Part of a 20 Billion-dollar project opened their door yesterday.The Dubai Mall is centrally located in the Downtown Burj Dubai development – ‘the new heart of the city’
The Dubai Mall will have over 1,200 stores of which nearly 165 retailers.
The retail mix will include two anchor department stores – Galeries Lafayette and Bloomingdale’s, both opening their first store in the Middle East at The Dubai Mall;
220 gold & jewelery stores; 160 food & beverage outlets including Dubai’s largest food court with 40 outlets; a supermarket and an organic food mart.
The Dubai Mall includes an Olympic-size ice-skating rink, a dedicated “Fashion Avenue,” with 70 signature stores, a 22-screen multiplex, an indoor theme park, an 80,000 square foot Discovery Center and a 2.2 Million gallon Aquarium with over 33,000 aquatic animals including sharks and rays
An adjoining 5-star hotel, "The Address", Dubai Mall and serviced residences will open in the first quarter of 2009.
The mall waterfront promenade will be lined with cafés and restaurants, overlooking the spectacular Dubai Fountain at the foot of Burj Dubai (Dubai Tower) --
The mall covering 12 million sq ft - equivalent in size to 50 soccer field – with an internal floor area of 5.9 million sq ft and 3.77 million sq ft of leasing space, will feature three parking lots for over 14,000 cars, valet services and a car locator ticketing system.
The Dubai Mall is the flagship development of Emaar Malls Group, the shopping malls subsidiary of global property developer Emaar Properties.
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