Emaar, one of Dubai’s master developers, is set to open the Expo City Mall early next year. The mall will feature over 190 retail and food and beverage (F&B) outlets and over 1,000 parking spaces with a gross leasable area of 385,000 sqft. It will be located in Expo City Dubai, which is designed to be a 15-minute city, offering a wide range of activities and amenities for residents, including 10km of cycling tracks, a 5km running track, children’s playgrounds, 45,000 sqm of parks and gardens, and access to educational and cultural institutions, entertainment venues, office buildings, recreational facilities, dining options, and event spaces.
The upcoming mall will be accessible through Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road, Expo Road, Jebel Ali Road, and Dubai Metro to support the high volume of visitors expected to visit the site. The mall will be a major attraction and shopping destination for people exploring the Expo City, as the site is set to be a major tourist and MICE (Meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions) destination in the coming years, with millions of people expected to visit.
Part of Emaar’s South masterplan, the upcoming mall will cater to over 5,000 residential units located in the close vicinity and around 400,000 residences within 8km distances. A number of new residential projects are coming up in the area as the population of Dubai South continues to expand. Recently, two new sustainable developments, Expo Valley and Expo Central, were launched to meet the growing demand.
The upcoming mall will be smaller than Emaar’s other shopping malls, such as The Dubai Mall and Dubai Hills Mall. However, it will be a significant addition to the retail landscape of Dubai and is expected to attract shoppers from all over the world.
In addition to shopping, the site offers many other experiences. Alif – The Mobility Pavilion and Terra – The Sustainability Pavilion, two of the site’s attractions, started receiving visitors on September 1, and visitors are required to purchase tickets to access these pavilions. The Garden in the Sky, the rotating observation deck, is another attraction that costs Dh30 per ride.
The Expo City Dubai site covers an area of 4.38 square kilometers and is located near the Al Maktoum International Airport. The site recently hosted the Dubai Expo 2020, which was a six-month-long event that concluded on March 31, 2022. The event recorded more than 24.1 million visits, making it one of the most successful World Expos ever held.
The upcoming Expo City Mall is set to be a major attraction and shopping destination for people visiting the Expo City Dubai site, with a wide range of retail and F&B outlets and other activities available. The mall will cater to the growing population of Dubai South, which is expected to expand further in the coming years with new residential projects being launched in the area. The site is set to be a major tourist and MICE destination in the coming years, with millions of people expected to visit.