Malls of Riyadh

[Riyadhi]

okay, this thread will be dedicated to the malls of Riyadh as one of the members suggested in the other thread.

First, here's a list of the new malls,
Granada Center - C (2005) - 200,000 sq m
Hayat Mall - UC - 170,000 sq m
Salam Mall - C (2005) - 100,000 sq m
Riyadh Galleria - UC - 130,000 sq m
Panorama Mall - OH - 200,000 sq m
Khaimah Center - C (2005) - 50,000 sq m
Khurais Plaza - C(2004) - 60,000 sq m
Rimal Center - UC - 90,000 sq m
Azizia Mall - C - 66,000 sq m
Riyadh Avenue - UC - 80,000 sq m
Lee Mall - UC - 60,000 sq m
Centria Mall - UC (2006) - 80,000 sq m
Aqaria Mall 4 - UC (2007)- 100,000 sq m
Othaim Mall 2 - UC (2007)- 60,000 sq m
Othaim Mall 1 Expansion - UC - 90,000 sq m
Sahara Mall Expansion - C (2004) - 50,000 sq m
Ethra'a Mall - UC - 60,000 sq m
Bustan Center - A - 100,000 sq m
Bushra Center - C (2005) - 20,000 sq m
Venecia Center - UC - 50,000 sq m
Badiyadh Mall Expansion - 40,000 sq m
Swaidi Mall - A - 50,000 sq m
Royal Center - C (2005) - 60,000 sq m
Grand City Center - UC (2006) - 50,000 sq m
Najd Mall - ?? - ??????
Sadhan Hypermarket - UC (2007) - 66,560 sq m

Those new malls will add around 2,000,000 sq m (21,000,000 sq ft) of retail space in Riyahd.

I'll post photos, renders and more information later.

[Bahraini Spirit]

I wanted to calculate the space of all the malls but you did that. That's a lot of shoppin space for ya in one city.

[huit]

You missed the 3 Carrefours and the Faisalia Mall, Kingdom Mall and Al-Jazeerah and many other. Anyhow, nice effort!

There is at least one more HyperPanda (Azizia Mall) under-construction while a Hyper-Euromarche' is also under-construction somewhere.

[vc15nets]

Fasaliah Mall and Kingdom Center Mall need to be added to the list above. Also Shoula Mall and Akaira Mall.

[vc15nets]

Euromache and Géant arent malls but are massive hypermarkets located in mall-type shopping centers.

[Riyadhi]

The three Carrefours are there as parts of Granda Center, Lee Mall and Khaimah Center. The new HyperPanda is also part of Rimal Mall. The Euromarche is now known as Lee Mall and it is due to open in December I think.

As for Faisaliah and Kingdom Center, I meant to list the NEW malls of Riyadh. I will post a list of the older malls later.

[Riyadhi]

Riyadh OLDer malls,
Kingdom Mall
Faisaliyah Mall
Aqariah 1,2,3
Shoula Center
Olaya Mall
Andalus Mall
Riyadh Mall
Mousa Center
Nimir Center
Sahara Mall
Sahara Plaza
Nassir Center
Oruba Plaza
Tameer Center


Plus the ''Old Fashion'' centers like Oais, Taiba, Maaiqliaya, Riyadh Center etc...

[Riyadhi]

Bustan Mall

http://www.amjad.com.sa/webmaster/Projects%20images/large/img02.jpg
http://www.amjad.com.sa/webmaster/Projects%20images/large/imga4.jpg
http://www.amjad.com.sa/webmaster/Projects%20images/large/img05.jpg

[Riyadhi]

Ethraa Mall

http://www.ethra4.com/lineks/images/11.jpg

[Riyadhi]

Riyadh Avenue

http://www.arriyadhavenue.com/images/bldg.jpg

[Riyadhi]

Venicia Center

http://arab4up.com/File/1131444405.jpg

[Riyadhi]

Hayat Mall

http://arab4up.com/File/1131444508.jpg

[Riyadhi]

Riyadh Galleria

http://arab4up.com/File/1131444554.jpg

[Riyadhi]

Centria Mall

http://gulfconstructionworldwide.com/source/XXV/06/images/S-A0021.jpg

[Riyadhi]

Othaim Mall

http://www.othaim.com.sa/mall/IMAGES/mallnightview.jpg

[Riyadhi]

Royal Center

http://asmaasma.jeeran.com/image002.jpg
http://members.lycos.co.uk/adwan/up/ar/royal2.jpg
http://www.alriyadh.com/2005/07/07/img/077041.jpg

[Riyadhi]

Khurais Plaza

http://members.lycos.co.uk/adwan/up/ar/Khurais.jpg

[Skoulikimou]

Riyadh looks great :uh:

[huit]

Nice posts Riyadhi! Are you by any chance Skyfan? :D

[vc15nets]

Good Job Riyadhi! Thanks :) !

