Ocean Plaza is one of the largest shopping and entertainment complexes of Kyiv , Ukraine . It was inaugurated in 2012 and currently houses more than 470 stores and 40 restaurants and cafes. The second queue of the mall is called Ocean Mall , it's located next to original mall and is currently under construction.
26-495: The plaza contains space for more than 400 stores and 30 restaurants and cafes in approximately 165,000 square metres (1,780,000 sq ft). The plaza has 7 floors and a parking area of 1600 parking lots. At the time of its completion, Ocean Plaza had been the largest mall in Ukraine, and it kept this status until Lavina Mall 's opening in 2016. The plaza has a 350,000-liter giant aquarium with more than 1,000 sea creatures and offers
52-551: A 16-meter-long panoramic view. There are several multiplexes and movie theatres. Ukraine's first 7D cinema was housed in this plaza. In 2013, Forpoint opened Ukraine's first Cinnabon cafe at this plaza. In 2000s, a market near the Kyiv Refrigeration Plant was demolished to build a large mall called Lybid Plaza. It was named after the Lybid River at the bank of which the construction site was located. The original project
78-452: A hot mic recording showed them describing female People's Deputy Iryna Allakhverdiyeva [ Аллахвердієва Ірина Валеріївна ] in terms such as "working woman [...] like a ship pine", and, "bring someone like her to the President and you'll see... his jaw will fucking drop." Arakhamia claimed that the recording had been doctored, but Kornienko contradicted him, not only admitting that
104-564: A sign touting "World Famous Cinnamon Rolls". Cinnabon's first franchise-operated store opened in August 1986 just outside of Philadelphia at the King of Prussia Mall . Cinnabon stores today can also be found in gas stations, universities, rapid transit stations, casinos, and amusement parks. Cinnabon was bought by AFC Enterprises, Inc. in 1998 for $ 65 million. In 2004, AFC Enterprises, Inc. , sold Cinnabon for $ 30.3 million to Focus Brands, Inc. , which
130-523: Is co-owned—with Schlotzsky's , Carvel , Moe's Southwest Grill , McAlister's Deli , Jamba , and Auntie Anne's brands—by Focus Brands , an affiliate of private equity firm Roark Capital Group , based in Sandy Springs, Georgia , operating over 5,000 stores. The first Cinnabon opened on December 4, 1985, in Seattle, Washington at SeaTac Mall , now called The Commons at Federal Way. Cinnabon
156-821: Is owned by the Atlanta -based private equity firm Roark Capital Group . The headquarters moved to Greater Atlanta in 1999. In November 2020, British retail group EG Group announced a partnership with Cinnabon to open 150 branded stores in the UK over five years. In May 2024, the UK partnership would then be transferred to EG On the Move . On October 8, 2018, Cinnabon partnered with Pizza Hut to release mini cinnamon rolls labeled "Cinnabon Mini Rolls" in Pizza Hut (also known as MiniBons outside of Pizza Hut). These cinnamon rolls continue to be available at Pizza Hut. In 2020, Pizza Hut brought back
182-669: The 79th Air Assault Brigade . Arakhamia was appointed as an Adviser to the Governor of Mykolaiv Oblast in August 2014. In October 2014, he became Adviser to the Minister of Defense and Chairman of the Council of Volunteers at the Ministry of Defense . He has served as Secretary of the National Investment Council of Ukraine [ uk ] since August 2019. Arakhamia heads
208-732: The European University in Kyiv [ uk ] . Arakhamia passed the Professional Management master course at the Open University in London . He is a co-founder of several IT companies including TemplateMonster and Weblium. In March 2014, after the outbreak of the Donbas War , Arakhamia, along with friends, started a website to raise funds for the equipment of the paratroopers of
234-628: The "feeling that the US and the UK will be the last to join when they see that others agree". In 2019, 2020, and 2021, Arakhamia was rated as one of the top 100 influential people of Ukraine according to the Novoye Vremya magazine, ranking 36th, 43rd and 37th place, respectively. In 2020, he took 21st place in the top 100 most influential Ukrainians according to the Focus magazine. In 2021, he took 6th place. On 11 February 2020, Arakhamia announced on Priamyi
260-506: The Capital. In November 2011, UTG presented the project at MAPIC-2011. In December 2011, the statue made by Frank Meisler was transported from Israel to Ukraine in order to be placed inside Ocean Plaza and to become a symbol of the mall. In July 2012, Vasyl Khmelnytsky , Andrey Ivanov and Vagif Aliev sold Ocean Plaza to Russian TPS Nedvizhimost for US$ 280−350 million. Ocean Plaza was opened on 19 November 2012. Initially, US$ 200 million
286-591: The Triple Treat Box, containing two medium one-topping pizzas, five breadsticks, and ten Cinnabon Mini Rolls. Cinnabon has franchise operations in 50 countries and places which include: Davyd Arakhamia Davyd Heorhiyovych Arakhamia (born 23 May 1979), also known by the pseudonym David Braun , is a Ukrainian politician and entrepreneur. He is a member of the Servant of the People political party. Arakhamia
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#1732851553807312-497: The category Large Shopping Mall. Since July 2012, the mall was co-owned by Russian TPS Nedvizhimost and Ukrainian investment and development companies UDP and KAN Development. TPS Nedvizhimost is controlled by Liliya Rotenberg (daughter of Russian oligarch Arkady Rotenberg ), Alexander Ponomarenko and Alexander Skorobogatko. After the Russo-Ukrainian War began in 2014, many Ukrainians began to boycott Russian businesses in
338-415: The ceiling collapsed between the stores. Details of the accident are unknown. In the evening of 13 January 2020, due to an accident at the underground pipeline, Ocean Plaza was flooded with boiling water. Asphalt on surrounding streets collapsed and the minibus that was passing the mall almost fell into the hole on the road. The shopping mall's security had to block the elevators because the underground floor
