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360 Mall

Coordinates: 29°16′06″N 47°59′35″E / 29.26833°N 47.99306°E / 29.26833; 47.99306
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360 Mall
Exterior view of 360 Mall
Map
LocationSurra, Kuwait
Coordinates29°16′06″N 47°59′35″E / 29.26833°N 47.99306°E / 29.26833; 47.99306
Opening date5 July 2009
Total retail floor area82,000 m2 (880,000 sq ft)

360 Mall is a shopping mall located on the Sixth Ring Highway in the South Surra, Kuwait that opened on 5 July 2009.[1][2] The mall has a circular design, and its name 360 is derived from the circular design of the complex, and its design follows the modern architectural design of the exterior and interior.[3]

The mall covers an area of 82,000 m2 (880,000 sq ft) and consists of three floors and three floors of offices.[4] It contains 15 halls of Cinescape cinemas, featuring an IMAX hall and a VIP hall. It contains many restaurants and shops, and the number of 130 registered trademarks.

Bloomingdale's opened in 2017 as the mall's departmental store anchor.[5][6] Other anchors including Carrefour, Cinescape, IKEA and Rafa Nadal Academy Kuwait. Sheikh Jaber Al-Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah international Tennis Complex also located inside the mall. The mall expansion connects to the original mall by bridge and is composed of a new mall concourse, a Grand Hyatt Hotel and the Rafael Nadal Tennis Academy.[7]

The award for the best shopping center in the world in 2011, during the annual ceremony of RLI magazine, the best shopping center in the world, and it also contains the largest vertical garden in the world in order to preserve the environment, designed by the French botanist Patrick Blanc,[8][9][10] and the complex contains parking cars with 1,800 cars, making it the largest car park for a commercial complex in the Middle East. It also has an area of 9,000 m2 (97,000 sq ft) and is one of the largest entertainment cities in Kuwait.

In February 2020, the mall opened a new extension connected to the original mall via a climate-controlled bridge with additional retail stores, a food hall and the Rafa Nadal Tennis Academy. In September 2022, the 302-room Grand Hyatt Kuwait opened within the overall development and with a direct connection to the extension.[11]

References

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  1. ^ ""مول 360" ... كوكب دائري للتسوق والترفيه". Alrai-media (in Arabic). 2009-07-07. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  2. ^ "يعتبر أكبر مركز تجاري في الدولة .. اليوم أفتتاح مول 360 في العاصمة الكويتية - الجمال.نت". www.algamal.net (in Arabic). 2009-07-05. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  3. ^ "360 PROJECT".
  4. ^ "Kuwait 360 Mall".
  5. ^ "Al Tayer bucks the US department store trend with Bloomingdale's Kuwait opening". Al Bawaba. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
  6. ^ Ryan2017-08-09T06:00:00, John. "Bloomingdales takes its hallmark design to Kuwait". Retail Week. Retrieved 2021-11-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Authors, Guest (2021-12-21). "CallisonRTKL and 360 Kuwait lauded in multiple awards haul". Middle East Construction News. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  8. ^ "West Elm's Living Green Wall is a First in Kuwait". 19 December 2012.
  9. ^ "ABOUT 360".
  10. ^ "360 MALL, KUWAIT". 17 September 2012.
  11. ^ "Grand Hyatt Kuwait Celebrates Official Opening". 16 September 2022.