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Qatar's 8km Long Shopping Mall Coming to Doha
Shopaholics get ready! Qatar is going to get a new shopping mall that's a whopping 8km's long! That's right, 900,000m2 of glorious floor space. Thats the equivalent of 110 football fields.
The Barwa Commercial Avenue is going to cost US $1.7bn (over QR6bn) and is expected to finish mid 2012. The project will be built by German firm Hochtief Construction and will also include offices and residential space.
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novita77 said
And I bet it will have ...And I bet it will have Starbucks, Coffee Bean, Mothercare, Carrefour, Next, Mango, River Island, Body Shop and the list goes on.
With less than 2 million people living in the country, who will visits these shops?
Alexa said
Ah well....the usual I ...Ah well....the usual I suppose.... but then again, maybe not?
There is always hope......as God helps those who help themselves
reviprakash said
qatar is growing very ...qatar is growing very fastly.......all the best
novita77 said
At least somewhere else to ...At least somewhere else to go in Doha ...
tallg said
Sometimes you just can't ...Sometimes you just can't help thinking that this country has it's priorities wrong. Oh well, whatever floats your boat I guess.
Shall we run a sweepstake on how far past 'mid 2012' the actual completion date will be?
QatarKiwi said
Wow, fantastic, finally ...Wow, fantastic, finally somewhere to do some shopping in Doha!
Must agree with Tallg though, I will place my bet on "unforseen delays" until 2013 (and a 1/2)
Vivo Bonito said
i guess these floor spaces ...i guess these floor spaces are intended for the businesses currently stood in Doha Jadeed... since Doha jadeed area in the brink for demolition... upon transfering them thereafter, another set of works is planned for Old Doha town facelift.
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edifis said
Then one day there will be ...Then one day there will be more shops in Doha than the entire population of Qatar. Then all shops will have one dedicated customer- the shopkeeper himself!
There will be "customer cum shopkeeper service"
and "May I/You help You/me"
And Bob the customer will bargain with Bob the shopkeeper!
ajjuizcool said
spaces ...i agree with vivo.. i believe that they have already started to give away the tokens for the shops..
popcorngirl said
Instead of spending ...shit loads of money on yet another boring Mall for the elite and rich; why don't they build something for the workers that are are building this crazy country?
fishermanalex said
When is the family day will ...When is the family day will be ????!!!!!!
LoooooL
dweller said
Is this ...going to incorporate the much vaunted air conditioned cycle track I wonder. It may be essential for shoppers to get around in one day.
Tallg. I wouldn't bother opening a sweepstake on the completion date. People could be too old to spend any winnings.
britexpat said
It is a mixed development ...It is a mixed development comprising commercial complexes, showrooms and homes. It is envisaged that there will be around 600 retail units and about 850 residential units and offices.
Thee will also be food courts, restaurants and malls. It will probably be delayed to :)
Eco-savvy said
All the malls in Qatar are unworthy unless you bring ...Kinokuniya
novita77 said
kinokuniya and borders ...kinokuniya and borders please ....
qatarisun said
popcorngirl ...popcorngirl, barwa has just finished their project 'barwa housing' to accommodate low-income families. now a big housing project in industrial area for the labours is under construction... barwa is everywhere now! not only Doha, but also Spain, Dubai, Morocco, London, Moscow... all over the world.. :)
Another mall+offices+residential units from barwa are coming in the mid 2012 in doha downtown .. Qatar is growing.. I only hope they will improve the infrastructure, especially roads and parkings, around all these monsters..
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popcorngirl said
qatarisun ...Glad to hear that.
notfromhere said
Yippee ...But I won't be here by the time it's finished.
Oh wait....that's what I said about the Asian Games too :-(
InshaAllah
Blue moon said
malls malls malls ! arhh!! ...malls malls malls ! arhh!! isnt there anything else on their list?
shoeaddict said
jane01 ...ummmm,,,time to get myself prepped for a long day of shopping...hope my nike shox doesnt fail me this time.lol
qatarisun said
blue moon, ...yes, blue moon, there IS something else in their list, and this was mentioned as well: Offices and Residential units.
