In terms of sheer spectacle, Istanbul’s recently opened Kanyon mall may never match the city’s 500-year-old, 4,000-shop Grand Bazaar, but it’s hardly a modest affair. Kanyon is a mixed-use project built in downtown Istanbul that brings together 179 residential apartments, a 26-storey office block and 37,500 square meters of retail space. In addition to playing host to big name tenants such as Lacoste, Thomas Pink, and Calvin Klein, the outdoor complex, which is indeed shaped like a canyon, creates its own weather.

Earlier this month the mall welcomed its most stylish tenant yet; legendary British retailer Harvey Nichols. The new three-story, 8,600-square-foot megastore - the company’s first in Turkey - will showcase hundreds of labels from Armani  to Zegna, as well as a few local lines.

Kanyon will also soon be home to not only a new Harvey Nichols store but to the first outpost of the celebrated London restaurant Hakkasan as well. For more information visit www.kanyon.com.tr.