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Mall of Qatar has won the Retail Leadership Award in the real estate category at Asia Retail Congress 2016 held recently in Mumbai, India.
On behalf of Ramez al-Khayyat, managing director of UrbaCon Trading & Contracting (UCC), the award was received by Siva Kumar, estimation and proposal director of UCC, and Patrick Hage-Chahine, PR and events manager at Mall of Qatar.
“Being developed by UCC’s Doha branch, this super-regional mall spread over 5.4mn sqft of area combines incredible shopping with captivating live entertainment and leisure options,” according to a statement. “An innovative and inspiring architecture, easy accessibility, fascinating new live entertainment concepts and signature restaurants will all capture the imagination of the nation when the Mall of Qatar opens its doors in the third quarter of 2016.”
The Asia Retail Congress recognises best practices in the retail industry across categories such as fashion, consumer durables, mobile & telecom services, food, travel & hospitality, health and real estate.
Speaking on the occasion, al-Khayyat said: “We are privileged to receive this esteemed recognition from the Asia Retail Congress. This recognition provides a great incentive to continue our journey to provide best-in-class services and create new benchmarks in the retail industry.
“One of the major distinguishing architectural features of the Mall of Qatar is the 30m-high, 6,000sqm glassed dome roof that illuminates a captivating central arena called The Oasis, which will become the heart of the project. The Oasis will host live entertainment shows performed daily on a revolving circular stage, set in a pond surrounded by interactive dancing fountains.”
Expected to receive a footfall of 20mn customers annually, the Mall of Qatar will feature 7,000 underground and surface car parking spaces, 500 shops, including over 100 restaurants, and a 19-screen cineplex, as well as a 200-bedroom luxury and fashion hotel operated by Curio, a Collection by Hilton, the statement adds.
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