Saturday, May 31, 2008

Dubai set to open new mammoth mall; "The Dubai Mall"

One of the world's largest shopping malls is set to open on Augest 28, 2008... The Dubai Mall..


Numbers:



Total Internal Floor Area: 5.9 million square feet

Gross Leasable Area (GLA): 3.77 million square feet - around size of 50 football fields put together

Children’s ‘edu-tainment’ Centre: 80,000 sq ft


No. of Stores: 1,200 stores


Restaurants: 120 food & beverage outlets


Cinemas : 22-screen cineplex, will open later as completion requires a dust-free environment

Car Park: 14,000-vehicle capacity

World Rank: 8th largest mall in the world

First Year Expected No. of Visitors to the Mall: 30 million

[theduabimall.com said]


Downtown Burj Dubai

Dubai Mall is part of Emaar Properties' $20 billion Downtown Burj Dubai development will include:

The world's tallest building the Burj Dubai, 30,000 homes, nine hotels, 6.2 acres of parkland, 19 residential towers and a 30-acre manmade lake.

[ArabianBusiness.com said]


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If interested to know more and updated details about "The Dubai Mall", please visit:

http://www.thedubaimall.com/


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