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Shopping Malls in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi shopping malls | Dubai shopping malls | other UAE shopping malls
This page has information about shopping malls in or near Abu Dhabi city. For shopping malls in Al Ain, Ruwais and other areas in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, see the UAE shopping centers page.
- 9712 BMC shopping mall (under construction) - Mohamed Bin Zayed City, in the center of the 9712BMC development (971 is the country code for the UAE, 2 is the area code for Abu Dhabi), 100,000 sq m (1.1m sq ft), developer Manazel, 350 shops, food court, hypermarket, kids play area, etc, hotel next door for hardcore shoppers. Planned opening 2010 (don't hold your breath)
- Abu Dhabi Mall, in tourist club area next to the Beach Rotana Hotel & Towers.
Has four floors with 200+ shops, 40+ food outlets with the usual McDonald's and Starbucks, Cineplex cinemas and Abu Dhabi Co-op Hypermarket.
Open 1000-2200 (to 2300 on Thursdays) except Fridays 1530-2200. Hypermarket
0800-midnight, some restaurants open till 2300 or 0200. Tel +971-2-6454858
(customer service) or try +971-2-6457733, web 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.
Retail shops include Cellucom, Grand Stores, Jashanmal, PAN Emirates furniture, Paris Gallery, Salam Studio photography and Salam Stores, Virgin Megastores.
- Abu Dhabi Plaza - not a shopping mall in Abu Dhabi but a $1 billion mixed use complex being built in Astana, Kazakhstan by Aldar Properties / Aldar EuroAsia from July 2009 to September 2013 (Khazakstan Today 12 June 2009).
- 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 (Al Wahdah / Al Wehda Mall / maybe Al Wadha Mall) - shopping
mall opened 31 May 2007 on Airport Rd near the Al Wahda Sports and
Cultural Club. Opening hours 1000-2200, food court to 2300. Total area
apparently 1.5 million sq ft (about 150,000 sq m) with 150 shops. Has
a Lulu hypermarket (open 0800-2300) and a Magrudy's bookshop. Website
www.alwahda-mall.com, not www.alwahdamall.com (spam) or www.alwahdamall.org
(under construction). 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
- Central Fish & Vegetable Market, New Airport Road, scheduled to open November 2009 but maybe 2010 is more likely? GLA 1.8 million sq feet on 5 levels, parking for 2200-3000 cars, fish and meat shops on the ground floor, other shops on upper floors, seafood and specialty restaurants. Developer and manager Line Investments & Property LLC (EMKE Group).
- 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 (delayed to Q3 2009?) costing AED 3 billion. GLA of about 150,000 sq
meters (about 1.5m sq ft), total area of 250,000 sq m, 7000 car parking spaces, will have large Carrefour supermarket (13,500 sq m), 560 shops, 14 screen cinema
complex, children's nurseries, 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. List of shops includes BHS, CenterPoint, Home Center, ICA Harbour, Marks and Spencer, Toys 'r' Us, Zara.
Phase I is for shops, cineman, food, entertainment on 3 levels (G, 1, 2), phase II is a 5 star hotel and other recreational facilities to be announced.
General Manager Mark Adams (announced 13 October 2009). Website www.dalmamall.ae, tel
+971-2-6814399 (CB Richard Ellis) if you want to rent shop space.
- Deerfields Town Square / Deer Fields Shopping Center (open 2011) - an AED 1 billion medium sized mixed use retail, commercial, and residential development with a "Classical Victorian" theme, location Al Bahia. About 200 shops including a 10,000 sq meter (107,000 sq meter) Carrefour hypermarket. Total built up area of the project is 3.2 million square feet (300,000 sq meters), although that might have changed to 220,000 sq meters (both figures stated in 29 June 2009 press release). Developer
Mubarak and Brother Property and Financial Investments (MBI), lead consultants MR Group, lead design consultants
RMJM, architects
Petroff Partnership Architects, retail consultant
Colliers International, other consortium members include
Talbot Consultants International Inc. General Manager of Deerfields Town Square is Banu Tas.
Original press releases said expected opening in 2010 but 29 June 2009 press release announcing groundbreaking says second quarter of 2011 opening date. Website www.deerfieldstownsquare.com. Contact tel Abu Dhabi +971-2-4443522
or Dubai +971-4-3315033.
- Khalidiya Mall (Al Khalidiya Mall / Al Khalideeya
Mall / Al Khalediya Mall) under construction Dec 2006, early
2007 opening was planned but that ended up being January 2008. 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 www.khalidiyahmall.com (with music to drive you batty),
tel +971-2-6354000
- Khalidiya Shopping Center - not the same as the
Khalidiya Mall, tel +971-2-6679999
- 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 an Abu Dhabi Homes R Us, Daiso (a well-known Japanese
shop), and an Abu Dhabi Co-operative Society supermarket. Website is
not www.mzshoppingcentre.com (spam) as listed in some sources, and www.mzsc.ae
gives a parking page (Dec 2006). 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 (apparently a bowling
alley and indoor snow park also).