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SolidSnake9 said
there will be 10 mothercare, ...there will be 10 mothercare, 10 Next, 10 Mc Donalds, 10 Starbucks in it. and don't forget 5 Carrefours..
Scarlett said
ahh PLEASE ...someone tell them to build adequate parking!!! Ohh and access TO the parking!!
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gadarene said
whooopee!!...the most ...whooopee!!...the most pressing need in Qatar right now...ANOTHER shopping mall...because of course the rest is in place isn't it?...like healthcare...we have a total of ONE big hospital that's hopelessly short of beds,doctors & nurses to take care of the population that's growing every day. Then there's public transport,buses that cover all major parts of Qatar & taxis that are available when one needs them & NOT 6 hours later & of course the numerous multi-storey car parks that dot the crowded areas of the city to ease the parking shortage...now since we have all of these essentials in place...we need that 8km. long shopping mall...because the mango's & starbucks in the already existing 5 malls aren't enough right?...so much for 'thinking ahead'...
mallrat said
♥shoe♥ ...♥shoe♥
.what is the color of ur shox? mine is yellow & choc brown:)
i use my birkey for malling.
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hope im still in this country by 2012(opening of this huge mall)
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glecs said
equivalent to 110 football ...equivalent to 110 football field? that's huge! i just wish there would be at least equivalent to 10 football field parking space.
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aviduser said
Ummm ...You know this is right out by the industrial area right ?
I thought is was primarily an outlet for a redesigned industrial area/Salwa Road.
Obviously that is the plan the reality will be a massive area with no parking and after a year the surface of the roads will have enormous pot holes and and will look like it's been there 50 years as no one will bother to maintain it.
You can actually see the fact it has no parking by the fact it's bordered on both sides by roads.
Isn't there a plan that his road will lead down the E ring and take the strain off Salwa with most of that being redeveloped.
That's if there is any money to do it.
nicaq25 said
great news, but ...will the bachelors can get in this time? DO they have family day too?
fadiserhal said
Well here how it goes! #1 ...Well here how it goes!
#1 They will make the toilets too small to the point that u will run home to enter one!
#2 No Pay phones.
#3 They will forget to open a Cinema & Kids gaming zone & they will launch the project later which they will say it will finish in 2013 but it will only end in 2019
#4 They will fill it with signs (The rule of 2002 says No Smoking) people will use them to lean over while smoking!
#5 they will build an open air ice skating which will freeze the shit out of us!
#6 they will have family days on Weekends!
#7 They will have taxis all over the entrances & car lifts as well...
& the list goes on...
Cheers,
Fadi
trio said
Money is Talking ...whatever the size gonna be,we'll still have a topic called "things you can't buy (or find) in Qatar. n totally agree with Solidsnake9 & Fadi.I would prefer a winter sports complex or something like that instead of shopping malls.like monkeys;banana,banana and banana.they never fed up.whats the difference for God's sake?
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Stone Cold said
Certaintly they will need ...Certaintly they will need people to fill up these malls for economics reasons, and having said so will be at the mercy of foreign expatriates and tourists. Given the prolong current recession, soon it will be another Dubai. Qatar needs to work hard to ensure things works out as planned. And when the buying stops, the malls will vanish.
Blue moon said
Qatarisun, am aware of ...Qatarisun, am aware of Barwa's other projects. I meant more on the Entertainment part. I thought we have enough of malls at the moment. Maybe something else would be great. Something like a nice big entertainment park? anything else...
qatarisun said
trio, are you sure it won't ...trio, are you sure it won't be "a winter sports complex or something like that" inside of this mixed development?
aviduser, i am pretty sure some 4-7 storey parking is included into this complex...
you guys just hear "Mall" and make the assumptions.. but the term of 'Mall' is much wider than only Zara, H&M and Starbucks... It also could be a SPA, a Movie theatre, some “winter complex”, "Wonderland", and God knows what else they might come up with.. so just wait and see..
