Mall of Qatar has announced December 10, 2016 as the revised date for its soft launch.
Mall of Qatar will generate about 8,000 new jobs nationwide once the facility is operational in the last quarter of this year, it was announced.
The under-construction Mall of Qatar is combining lighting with art ''to enthral and delight both local and international visitors and provide a destination with an unparalleled shopping, dining and entertainment experience.''
Mall of Qatar has announced that Carrefour, one of its key anchor tenants, has completed 93% of the fit-out process of its 14,000sqm store.
Traffic will be diverted from Monday on the westbound lanes of Dukhan Road, leading from Doha to Dukhan for a distance of 2.5km near the Mall of Qatar.
Construction work and retail fit-outs have resumed at Mall of Qatar after an accidental fire broke out there around 2.30pm on Saturday, Mowafaq Kharbat, project director of Urbacon Trading and Contracting, said.
Mall of Qatar has signed a lease agreement with Azadea Group Holding, a fashion and lifestyle retail company that owns and operates more than 50 leading international franchise concepts across the Middle East and North Africa.
Mall of Qatar has won the Retail Leadership Award in the real estate category at Asia Retail Congress 2016 held recently in Mumbai, India.
The Mall of Qatar, described as ‘one of the largest shopping malls in the world,’ will be opened in the third quarter of this year, a senior official of UrbaCon Trading & Contracting announced.