Abu Dhabi shopping malls guide

Abu Dhabi Mall - in tourist club area next to the Beach Rotana Hotel & Towers. Has 200+ shops, 40+ food outlets, cinemas and Abu Dhabi Co-op Hypermarket. Open 10:00-22:00 (to 23:00 on Thursdays) except Fridays 15:30-22:00. Hypermarket 08:00-midnight, some restaurants open till 23:00 or 02:00. Tel +971-2-6454858 (customer service) or try +971-2-6457733, web http://www.abudhabi-mall.com/. First opened 15 April 2001, total area 200,000 sq meters. Largest shopping mall in Abu Dhabi as of December 2006.

Al Raha Mall (Raha Mall) - on Dubai-Abu Dhabi highway next to Al Raha Beach Villa Complex, tel +971-2-5561181. Open mid 2007. Area 350,000 sq ft (35,000 sq meters) includes hypermarket, food court, about 100 retail shops and a family amusement center. Run by EMKE group associate (or subsidiary) Line Investments & Property LLC.

Al Wahda Mall - shopping mall opened 31 May 2007 on Airport Rd near the Al Wahda Sports and Cultural Club. Opening hours 10:00-22:00, food court to 23:00. Total area apparently 1.5 million sq ft (about 150,000 sq m) with 150 shops. Has a Lulu hypermarket (open 08:00-23:00) and a Magrudy's bookshop. Website http://www.alwahda-mall.com/, Run by EMKE group (Line Investments & Property LLC). Website has telephone +971-2-4466622, fax +971-2-4455522 but July 2007 advertisement as tel +971-2-4437070 and fax +971-2-4437171
 

Dalma Mall - in the Industrial City of Abu Dhabi (ICAD) on the way to Mussafah / Mussaffah. Dalma Mall under construction, scheduled opening of Phase I by April 2009. GLA of about 150,000 sq m (about 1.5m sq ft), will have large Carrefour supermarket, cinema complex, and the usual food court, children's play area, etc. Phase one (120,000 sq m) construction is the ground and first floor, phase two (30,000 sq m) for the second floor. Website http://www.dalmamall.ae/, tel +971-2-6814399 (CB Richard Ellis) if you want to rent shop space.

Khalidiya Mall - Opened January 2007. In Al Khalidiya area, 86,000 sq m (about 800,000 square feet) with 160 shops and a hypermarket. Run by EMKE group (Line Investments and Property LLC). Website http://www.khalidiyahmall.com/.

Madinat Zayed Shopping Centre and Gold Centre (MZSC), tel +971-2-6318555. Has 200+ retail shops and 60+ gold and jewellery shops so it's also the largest shopping center in Abu Dhabi (along with Abu Dhabi Mall). Has 'Homes R Us', Daiso (a well-known Japanese shop), and an Abu Dhabi Co-operative Society supermarket. Expansion plans for 2007 to increase number of shops to 400. Run by EMKE Group (Line Investments & Property LLC).

Marina Mall - near Emirates Palace hotel, tel +971-2-6818300. Phase I opened March 2001 with 160 shops and 70,000 sq m of Gross Leasable Area (GLA), phase II opened in February 2006 (only a year behind schedule) with another 180 shops and additional GLA of 45,000 sq m, a bowling alley, and indoor snow park. Marina Mall is owned and managed by National Investment Corporation (NIC), General Manager of Marina Mall is Nadeem Wajahat. The Marina Mall website http://www.marinamall.ae/.

This is not all, More Shopping malls info will be add soon.

18/03/2007