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Blue moon said
well, i hope thats what ...well, i hope thats what happens :)
tallg said
The point people are making ...The point people are making QS is that so far all the malls they've come up with have been carbon copies of each other. If they come up with something new then great, but no-one really expects them to.
m_yasin said
Barwa project ...heey QL's i work in that project :) and BTW we are signing the contract today, the big party is today :D
the BCA project is due to 2012 and i hope we will finish on time since we r already ahead of plan!!!!!
rockduke said
is there a place.. ...for UKAY UKAY ADDICTS????
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fubar said
Tallg, this 'mall' will be ...Tallg, this 'mall' will be different.
Firstly, it's *in* the industrial area, across the road from a Mowasalat bus station, car repair yards, laborer accomodation...
I have difficulty believing that it will be a 'mall' like Villagio or City Center. More likely, it is just 'commercial' space - wholesale and retail outlets focused on industrial clients.
But if talk about a new mall gets people excited, then go for it.
tallg said
In that case - Yay, a new ...In that case - Yay, a new 'mall' that's going to be different from the others! I'm so excited.
Lovable40 said
Great .... ...Oh great!!! Another place where bachelors couldn't enter ... and additional traffic congestion ...
amnesia said
It's great that there are ...It's great that there are more choices in Qatar. If Qatar is to grow it needs to be in the news more often and sometimes that means that it needs to have grand structures.
Education City
Energy City
Sports City
Shopping City :P
Theres a very nice variation of projects in my opinion.
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deedee said
Sorry ...but I don't plan on going there. I just drove by there this morning (Had to end my own personal boycott of Industrial Area and take my car in for a repair) and it is HUGE! Goes on and on forever. BUT it took me 90 minutes to get home. Way too long of a drive.
britexpat said
amnesia.. ...I like your thinking..
there could be a :
Food City
Extremely expensive designers city
and ofcourse
China Doll City :)
garcia20 said
Why not concentrate on a ...Why not concentrate on a more affordable housing project because affordable housing means more shopping opportunity. :)
amnesia said
On a side note, this was ...On a side note, this was mentioned on ILQ in October 2008.
http://iloveqatar.ne...
(This is an actual source link so I hope the QL admin doesn't think that it's 'marketing' :P)
You can find some additional photos.
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amnesia said
/-a-t-/garcia, barwa IS .../-a-t-/garcia, barwa IS doing three housing projects. They have a lot of different projects.
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Pinoy_simcard said
It's just an another proof ...It's just an another proof that Qatar is a recession proof country.
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Pinoy_simcard ...No one is recession proof! Sorry.
miillee said
yo m ready ... its amazing ...yo m ready ... its amazing ;)
groover5320681 said
with this huge mall, i need ...with this huge mall, i need to ask my boss for a 10x salary increase for my shopping budget... :p
ngourlay said
Nice. It'll never happen. ...Nice. It'll never happen. Like the underground football stadium and air-conditioned cycling track.
Given the sloth of the locals, I can't imagine many people walking briskly for an hour and a half to visit shops at each end. It's obvious people would drive. Do you think that will be taken into account when planning the roads???
Can I suggest one improvement? They build a hill in the middle and theme it as an alpine village. Qatar needs more hills.
Victory_278692 said
Competing with DUBAI MALL....good effort! ...Do this mall will have indoor Running Tracks for early morning Joggers (considering 9 months of hot sunny climate)!
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I am being invited .... ...to today's contaract sigining party....:)
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vinodnair01 said
hope they made just two nice parks for children ...i wish rather than this mall they made just 2 decent public parks for children ,with cycling area , 2 small football grounds a nice skating area , one volley ball court, one basket ball court , lots of tress, well maitained grass, umm i think i drink too much cofee this morning
fubar said
Ngourlay: If you read what's ...Ngourlay: If you read what's written on the Barwa website, the development is 8km long. It will contain malls. It doesn't say that the development will be an 8km long mall.
The Barwa press release also talks up the residential component of the development, describing the residents as 'elite'.
Wow... I wish I was 'elite' enough to live in the industrial area.
