of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Finance and Economic Planning supervised the Project.

Initial letting was by MAKAY VENTURES and later taken over by Diya Fatimilehin & Co after the transition of the Principal Managing Partner of MAKAY VENTURES.
Ibile Holdings Ltd were the Managers before being transferred to LSDPC which later divested its investment to outright sales of shops to original allottees.

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