The "Bashundhara City" is a massive 20-storey complex on a major avenue of Dhaka the Panthapath. It is South Asia's largest shopping-cum-recreation complex. Several facilities have been brought under one roof- shopping, health club and fitness centre, office blocks, theme parks, food courts, swimming pools, multi-screen cinemas, and business centres. It is situated close to a major commercial hub of Dhaka - the Kawran Bazaar, and also near the Pan Pacific Hotel Sonargaon.There are over 2500 shops, several floors for accommodating offices and business centres, parking for over a thousand vehicles, escalators and elevators. The complex is equipped with a public address system, a multi-line phone system, central air conditioning, own power generation units, and round-the-clock security. The architectural design is indeed quite unique, with eight levels for the shopping-cum-recreation complex and 20 floors for the office tower. Vehicular entry and exit are supported by a "service road" - which will definitely reduce traffic congestion and serve as a by-pass - remote from the Panthapath.