Dubai to house biggest shopping mall

Named as The Dubai Mall, covering an area of about one million square meters, the mall will be completed by early September this year.

The mall is expected to house 1200 shops, and an ice-rink aquarium, revealed Emaar, the company behind the venture.

Burj Dubai, on its completion will be the highest building in the world. Apart from private apartments and offices, the building will include the first hotel, laid by Georgio Armani, renowned Italian Fashion Designer, which is due to be opened by 2009.

The building will be visited by all tourists, and there will be special tours that highlight a trip to the tower’s viewing platform, which is expected to be the highest in the world.

At present, the tower comprises 165 storeys and a few more are expected to come up. The final height of the building is yet to be decided, but, the 600 meter mark has already been surpassed. The total height of the building is expected to cross 700 meters.

Being a part of Downtown Dubai, the featured attractions of the mall include the world largest gold souk, the Fashion Island that spreads across 850,000 square feet, the largest aquarium in the world, Olympic-size ice skating rink, Oasis Fountain Waterfall, a Waterfront Atrium, and a view of Burj Dubai.

The Mall has already won five awards, two of which were awarded at the ‘Retail Future Project Awards’ at MAPIC, Cannes in 2004, a ‘Summit Creative Awards 2005’ for the Dubai Mall brochure in Portland, the ‘Gold Award’ for Best Art Direction/Graphic Design, and ‘Silver Award’ for Best four color brochure, apart from ‘Judges Special Recognition Award’.

Posted on 26/3/2008

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