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Muscat: MAF Shopping Malls, the region's leading shopping mall developer, plans to open a second City Centre in Muscat at the city's heart of business district in Qurum by October this year.
The fit out of the Carrefour hypermarket, the single largest store occupying 12,552 square metres, has begun. "The start of the fit-out process at Carrefour, the main anchor store of the centre, marks an essential and effective step towards developing this project on time," said Ebrahim Al Qasimi, spokesperson for Qurum City Centre.
The Qurum City Centre will be the first mall of its kind in the Qurum commercial area, and will include strong representation in key categories from upmarket retailers in various segments, such as fashion, food and beverage, and other convenience and service sectors."
"Building the infrastructure is one of the most challenging phases in any development. We are working on providing the highest quality of infrastructure to meet the demands of this project by implementing the highest standards possible," Al Qasimi said.
Another major store making its debut in the country at the Qurum City Centre is the famed international retailer H&M spread across 771 square metres. The centre will also feature 74 retail outlets spread over a gross leasable area of 20,600 square metres, 1,200 parking spaces, a designated food court and convenient access to and from the mall. The Qurum City Centre promises to be the new hub of central Muscat.
MAF Shopping Malls is the region's leading shopping mall developer with an established network of operating centres in the Middle East and North Africa. The company is part of MAF Properties, one of the major operating subsidiaries of the Majid Al Futtaim Group.
It has seven operating centres totalling over 500,000 square metres of gross leasable area, including four centres in the UAE, two in Egypt and one in Oman. MAF Shopping Malls deals with over 1,200 retailers across the globe and its centres draw combined foot traffic of over 90 million shoppers annually.
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