364-445: The country. On 26 November 2018, unknown people attacked the mall with smoke grenades, and visitors were evacuated. On 28 November, Sokil nationalist activism organization took Ocean Plaza under their 'peaceful control'. Over 200 nationalists captured the mall with a goal of stopping Russian oligarchy from financing the war. In social media, the organization described their actions as a peaceful protest and stated that they didn't interrupt
390-487: The information turned out to be false and no explosives were found. Cinnabon Cinnabon, Inc. , is an American chain of baked goods stores and kiosks, normally found in areas with high pedestrian traffic such as malls, airports and rest stops. The company's signature item is the cinnamon roll . As of December 2017, there are more than 1,200 Cinnabon bakeries operating in 48 countries. Its headquarters are in Sandy Springs, Georgia , United States. The company
416-568: The mall's second queue; however, they were cancelled later on. The construction of the mall began in 2010 with a plan of finishing it in March 2012, prior to UEFA Football Championship . In November, KAN Development presented the updated project at MAPIC-2010. In December, Ocean Mall project was also presented at Mall Expo 2010 summit in Kyiv where it had won the Mall Awards 2010 in the category Best Project in
442-450: The others, it hadn't been opened after the liberation of Kyiv Oblast . In August, the mall was seized because of its Russian owners, and control was transferred to the Agency for Investigation and Management of Assets. In September, Deputy Davyd Arakhamia announced the nationalization of Ocean Plaza. In December 2012, when the construction work inside the mall was still in progress, a part of
468-528: The parliamentary faction of Servant of the People . In 2021, Arakhamia proclaimed that Servant of the People shared principles with the Chinese Communist Party , also stating that Ukraine "sees China as an example and considers it a strategic partner". During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , Arakhamia was part of a close circle of advisors who remained in the capital of Kyiv with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy . On 28 February 2022, Arakhamia
494-675: The possibility of restarting the supply of Russian-controlled Crimea through the North Crimean Canal . In response, he was widely condemned by other politicians and the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People , with the latter accusing him of "surrender". Arakhamia later apologised for his comments. In late June 2020, Arakhamia and deputy leader of Servant of the People Oleksandr Kornienko were widely accused of sexism after
520-521: The work of Ukrainian business. They also told people not to panic and warned them about possible provocations from Rotenberg's allies. In October 2019, Liliya Rotenberg left the owner role. However, the Cyprus offshore Ocean Plaza Project, which was listed as one of the owners, was owned by Rotenberg family retaining Ocean Plaza's Russian ownership. In 2022 Ocean Plaza, like many other Ukrainian malls, had been closed due to Russian invasion . However, unlike
546-530: Was an offshoot of the Seattle-based Restaurants Unlimited chain, majority owned by Rich Komen, with minority partner and CEO Ray Lindstrom at the helm. Komen and Lindstrom wanted to create the perfect cinnamon roll, eventually hiring Jerilyn Brusseau to finalize the recipe since Brusseau was famous for her baking in the Seattle area. The first bakery began by serving only its cinnamon rolls with
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#1732851553807572-478: Was bigger, the building's area was one million m². Lybid Plaza was presented at MAPIC retail forum in Cannes in 2007 and 2008, and various developers were interested in buying a 50% share of the it, but the global financial crisis interrupted these plans. After the crisis, the project was renamed Ocean Plaza, and its space was cut to 150 000 m. Also, it was planned to build an office tower and an apartment tower as
598-403: Was completely filled with water. People from the first floor had to get up to the top floors with escalators or jump into their shopping carts. That day, ten people were hospitalized with light burns. On 16 January 2022, an unknown person informed the call center of Security Service of Ukraine that Ocean Plaza had been mined. People were evacuated from the mall and the building was examined, but
624-825: Was elected to the Verkhovna Rada in 2019 . In parliament, he was elected as his party's faction leader on 29 August 2019. Davyd Heorhiyovych Arakhamia was born on 23 May 1979 in Sochi , in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union . He lived in Gagra in Georgia until in 1992, fleeing the war in Abkhazia , he moved with his parents to Mykolaiv , Ukraine. Arakhamia studied economics at
650-408: Was invested for the project. Before the inauguration of the plaza, Kyiv Post reported in their newspaper that the event was the "most anticipated events for Kyiv's retail world." Right after the official inauguration, an opening celebration took place on 7 December. The City Beach Club opened 20 August 2013 on the rooftop of Ocean Plaza. In December 2013, the mall won at CP Awards 2013 in Kyiv in
676-461: Was named a member of the negotiating team sent to Pripyat on the Ukraine-Belarus border for talks on a potential ceasefire . On 28 March 2022, Arakhamia said agreement was close on security guarantees and Ukraine's EU bid, but prospective guarantor countries had yet to agree to security guarantees. In April, he said Russia had agreed to almost all Ukraine's peace proposals. He added that he had
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