Mall of the Emirates

Mall of the Emirates

Mall of the Emirates interior
Location	Dubai,  United Arab Emirates
Coordinates	25°7′5″N 55°12′2″E / 25.11806°N 55.20056°E / 25.11806; 55.20056Coordinates: 25°7′5″N 55°12′2″E / 25.11806°N 55.20056°E / 25.11806; 55.20056
Opening date	November 2005
Owner	Majid Al Futtaim (MAF Holding)
Total retail floor area	2,400,000 square feet (220,000 m2)
Parking	4000+
Website	www.MalloftheEmirates.com

The Mall of the Emirates is a shopping mall in the Al Barsha district of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was developed by Majid Al Futtaim Properties under the leadership of its CEO, Peter Walichnowski, who was also the developer of "Bluewater" near London, Europe's most successful shopping mall. The mall was designed by the American architectural firm, F+A Architects. Prior to the opening of the Dubai Mall (the world's largest mall), the Mall of the Emirates was the second largest shopping mall in the Middle East, slightly smaller than City Stars mall.

It contains approximately 2,400,000 square feet (220,000 m²) of shops and the entire mall forms a total of approximately 6,500,000 square feet (600,000 m²). on September 1, 2010 the new extension to the mall will open, adding more than 40 luxury stores.^[1] In a global perspective, the World's second largest shopping mall, the South China Mall in Dongguan, China, contains approximately 7,100,000 square feet (660,000 m²) of shopping space in a complex that totals approximately 9,600,000 square feet (890,000 m²).^[2]

The Mall of the Emirates, saw overall footfall increase by an estimated 1.3 percent to 31 Million in 2010, and Dubai’s second biggest shopping centre hosted 30.6m visitors in 2009.^[3]

Gallery

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  "Dancing" water looking towards entrance

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  "Dancing" water feature

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  Ski Dubai

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  Ski Dubai seen from the Sheikh Zayed Road

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  Looking into Ski Dubai from inside the mall

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  Looking into Ski Dubai from inside the mall

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  Ski Dubai slope

Features

Although it features the usual amenities for a mall (a fourteen-screen movie theatre, a gaming arena, a typical variety of stores, and a drama theatre), its biggest claim to fame is the Middle East's first indoor ski slope, Ski Dubai. With the ski area, one of the largest in the world, the Mall of the Emirates seeks to differentiate itself from the dozen or so other newly completed malls in Dubai and the surrounding emirates. Half of the mall opened in September 2005, then officially opened in late November 2005 with the inauguration of the ski area, although it had already been in operation for several weeks.

The mall is connected by a Dubai Metro Station ( Mall of the Emirates Station) on the Red Line.

The mall has its own substation which was constructed and designed by Siemens Pakistan Engineering Company Limited (Dubai Office).

Stores include:

• Alfred Dunhill
• Axiom Telecom
• BCBG Max Azria
• BoConcept
• Borders
• Brooks Brothers
• Centrepoint
• Carolina Herrera
• Carrefour
• Debenhams
• D&G
• Diesel S.p.A.
• DKNY
• Ermenegildo Zegna
• Emporio Armani
• Forever 21
• H&M
• Harvey Nichols
• Hugo Boss
• Hugo Boss Orange
• Jumbo Electronics
• Kenneth Cole
• Lacoste
• Montblanc
• Paul Smith
• Versace
• EM Designs Outlet
• Virgin Megastore
• Rivoli

Panoramic picture (Under construction)

Mall of the Emirates under construction in November 2004. It is often claimed that a large fraction of the tower cranes in the world are in use in Dubai

References

1. ^ http://www.arabianbusiness.com/589418-mall-of-the-emirates-extension-to-open-on-sept-1
2. ^ World's largest shopping malls compared, 20 January 2006, American Studies at Eastern Connecticut State University, retrieved April 25, 2006
3. ^ http://www.arabianbusiness.com/emaar-s-dubai-mall-posts-27-rise-in-footfall-in-2010-395794.html

External links

• Mall of the Emirates official site
• Majid Al Futtaim MAF Holding website
• Mall of the Emirates Shops