Doha Festival City
دوحة فستيفال سيتي
The location of the Doha Festival City.
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 (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 map
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IKEA Qatar
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Monoprix Hypermarket
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South Food Court
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North Food Court
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Snow Dunes
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Angry Birds World Park

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 the first fully certified sustainable mall in Qatar (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

  1. 1 2 3 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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