Actually the press release has a lot of great lines:
"The QR 4 billion investment Barwa is making in this project is a direct response to the shortage of office space suffered in the country because of influx of private business organisations in Qatar."
Where to begin... shortage of office space? Because all the towers in West Bay are full? Influx of private businesses to Qatar? Riiiight...
"Barwa Commercial Avenue is in the centre of all business owing to its key location that has been carefully studied and deemed to suit the needs of local, regional and international entrepreneurs."
It's in the Industrial Area. It would take about an hour to get to West Bay in normal traffic, and you call this 'the centre of all business'?
"Commercial Avenue is also to feature impressive shopping malls, housing top retail names and brands. Specialist shops are to be set up in the area to cater to the needs of the elite occupants."
Hahaha.. Elite occupants. The Pearl be damned, apparently. The hip crowd is moving to the Industrial area.
"The arrival of international investors in Qatar only means they will find investments such Barwa Commercial Avenue appealing and a major determinant in their decision to invest in Qatar."
Is that sentence supposed to mean something? And what, pray tell, are investors coming to Qatar now for??
"A solution that will draw in Business Tourists"
That, boys and girls, is what we call an oxymoron.
amnesia said
/-a-t-/fubar, I'm so glad .../-a-t-/fubar, I'm so glad that someone read it :P
In regards to office space, I imagine it's probably going to be affordable compared to westbay.
/-a-t-/nigel, it's already started a while back. You're right though, I want more hills!
there was another article way back if I remember which said that the plan is to update the industrial area to make it state of the art of along those lines.
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amnesia said
oh one other thing is that I ...oh one other thing is that I hope it's not going to have houses on either side of the strip! The combination of some residential areas (which limits commercial expansion) is always an issue here.
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Pikey said
Well more retail units will ...Well more retail units will mean more Lebanese and Phlipino retal assiatance. More UK, US outlets will I assume all will be happy except the poor labourers who build these complexes only to be deneid entry when they are complete..
dmigtysolomon said
That's why they can not afford to lose..... ...expatriates here in this region. Who will patronize these malls? Look at Dubai Malls now, no shoppers!
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fubar said
Dmighty, I enjoy the peace ...Dmighty,
I enjoy the peace and tranquility that can only be found in a Dubai mall.
No one in your way, just empty corridors as far as the eye can see. It's like a desert island holiday because you know you won't run into anyone.
Apple said
well said PIKEY ...your comments for the labourers are very heart touching. *sigh*
Victory_278692 said
Huge mall less congested, huge parking area with ...a biggest aquarium and Ice Rink size of an olympic football ground....that's define Dubai mall....
atif242 said
Ohh God ...Its very happy news that we are getting that long SHOPPING MALL but are they doing something to reduce OBESITY by making that long mall. WTH????
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But why they are not concenterating on FAMILY PARKS. We really need these parks as found in U.A.E.
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Who gave them such dumb ideas to prefer MALLS on PARKS.
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fubar said
Because parks COST money, ...Because parks COST money, malls MAKE money.
lostindoha said
im working at BCA... hehehe!!! ...about the parking.. no problem.. the parking is almost 8kilometers long.. the whole basement is parking area.. the building is 25m accross in the basement areas.. not to the mention the parking areas outside the building.. parking wont be a problem(i hope). and the building is not totally be comprised of shops, restaurants and botiques.. there will be offices and apartments also.. but i dont know if it fits the category to be called a "mall".. its more of commercial center..
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alhappydude said
simply.... ...LOOL…some of you people are truly raciest, talking about it as if your countries better!! Or as if you know better! Most knows that the life style they get here they only see it on posters or TV back in their countries. Anyway as simple as this…If you don’t like it or enjoy it...you know what to do…:)
Richierich said
Its more like a shop ...Its more like a shop row!.not mall.
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tallg said
???? /-a-t-/ alhappydude ...???? /-a-t-/ alhappydude
fubar said
You're right, ...You're right, alhappydude.
In their home countries, most asian laborers only see people living 20 to a room with no running water or air conditioning during summer on tv.
