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The Dubai Mall, world's largest shopping mall within Downtown Burj Dubai real estate development |
Emaar Malls Group, the shopping mall business subsidiary of Emaar Properties, plans to open its flagship shopping mall development-‘The Dubai Mall’ on August 28, 2008. One of the world’s largest shopping and entertainment destinations, ‘The Dubai Mall’ has a total internal floor area of 5.9 million sq ft and gross leasable space of 3.77 million sq ft.
Mohamed Ali Alabbar, Chairman, Emaar Properties, said, “Burj Dubai and ‘The Dubai Mall’ are strong building blocks of Dubai’s growth. Business growth is about seizing the right opportunity at the right time. In the very first year, we expect 30 million visitors to the mall”.
The mall will feature over 1,200 stores, including two anchor department stores and 120 food & beverage outlets. The key components of the mall include one of the world’s largest indoor Aquariums featuring 33,000 living animals; the world’s largest indoor Gold Souk with 220 retailers; the Middle East’s first Galeries Lafayette department store; an Olympic-size ice rink; and The Grove, an indoor-outdoor streetscape with fully retractable roof, along with the 14,000 covered car parking facility.