[Riyadhi]

Najd Mall

http://members.lycos.co.uk/adwan/up/ar/NajdMall.jpg

[Skoulikimou]

are they under construction ?

[Riyadhi]

Lee Mall

http://members.lycos.co.uk/adwan/up/ar/leemall.jpg

http://members.lycos.co.uk/adwan/up/ar/leemall2.jpg

[Skoulikimou]

ohh sorry i didnt see you first post :bash:

[Riyadhi]

Tameer Mall

http://www.arriyadh.com/Photos/modernRiya/megliyah-trade-center1.jpg

[Riyadhi]

Faisaliyah Center

http://www.arriyadh.com/Photos/modernRiya/commerce-center1.jpg

[Riyadhi]

Othaim Mall 2

http://members.lycos.co.uk/adwan/up/ar/Othaim21.jpg

http://members.lycos.co.uk/adwan/up/ar/Othaim22.jpg

[Gumnaam]

Tameer Mall

http://www.arriyadh.com/Photos/modernRiya/megliyah-trade-center1.jpg
Is it gonna build up by any Iranian construction company?

It resembles the Persian architecture.

[Gumnaam]

Some of the malls remind me of good old days.

We used to :runaway: from school and hang out in Azizia, Shoula or Akairia Mall and at lunch time eating something in KFC, Burger King, Murfy, Shawarma, Qasba ..... :D

[Riyadhi]

Aqaria 3 Center

http://members.lycos.co.uk/adwan/up/ar/aqaria.jpg

[Riyadhi]

Granada Center

http://members.lycos.co.uk/adwan/up/ar/granada1.jpg

http://members.lycos.co.uk/adwan/up/ar/granada2.jpg

[Riyadhi]

Is it gonna build up by any Iranian construction company?

It resembles the Persian architecture.

No, it was built in 2003 by a Saudi company called Al-Riyadh Tameer Co.

[huit]

Tameer Mall

http://www.arriyadh.com/Photos/modernRiya/megliyah-trade-center1.jpg

Where exactly in Riyadh is this Tameer Mall?? I've never been there...

[Riyadhi]

Kingdom Center

http://www.altoonporter.com/projects/international/kingdom_centre/_full1.jpg

http://www.altoonporter.com/projects/international/kingdom_centre/_full3.jpg

[Riyadhi]

Where exactly in Riyadh is this Tameer Mall?? I've never been there...

Dierah District..

[prsn41ife]

great lookin buildings, are the other malls that were computer animated under construction???

[*UofT*]

People really have no idea as to the economic clout of Riyadh, With close to 4.5 million people this is one of middle east's largest cities (GDP) wise. The sheer ecnomic prowess of Riyadh is very impressive!!, sad part is its no where close as to what it could be if its full potential is realized.

[Riyadhi]

great lookin buildings, are the other malls that were computer animated under construction???
Yes, all of the above are under construction except 'Najd Mall'. I'm not sure about it.

[Riyadhi]

Sadhan Mall

http://members.lycos.co.uk/adwan/up/ar/Sadhan1.jpg

http://members.lycos.co.uk/adwan/up/ar/Sadhan2.jpg

[Qatar4Ever]

najed mall is awesome. very different desing then the rest of them. many of htem seem to have a very similiar fell to them, probably by the same architect or construction company. when would most of them be ready ?

[Riyadhi]

You can see the completion dates of each mall at the first post..

[Riyadhi]

Pictures of the newly opened Granada Center in Riyadh,

http://www.travel4arab.com/photo/data/516/gornatamall05.jpg

http://www.travel4arab.com/photo/data/516/gornatamall06.jpg

http://www.travel4arab.com/photo/data/516/gornatamall07.jpg

http://www.travel4arab.com/photo/data/516/gornatamall08.jpg

http://www.travel4arab.com/photo/data/516/gornatamall09.jpg

http://www.travel4arab.com/photo/data/516/gornatamall10.jpg

http://www.travel4arab.com/photo/data/516/gornatamall11.jpg

[huit]

This was such a nice thread... thought I should revive it! :)

Source: http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=79406&d=19&m=3&y=2006&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom

‘Gigamalls’ and ‘Travelators’: Buzzwords of Future Shopping
K.S. Ramkumar, Arab News

JEDDAH, 19 March 2006 — Supermarkets are likely to be less frequented by families with the emergence of themed hypermarkets and so-called “gigamalls.” What investors in future malls aim to achieve is an integration of shopping services and various family activities.

