Doha: Mall of Qatar, which will be the largest shopping mall in the country when it opens in the last quarter of 2015, yesterday announced at Cityscape Qatar that it would finalise over 70 percent of its leasing by October 2014 with most of its key strategic agreements in place.
“We have had an amazingly enthusiastic response from major retailers in the region and internationally who have responded positively to our plans to create the first super regional shopping mall destination in Qatar,” said Shem Krey, Deputy Managing Director, Mall of Qatar.
“Mall of Qatar will be introducing several unique elements into our project that have not been seen in the Middle East before, from the innovative format of our anchor hypermarket to our daily Q-Live entertainment facility and Family Entertainment Centre that will be debuting formats for the first time that will delight young and old,” he said.
The mall is being built just a short 20-minute drive from the centre of the city and in the heart of a major new development area that will see 10,000 new villas being built, alongside new Metro and regional rail links and improved highway connections to the centre of Doha.
Krey added that Cityscape Qatar was an important platform for the mall to update partners, the public and the media on the continuing progress of the project as construction still continues on schedule and they gear up for an opening date in the last quarter of 2015. It will be “a super regional mall” offering over 400 shops, three major anchors, a luxury five-star hotel, a unique Family Entertainment Centre, world class daily live entertainment concept and 81 international restaurants, cafes and speciality food shops.
The Peninsula
