The Crystal Mall

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The Crystal Mall is an ethnic shopping mall oriented towards the local Chinese community in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. It is located at 4500 Kingsway at the intersection with Willingdon Avenue in Metrotown, directly adjoined to the Hilton Metrotown Vancouver Hotel. A 26 floor residential tower called Residence at the Crystal was also constructed that connects to the rest of the shopping complex.It is also across from the Metropolis at Metrotown shopping centre and the Bob Prittie Metrotown Burnaby Public Library branch.MallCrystal Mall was established in the year 2001. The mall also has a traditional Chinese open market and has 950 parking stalls in its 4-level underground parking, although a small section is reserved for hotel customers only. The mall itself was constructed in a circular design which comprises two levels of shops and a Chinese open market on the first level, while the second level consist of more shops as well as a food court catering mainly to East Asian cuisines. The outer side of the main level consist of further stores and multiple restaurants. Also of note is within a section of a hallway on the first level consist of a so called "computer lane" which sells mainly computers and electronics parts.