Mall of the Emirates

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Mall of the Emirates
Mall of the Emirates on 9 June 2007 Pict P.jpg
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 September 2005
Owner Majid Al Futtaim (MAF Holding)
Total retail floor area 2,400,000 square feet (220,000 m2)
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, one of Europe's most successful shopping malls. 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, a new extension to the mall opened, 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]

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Gallery [edit]

  • "Dancing" water looking towards entrance

  • "Dancing" water feature

  • Ski Dubai seen from the Sheikh Zayed Road

  • Looking into Ski Dubai from inside the mall

  • Looking into Ski Dubai from inside the mall

  • Ski Dubai slope

Panoramic picture (Under construction) [edit]

Panorama of the building under construction, November 2004
Mall of the Emirates under construction in November 2004.

References [edit]

  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

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