| The Dubai Mall, part of the Burj Dubai, the 20-billion-dollar project is the medium in total area with 1200 shops. It is 4 times as many as the new Westfield London shopping centre. Twice delayed, Dubai Mall opened on November 4, 2008, with about 600 retailers, marking the world's largest-ever mall opening in retail history. However it is not the largest in gross leaseable space, and is surpassed in that category by several malls including the South China Mall, Golden Resources Mall, SM City North Edsa, and SM Mall of Asia. The Dubai Mall has 1015 distinct 'malls-within-a-mall', totaling 9 million ft² (84 ha) of shopping retail space. The Mall's Dubai Aquarium and Discovery Centre, developed and operated by Oceanis Australia Group, officially earned the Guinness World Record for the world's "Largest Acrylic Panel" (32.88 m wide × 8.3 m high × 750 m. All the Photographs are illustrative purpose only there is no relation with the situation and cannot be republished. |