Vishaal de Mal

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Vishaal de Mal
Vishaal de Mal
Location Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates 9°56′17″N78°08′10″E / 9.938108°N 78.136155°E / 9.938108; 78.136155 Coordinates: 9°56′17″N78°08′10″E / 9.938108°N 78.136155°E / 9.938108; 78.136155
AddressGokhale Rd, Chockikulam, Madurai
Opening dateApril, 2012 [1]
DeveloperR. Ilankovan, CMD, Vishaal Promoters Pvt Ltd
ArchitectMayilvahanan
No. of stores and services200
Total retail floor area 220,000 sq ft (20,000 m2) [1]
No. of floors4
Website www.vishaaldemal.com

Vishaal de Mal is a shopping mall in the city of Madurai, Tamil Nadu. It is the 20th large format mall in southern Tamil Nadu and the city's first integrated multi-utility mall.

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About the mall

The Rs.75 crores project, which took more than two years to complete, has a gross leasable area of 220,000 square feet (20,000 m2). [1] The mall has a 10,000 square feet (930 m2) play area with games like dashing cars and bowling. It has a 12,000 square feet (1,100 m2) food court, which includes Marybrown. The mall houses department stores, apparel and jewelry shops.

The mall houses has India's first 7D+ experience theater.

The mall has another theater with five Inox screens with a total capacity of 1302 (the screens have 166, 178, 350, 318, and 290 seats respectively). It has a parking capacity of about 150 cars.

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