Al wasl development

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Al wasl development is a mixed-use development in planning stages. The development will span over an area of 600,000 sq ft (56,000 m2) in the locality of Al Wasl in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Mixed-use development Type of urban development strategy

Mixed-use development or often simply Live-work space is a type of urban development strategy for living spaces (housing) that blends residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, or entertainment uses, where those functions are physically and functionally integrated, and that provides pedestrian connections. Mixed-use development can take the form of a single building, a city block, or entire neighbourhoods. The term may also be used more specifically to refer to a mixed-use real estate development project—a building, complex of buildings, or district of a town or city that is developed for mixed-use by a private developer, (quasi-) governmental agency, or a combination thereof.

Al Wasl is a locality in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The locality is located in western Dubai, between the first and second interchanges of route E 11. Al Wasl is a residential community and is bordered to the north by Jumeirah, to the south by Business Bay, to west by Al Safa and to the east by Al Satwa.

Dubai Metropolis in United Arab Emirates

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The development when completed will include eight 32-floor apartments, serviced apartments, and a five-star hotel, which will be operated by the prominent chain.[ who? ] One of the residential towers will house a 500-room hotel and will host 500 serviced apartments. Out of eight residential towers, two towers will be for commercial use and the remaining will be residential.

The development also includes the malls, which will cover a total of 240,000 sq ft. The mall is named Zabeel Mall and is expected to be built on an area of 1.5 million sq ft, including two basement floors. The mall upon completion will have a food court, coffee shops, eight restaurants, entertainment centre, eight-screen cinema, entertainment complex, and around 280 retail stores. The whole development is[ when? ] in planning stages. The Zabeel mall and Royal mall are already under construction. The duration period of Al Wasl city is 30 months with a total cost of AED 2.1 billion.

Shopping mall complex of shops

A shopping mall is a modern, chiefly North American, term for a form of shopping precinct or shopping center, in which one or more buildings form a complex of shops representing merchandisers with interconnecting walkways that enable customers to walk from unit to unit. A shopping arcade is a specific type of shopping precinct which is usually distinguished in English for mall shopping by the fact that connecting walkways are not owned by a single proprietor and are in open air. Shopping malls in 2017 accounted for 8% of retailing space in the United States.

Food court indoor plaza or common area within a facility that provides a common area for self-serve dinner

A food court is generally an indoor plaza or common area within a facility that is contiguous with the counters of multiple food vendors and provides a common area for self-serve dinner.

The United Arab Emirates dirham, also known as simply the Emirati dirham, is the currency of the United Arab Emirates. The term dirham is officially abbreviated "AED", while unofficial abbreviations include "DH" or "Dhs.". The dirham is subdivided into 100 fils (فلس).

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