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Al-Futtaim’s under-construction Festival Plaza, backed by the developer of Dubai Festival City Mall, will open in December 2019. The 6.48ha project is due to serve the upcoming Wasl Gate community in Dubai.
Substructure work is complete for the project, with superstructure work “well under way”. Leasing work has also begun for the property, with almost 80% of its retail space already secured.
According to its listing page on ProTenders, Festival Plaza has Bauer involved as enabling works contractor, with Al Futtaim Engineering Company working as its mechanical, electrical, and plumbing contractor. Aecom is providing quantity surveying services for the project, Festival Plaza’s ProTenders profile shows.
Among the retail brands expected at Festival Plaza are hardware store Ace and Swedish furniture giant Ikea. The latter’s 3ha outlet at Festival Plaza will be Dubai’s second Ikea store, with Lulu Hypermarket also announced as the mall’s supermarket.
Additionally, 2,310 parking spaces, 120 stores, 40 cafés and restaurants, and a 500-seat food court will be developed within Festival Plaza, according to a report by Arabian Business.