And then they come to Qatar and experience it for themselves.
aviduser said
This is not a mall ...It will become the new Salwa road when traffic is diverted down there when that road is dug up and renewed. It's in the middle of bloody no where, no one will open a boutique in that area.
How busy are the boutiques down the Pearl, I bet they are kicking themselves for not opening down Souk Waqif, it was packed last night never seen anything like it.
Will the Pearl EVER be that busy ? Will it ever generate that sort of atmosphere ?
Qatar right now does seem to be in a bit of a predicament, they have loads of money so they can keep building more and more projects yet they are unable to actually hire enough people to actually want to live, work or shop in what they are building.
alhappydude said
Fubar, I didnt mean poor ...Fubar,
I didnt mean poor asian laborers, Those i feel sorry for as well..believe it or not, But lets not forget that this is a sort of BUSINESS mentality which i dont agree with and wasnt invented here...
I was speaking about others who knows how is it back home and how is it for them here and still full of ARROGANCE :)
_noms_ said
2012?? most projects delay ...2012?? most projects delay for unpredicted reasons..!
8kms is ofcourse huge mall but then..as mentioned it wont be all for shopping...!
again the repeated brands...gosh!! hope,, they get new ones here this time...there are sooo many brands still not introduced in Qatar..!
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LEGENDWAR said
Hold On.. ...STILL 2 COME LOTZ...
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candidcam said
Great! Maybe it will make ...Great! Maybe it will make life more bearable for middle & upper class expatriates.
smoke said
Why dont they just use that ...Why dont they just use that money to give us more salary so that we can spend that money in the existing malls?
Good Fortune always comes knocking at your door...when you are sh*tting in the toilet!! :)
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teepatter said
IT IS ACTUALLY ...ELEVEN(11) square kilometers of commercial development with CANSULTMAUSELL AND PROJACS as Project management consultants and supervision-Bilfinger berger as the Gen.Contractor-not to mention the Barwa city next to it...
qatarisun said
smoke, because they want to ...smoke, because they want to make a profit.. never crossed your mind, eh?
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7assaant said
well :) ...For all ur kind of information this is not a shopping mall .The ae making commercial shops from abu hammur to industrial area.
junarc2003 said
that's a long hike... "there ...that's a long hike...
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Memo89 said
Mëmö © niiiice I hope 2 ...Mëmö ©
niiiice
I hope 2 enjoy in it
wishdom said
wow!!!! .. well, i will ...wow!!!! .. well, i will asked my boss to increase my salary....
definitely one day shopping from opening to closing!!!!lolz!!!
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hafiz said
its not a shopping mall,its ...its not a shopping mall,its devolopment of a street similar to salwa road
hafiz said
wil be mostly used for ...wil be mostly used for retail out lets for construction industry so dont worry
Bluemountain said
How do we go there? Flying ...How do we go there? Flying or driving? No one mention about car parking? If I need any urgent what should I do? Is it enough rest room?
_noms_ said
/-a-t-/ Wishdom,,, you will .../-a-t-/ Wishdom,,, you will ask & ur sure ur boss will increase ur salary??!! wow!! ur so confident.!! lolzz
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drahcir71 said
At least more jobs to the ...At least more jobs to the expirates till 2012.
Salahadin said
Is there something else? ...salahadin
of sure families, shoping people and children may enjoy going malls but what about youth " the fruit" where the will go??????????????????
If the concern person would ask me:
I WOULD REPLY:
- MAKE MORE BEACH RESORTS OUT SIDE DOHA
- DEVELOP MORE FARMS
- MAKE FESTIVALS WITH IN THREE TO SIX MONTHS OUT SIDE DOHA
- AND OTHERS
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keno_91276 said
repeated stores will be ...repeated stores will be repeated.......
dweller said
I must admit ...There was a time when we only had two decent shops, The Centre and Salaam Studio (now gone) and would have welcomed another. In fact we did when the Mall opened on the D Ring Road. It appears to be going from one extreme to the other.
Lorena said
Ohh! I hope there's IKEA ...Ohh! I hope there's IKEA store... would love so so so much ^_^
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