Dubai Festival City Mall to open first phase of Dhs1.2 billion expansion
Dubai Festival City Mall is set to open the first phase of its Dhs1.2 billion expansion programme on Thursday with the all-new Festival Square.
The area that serves as the mall’s main atrium will be bigger and has been fully redesigned, extending right out to the waterfront. There will be some 25 new retail stores opening at the same time.
The new shops to start trading on May 14 include: OMEGA, Koraba, Damas, Victoria’s Secrets Beauty & Accessories, Jo Malone, Pink, Kiehl’s Reiss, Starbucks, Teavana, Banana Republic, Lacoste, Kazar, DKNY Women, Brooks Brothers, L.K. Bennett, Marella, Molton Brown, L’Ocittane, Make Up For Ever, MAC, Troll Beads, Police, Fleur D’amour and Toscow.
Chris O’Donnell, Group Director, Al-Futtaim Group Real Estate, said: “The expansion programme will deliver an increased functionality in the retail layout and circulation within the mall by positioning the right retailers at the right locations. It will also create more gross leasable area, enhance the mall’s F&B offering and maximise its unique waterfront location.”
The malls’ expansion programme also involves redesigning and landscaping of the waterfront promenade and the launch of a new 3,500sqm food court that will offer 24 restaurants with a combined capacity of more than 2,000 seats and featuring Dubai’s only free supervised play area for children.
Furthermore some 65 more stores will open by Q4 2015.
Brad Merchant, General Manager of the mall, said: “Many regional and international retailers have bought into our plans and have committed a growing number of stores to Dubai Festival City Mall as they are aspiring to expand their critical mass alongside our unique waterfront location on the banks of Dubai’s historic Creek.”
The expansion programme, once completed by the end of 2016, will have a total of 420 stores with redesigned waterfront, festival square and retail stores.
From 10am on Thursday, visitors will have the chance to win prizes and take part in family-friendly activities during the opening.
