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Doha Festival City

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Doha Festival City
دوحة فستيفال سيتي
The location of the Doha Festival City
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LocationUmm Salal, Doha, Qatar
Coordinates25°23′06″N 51°26′32″E / 25.3850°N 51.4422°E / 25.3850; 51.4422
Opening date5 April 2017; 7 years ago (2017-04-05)[1]
OwnerAl Futtaim Company
No. of stores and services500+
No. of floors2
Public transit accessDoha Festival City bus stop.
WebsiteDoha Festival City website
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Doha Festival City is a 600,000 square metres (6,500,000 sq ft) shopping mall based in Qatar, owned by Bawabat Al Shamal Real Estate W.L.L (BASREC), with 240,000 square metres (2,600,000 sq ft) of leasable space,[1] it is the largest operating mall in Qatar as of 2018 operated by Al Futtaim.[1] Located north of the capital Doha in Umm Salal Mohammed,[2] near the Al Shamal highway [3]

Currently home to IKEA it is home to over 200 international brands,[4] and the world's largest Monoprix Hypermarket.[5] It is also home to the Middle East's first NBA Store.[6]

Doha Festival City is a destination with a world-class entertainment complex, and will be home to indoor and outdoor attractions unique to Qatar. This comprehensive mix of entertainment – from Qatar’s first VOX 4D cinema complex with 18 digital screens[7] to an Outdoor Leisure Trail space for exercise and cycling – is designed to appeal to all ages.[8]

Doha Festival City is Qatar's first fully certified sustainable mall (Certification by GORD), receiving a 3-star GSAS Design & Build certification by the Gulf Organization for Research and Development (GORD).[9]

The mall was built at a cost of QR6 billion (~$1.6 billion), and opened on 5 April 2017.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Aguilar, Joey (5 April 2017). "Qatar's 'largest mall' Doha Festival City opens". Gulf Times.
  2. ^ Dipti Nair (21 March 2017). "Doha Festival City to open on April 5". Qatar Tribune. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Doha Festival City". www.dohafestivalcity.com. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  4. ^ "Doha Festival City". www.dohafestivalcity.com. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  5. ^ "World's largest Monoprix Hypermarket makes Official Debut at Doha Festival City". www.dohafestivalcity.com. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  6. ^ "First official NBA Store in the Middle East opens in Qatar". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  7. ^ "Doha Festival City Bringing VOX Cinemas to Qatar for the First Time". www.dohafestivalcity.com. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  8. ^ "Outdoor Leisure Trail". www.dohafestivalcity.com. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  9. ^ "Doha Festival City honoured with top global environmental certification". I Love Qatar. 9 January 2019.
  10. ^ Scott, Victoria (20 March 2017). "Five things to know about the upcoming Doha Festival City". Doha News.
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