Mirdiff City Centre
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Mirdiff City Centre is a shopping center opened on 16 March 2010 in the Mirdif
area of Dubai
UAE. It is Majid Al Futtaim's 10th mall in the region and third in Dubai after Deira City Centre
in the heart of Dubai, Mall of the Emirates
in the southern new Dubai area. The 3 billion AED
Mirdif City Centre features more than 400 stores.
Mirdiff City Centre is similar in size to the Mall of the Emirates
. It comprises 3116451 sq ft (289,527.8 m²) of gross floor area spread over a service basement level and 1st floor, and 180,000 square metres of shopping space. Mirdif City Centre offers roughly the same gross leasable area as Mall of the Emirates
, the first mall with an attached indoor ski slope. The mall
includes 7,000 car parking spaces and 430 retail outlets, including Carrefour
, the world's second largest retailer.
It was expected that the centre will attract 18-20 million
shoppers annually, compared to approximately 21 million in Deira City Centre
, 25 million in Mall of the Emirates
. and over 37 million in Dubai Mall
. although during the first year of its operation Mirdiff City Centre attracts 20 Million visitors.
According to Walich-nowski, the 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. 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.
contains about 430 shops
with adjacent 3 level parking for over 7000 cars, a Magic Planet
Entertainment
zone which will contain a sky diving experience as well as indoor 5-a-side football pitches. In addition the mall will contain 8 standard and 2 'gold-class' cinemas and a number of leading retailers such as Debenhams, Zara, Home Centre, Paris Gallery, Virgin Megastores and a gym with pool, two food courts with about 60 different eating outlets, cafes, restaurants, a Carrefour hypermarket, a 10 screen cinema complex, an outside cinema, and an "iFly" indoor skydiving center.
Mirdif
Mirdif is a residential area located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates....
area of Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
UAE. It is Majid Al Futtaim's 10th mall in the region and third in Dubai after Deira City Centre
Deira City Centre
Deira City Centre is a large shopping mall in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Located in the community of Deira, Deira City Centre was the largest mall in Dubai prior to the establishment of Ibn Battuta Mall, Mall of the Emirates and The Dubai Mall...
in the heart of Dubai, Mall of the Emirates
Mall of the Emirates
The Mall of the Emirates is a shopping mall in the Al Barsha district of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was developed by Majid Al Futtaim Properties under the leadership of its CEO, Peter Walichnowski, who was also the developer of "Bluewater" near London, Europe's most successful shopping mall....
in the southern new Dubai area. The 3 billion AED
United Arab Emirates dirham
The dirham is the currency of the United Arab Emirates. The ISO 4217 code for the United Arab Emirates dirham is AED. Unofficial abbreviations include DH or Dhs. The dirham is subdivided into 100 ....
Mirdif City Centre features more than 400 stores.
Overview
The Mirdiff City Centre project was announced in April 2007 with construction beginning in August 2007.Mirdiff City Centre is similar in size to the Mall of the Emirates
Mall of the Emirates
The Mall of the Emirates is a shopping mall in the Al Barsha district of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was developed by Majid Al Futtaim Properties under the leadership of its CEO, Peter Walichnowski, who was also the developer of "Bluewater" near London, Europe's most successful shopping mall....
. It comprises 3116451 sq ft (289,527.8 m²) of gross floor area spread over a service basement level and 1st floor, and 180,000 square metres of shopping space. Mirdif City Centre offers roughly the same gross leasable area as Mall of the Emirates
Mall of the Emirates
The Mall of the Emirates is a shopping mall in the Al Barsha district of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was developed by Majid Al Futtaim Properties under the leadership of its CEO, Peter Walichnowski, who was also the developer of "Bluewater" near London, Europe's most successful shopping mall....
, the first mall with an attached indoor ski slope. The mall
Shopping mall
A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...
includes 7,000 car parking spaces and 430 retail outlets, including Carrefour
Carrefour
Carrefour S.A. is an international hypermarket chain headquartered in Levallois-Perret, France. It is one of the largest hypermarket chains in the world...
, the world's second largest retailer.
It was expected that the centre will attract 18-20 million
Million
One million or one thousand thousand, is the natural number following 999,999 and preceding 1,000,001. The word is derived from the early Italian millione , from mille, "thousand", plus the augmentative suffix -one.In scientific notation, it is written as or just 106...
shoppers annually, compared to approximately 21 million in Deira City Centre
Deira City Centre
Deira City Centre is a large shopping mall in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Located in the community of Deira, Deira City Centre was the largest mall in Dubai prior to the establishment of Ibn Battuta Mall, Mall of the Emirates and The Dubai Mall...
, 25 million in Mall of the Emirates
Mall of the Emirates
The Mall of the Emirates is a shopping mall in the Al Barsha district of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was developed by Majid Al Futtaim Properties under the leadership of its CEO, Peter Walichnowski, who was also the developer of "Bluewater" near London, Europe's most successful shopping mall....
. and over 37 million in Dubai Mall
Dubai Mall
The Dubai Mall is the world's largest shopping mall based on total area and sixth largest by gross leasable area. Located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, it is part of the 20-billion-dollar Burj Khalifa complex, and includes 1,200 shops...
. although during the first year of its operation Mirdiff City Centre attracts 20 Million visitors.
According to Walich-nowski, the 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. 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.
Features
The mallShopping mall
A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...
contains about 430 shops
Retailing
Retail consists of the sale of physical goods or merchandise from a fixed location, such as a department store, boutique or kiosk, or by mail, in small or individual lots for direct consumption by the purchaser. Retailing may include subordinated services, such as delivery. Purchasers may be...
with adjacent 3 level parking for over 7000 cars, a Magic Planet
Planet
A planet is a celestial body orbiting a star or stellar remnant that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity, is not massive enough to cause thermonuclear fusion, and has cleared its neighbouring region of planetesimals.The term planet is ancient, with ties to history, science,...
Entertainment
Entertainment
Entertainment consists of any activity which provides a diversion or permits people to amuse themselves in their leisure time. Entertainment is generally passive, such as watching opera or a movie. Active forms of amusement, such as sports, are more often considered to be recreation...
zone which will contain a sky diving experience as well as indoor 5-a-side football pitches. In addition the mall will contain 8 standard and 2 'gold-class' cinemas and a number of leading retailers such as Debenhams, Zara, Home Centre, Paris Gallery, Virgin Megastores and a gym with pool, two food courts with about 60 different eating outlets, cafes, restaurants, a Carrefour hypermarket, a 10 screen cinema complex, an outside cinema, and an "iFly" indoor skydiving center.