Mirdif City Centre in Dubai opens to the public

Dubai: Mirdif City Centre, the latest retail offering by Majid Al Futtaim Properties, opened its doors Tuesday with 350 of its 430 stores operating. The opening of Majid Al Futtaim's 10th mall in the region and third in Dubai will be celebrated with a week of entertainment events including daily shows, parades and performances. "Mirdif is in line with the company's strategy to develop large destination malls in the three most important trade areas of Dubai Deira City Centre in the heart of Dubai, Mall of the Emirates in the southern new Dubai area and now Mirdif City Centre to service north Dubai and the northern emirates. All three malls can now provide UAE residents and visitors with the widest range of retailing, leisure and lifestyles choices found in any great city in the world," Peter Walichnowski, CEO of Majid Al Futtaim Properties, said at a press conference. According to Abdul Wahid Al Ulama, executive vice-chairman of Retailcorp, the mall's position geographically will work well for it. "It's a very new, exciting mall and it has success written all over it. It caters to an audience in this area, so the geographical location is fantastic and access is easy." According to Walich-nowski the new mall is estimated to have created over 16,000 jobs in the development and construction process and 5,500 permanent jobs in the mall complex. The mall aims to serve a population of 450,000 within a 10-kilometre radius along with the communities across the rest of Dubai and other emirates and tourist footfall. Retailers mark debut Making their first appearance in the UAE will be the US brand Pottery Barn, UK fashion label Miss Selfridge, and Australian home-furnishings Freedom Furniture, Decathlon and Office Depot. Mirdif City Centre is also set to be the first shopping centre in the Middle East to achieve a gold rating for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. The mall offers over 75 restaurants and cafes with Tiffinbites and P.F. Changs making their debut in the region and other food favourites such as Butcher Shop and Grill, Mango Tree Bistro and Pinkberry.

United Arab Emirates · 15 Mar 2010

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