Aside from local and international brand names spread throughout the different walkways and lanes, these new malls will be equipped with elevators, escalators and “travelators” (wide, step-less escalators that are magnetized to hold shopping carts in place on the incline) to ease the flow of shoppers through the different levels. These vertically oriented modes of transport will certainly promote shopping at upper levels in a country where shoppers generally prefer one-floor shopping.

These gigamalls will host international food courts with a wide variety of restaurants and fast-food outlets. And, of course, there will be exclusive children’s area for recreation and entertainment and even a cinema or a theater. In fact, most existing malls already provide some of these facilities, although not in a “giga” fashion.

Many new real estate entities are now in the business bringing together developers and investors to establish such malls. But why more malls when already so many exist. Don’t Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam and other major cities have enough of them?

“No, they don’t have enough malls,” says Mohammad I.B. Alawi, vice president of the United Properties Company (UPC). “Maybe certain areas or major roads are dotted with many malls, for example Jeddah’s Tahlia Road. But what about other city districts?” he said.

And that is why the UPC is seriously involved in establishing malls in different parts of cities and across the Kingdom. Established in 2004, the UPC, as a joint-venture partnership between the Savola Group and Old Mutual Properties of South Africa, has planned several major projects in eight Saudi cities in three years. They include Azizia Mall and Rimal Center in Riyadh, and Jamea Plaza, which recently opened, and Roshan Mall in Jeddah. The UPC’s shopping mall projects involve an investment exceeding SR3.5 billion.

“Our growth as a company is more than what we expected. This is because we offer a full package of solutions for property developers and investors. Our package involves feasibility studies, market research and financing, especially from banks,” Alawi said.

Six years ago, there were no professional property developers. “The trend in vogue is a collective effort between professional real estate solution providers as well as developers and investors,” he said.

Among the trendsetters are many new professional companies that are entering the market. “They are making the business highly competitive across the country where there is a huge demand for residential, office, commercial and retail complexes, and shopping malls,” Alawi said.

The Kingdom’s total retail space is 60 percent below the needs of its consumers, he pointed out. The strong growth witnessed in the real estate sector has obviously increased land prices. “In Jeddah, for instance, prices on the King Road have gone up by 100 percent and those on King Fahd Road tripled in the past two years,” he said.

Galloping land prices are a major reason why future shopping malls will be in sky-rise buildings. “Basement shopping is not preferred by women and so the malls have to go upward,” he adds.

The trend so far is that most families prefer one floor or at best two-floor shopping. However, customer behavior is changing. The provision of the food court and children’s entertainment areas on upper floors is changing shopping habits too. Families especially are looking for an outing that will involve shopping and dining, and children’s recreation. It’s against the background of this growing need that future shopping malls will offer all these plus a cinema or a theater.

“Our aim is to achieve sustainable projects that respect the environment, reduce the life cycle cost and add to the beauty of the built-environment. We find ways to optimize the design by innovative, practical and cost-effective solutions,” he elaborates.

Among the UPC’s upcoming projects this year are Sharaiah Mall in Makkah and Jubail Mall in Jubail. In 2007, the UPC plans to open Salam Mall in Makkah, Aliat Al-Madinah Mall in Madinah, Yanbu Mall in Yanbu, Dammam Corniche and Dammam Central in Dammam, Tabuk Mall in Tabuk, Khamis Mushayt Mall in Khamis Mushayt and Salboukh Mall in Riyadh. Its projects in 2008 include Aqaria Mall in Riyadh and Andalusia in Jeddah.

The UPC has enjoyed an unprecedented growth since its establishment. Its portfolio now exceeds 1.3 million square meters.

“This activity in the national marketplace provides us with unrivaled market intelligence on new developments, tenants and trends in the property industry. We call this process ‘knowledge management’ and each of our clients benefits from this as we bring to bear our expertise to enhance every aspect of their investments,” he said.

Company services include design, development management, shopping mall management, market research, leasing and tenant mix, mall marketing, property management, accounting and financial services and management facilities.

“The real estate market outlook for the current and coming years is excellent. The boom is set to continue in the next five years with an investment of SR10 billion. Over the next 10 years, the total investment will exceed SR50 billion,” Alawi said.