Marina Mall is owned and managed by National Investment Corporation (NIC), General
Manager of Marina Mall is
Nadeem Wajahat. The Marina Mall website www.marinamall.ae
is still under construction as of January 2009 (which must some sort of
internet record - no website even after 8 years of operations). Presumably
phase III of the Marina Mall in Abu Dhabi will be the opening of the
website. There a 10 floor Marina Mall Tower (Burj Al Marina) with a posh restaurant called Tiara at the top, or Columbiano cafe if you want to enjoy the view more cheaply, and a water feature at the bottom. The Marina Mall in Dubai (opened December 2008) is not related to the Abu Dhabi Marina Mall.
- Mazyad Mall, Mohammed Bin Zayed City, (between Khalifa City and Mussafah), open March 2009? Next to labour camp (so popular with the workers but mall restricts entry to families only during weekends), website www.mazyadmall.com
(unconfirmed, under construction June 2009). Shops include Lulu Express supermarket. Food and drink outlets include Applebee's Neighbourhood Grill and Bar, La Brioche cafe, McDonald's, Subway. Mall operator / owner EMKE Group. Also called Maziyat Mall.
- Abu Dhabi City Center Mall - unknown, probably the same as Abu Dhabi Mall
- Abu Dhabi Shopping Mall - unknown, presumably the same as Abu Dhabi Mall
- Al Ahlia Prisunic tel +971-2-6811400
- Al Falah Plaza tel +971-2-6425800
- Al Hosn Plaza tel +971-2-6675555
- Al Khalidiya Shopping Mall - see Khalidiya Mall.
- Al Muhairy Centre (Al Muhairi Center) - small mall with 20 shops in Khalidiya on Zayed 1st street opposite the Cultural Foundation, tel +971-2-6322228, web www.almuhairycentre.com (with music!).
- Al Rais Shopping Center
- Baniyas Mall (under construction), Bawabat Al Sharq, Bani Yas City - a shopping mall with area of 148,000 sq meters (1.59 million sq ft) on 2 levels and over 2000 parking spaces. Facilities include 339 shops and a hypermarket, a 4-screen cinema complex with 1200 seats, food court with 16 restaurants (or cholesterol stands) and cafes. Expected completion date is end of 2010 according to March 2009 press release.
- Burjeel Mall / Burjeeel Mall, developer and manager Line Investments & Property LLC (a division of EMKE Group), open mid-2009?
- Dana Plaza tel +971-2-6651333
- Fotouh Al Khair Centre (Ftooh Al Khair Center / Fotooh Al Khair Center) tel +971-2-6211133
- Hamdan Center tel +971-2-6328555.
- Hamed Center tel +971-2-6675550.
- Liwa Centre tel +971-2-6320344, revamped with re-opening in late 2007. A new Home Center store opened in December 2007.
- Lulu Centre tel +971-2-6779786
- Mina Hyper Market tel +971-2-6734848
- Mina Mall - Mina Zayed area
- Raha Shopping Mall - see Al Raha Mall.
- Rotana Mall
- Safeer Mall Abu Dhabi - Al Safeer Centre & Grand Safeer Cineplex at Musaffah / Mussaffah, near the Cambridge High School, 90,000 sq ft with supermarket, 4 cinema screens, Jungle Bungle entertainment center. Open 18 October 2006, owned by Al Safeer Group.
- Sun and Sky Towers, Gate District, Shams Abu Dhabi, Reem Island - part of a Sorouh development scheduled for completion in 2010
- Wahda Shopping Mall - see Al Wahda Mall
- Yas Mall - a shopping center on Yas Island (under construction, scheduled opening delayed until March 2012), GLA of 460,000 sq meters, 700 shops on 3 floors, developer Aldar Properties.
Abu Dhabi Markets
- Abu Dhabi date market - Mina Road, Port Zayed
- Abu Dhabi fish market - Mina Road, Port Zayed
- Abu Dhabi meat market - Mina Road, Port Zayed
- Abu Dhabi fruit & vegetable market - Mina Road, Port Zayed
Opening hours for Abu Dhabi shopping malls
As a general rule, shopping malls are open 1000-2200 Saturday to Thursday and 1400 or 1600 to 2200 on Fridays. Busy times are Friday afternoons and evenings (almost everyone has Fridays off) and Thursday evenings. Other evenings are not exactly quiet though. Mornings are the best time to avoid crowds. Hours will vary slightly from one mall to the next, and usually food courts and supermarkets will be open later than 2200 (10pm).
Ramadan hours are usually extended to midnight for shops and sometimes later for supermarkets. Shops may be closed around Iftar (1700-1900 depending on time of year). During Ramadan, food outlets will be closed during daylight hours. Shops often stay open until midnight on other important dates eg New Years Eve, the night before Eid celebrations, Christmas Eve.
Last update Thursday 15-Oct-2009
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