The project - 3600 Kuwait - is located at the intersection of the airport highway and Sixth Ring Road, making it one of the strategic locations in the city.
The developer, Tamdeen SCD, is looking at creating one of the largest and most exciting retail and leisure destinations in the centre of Kuwait. "The mall will be a modern interpretation of the traditional designs and echo many of the architectural features of the region" said Mr. Marzooq Al Marzooq, Chairman of Tamdeen SCD. "The materials, colours and environmental graphics have all been carefully chosen to deliver the experience of travel through time and space" explained Mr. Al Marzooq.
The design and architecture were inspired by the Arab tradition of navigation by the stars and history of planetary studies and was named "3600 Kuwait" to reflect the unique curvilinear shape of the building and the interior circular concourses.
3600 Kuwait brings to the a market a leasable area of approximately 60,000 square meters and incorporates features such as a hypermarket, a number of department anchor stores and a wide range of specialty stores from fashion apparel for men, women and children, footwear, jewelry, accessories, fragrances and cosmetics, to electronics, toys and products for the home The shopping centre also has a large dedicated food and entertainment area, a 15-screen luxury cineplex and an IMAX theatre in addition to food court restaurants, cafes, a bowling area. Separate entertainment facilities for teenagers and families will complete the entertainment offer. Construction on the project begins March 2006 and completion is expected by autumn 2008.
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40 million Kuwaiti Dinars to build the new face of shopping centres in Kuwait
- Kuwait: Tuesday, March 28 - 2006 at 09:48
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Tamdeen Shopping Centre Development Company (Tamdeen SCD), a subsidiary of Tamdeen Real Estate and a company specializing in the development, leasing and management of shopping centres, announced today that Ahmediah Contracting & Trading Company was awarded the 40 Million Kuwaiti Dinar construction contract for the exciting new development in the South Surra area.
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About Tamdeen Shopping Center Development Company (K.S.C.C.)A subsidiary of Tamdeen Real Estate Company (KSE:TAM), Tamdeen Shopping Centre Development is a closed shareholding company established in March 2005 with a capital of KD30 million (USD 103 million) as a company specialized in the development, leasing and management of shopping centres.
Current operations include the management and potential re-development of the highly successful Al Fanar Shopping Centre in Salmiya. Other operations include the recently opened Fahaheel Waterfront Project (also called the Al Kout Waterfront Project and is currently redeveloping the neighbouring Al Manshar Complex. Together both developments will help the company to develop the town centre of Fahaheel in a multi phased project called 'Madinat Al Fahaheel' (Arabic for Fahaheel City).
This town centre would become one of the largest mixed use developments in Kuwait with a footprint of over 300,000 square meters. In addition, the company is actively pursuing new locations to create different types of mall formats across Kuwait. The cornerstone for each project will be to create shopping centres that become a meeting point for the community and surpass every consumer expectation.
'360o Kuwait' located in South Surra and will have a gross leasable area (GLA) of around 60,000 square meters. This project will start construction soon and is expected to open by late 2008. The company is also developing a new mega shopping centre. The mega mall is named 'The Mall of Kuwait' with a massive GLA of 130,000 square meters. This is located South Sabahiya and will open its doors to the public in 2009.
For more information, please contact:
Muath Al Roumi
Marketing and Public Relations Director
Tamdeen Shopping Centre Development
Tel: 572 0329
Fax: 572 0327
Hala Y. Sharara
Bates PanGulf Public Relations
Exclusive partner in the Middle East of Burson-Marsteller
Tel: +965-2411676
Fax: +965-2492644
Posted by Anne-Birte Stensgaard, Senior News EditorTuesday, March 28 - 2006 at 09:48 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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This article was updated on Thu Aug 17 2006.
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