Red Sea Mall

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Red Sea Mall
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Red Sea Mall 1 Jeddah.jpg
Mall interior
Red Sea Mall
Location Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Coordinates 21°37′40″N39°06′40″E / 21.62778°N 39.11111°E / 21.62778; 39.11111
Opening dateMarch, 2008 [1]
Developer SEDCO Holding
No. of anchor tenants 4
Total retail floor area 242,000 m2 (2,600,000 sq ft)
No. of floors3
ParkingUnderground, parking Lot and parking garage
Website redseamall.com
Inside view Red Sea Mall2.JPG
Inside view

The Red Sea Mall is a shopping mall located in the northern suburb of Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The mall is located on the western side of the King Abdulaziz Road (طريق الملك عبدالعزيز) between the King Abdulaziz International Airport and the Red Sea coast. It covers approximately 242,200 square meters of built area. [2] There is a hotel attached to it called "Elaf Jeddah". The mall's main facilities are a Danube supermarket, Sparky's Games City, Virgin Megastore and Jeddah's first cinema; the VOX cinema. The cinema has 12 halls: six standard, three gold, one Imax, one kid, and one VIP. Upon opening, it had both the biggest indoor water fountain and the largest glass covered area in Saudi Arabia. [1] Some restaurants inside the mall include Applebee's, P.F. Chang, Texas Roadhouse, Five Guys, Shake Shack, McDonald's, Burger King, KFC, Al Baik, and Nando's.

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Layout and design

The basic design is a curved building (120°) with the main entrance in the center of the inner curve leading to a set of central courts. [3]

Awards

In 2018, Red Sea Mall has won several awards in the GCC,[ clarification needed ] Africa, and Middle East Business Excellence Awards. Some of the awards won are: Red Sea Mall Cup, ICSC Foundation Award, The Best Shopping Center of the Year for the ITAAM project that was aimed at reducing the waste of food and utilization of the leftover, non-used food by distributing it to the needy, the productive families campaign, and much more. [4] [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Arab News, March 7th 2008
  2. Red Sea Mall Homepage
  3. Batley Partners, description of the proposed building
  4. "Red Sea Mall wins five excellence awards". Arab News. 2018-10-23. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  5. "Red Sea Mall Jeddah wins 2 coveted awards". Saudi Gazette. 2018-11-04. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  6. "New Era of Opportunity" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-11-12.