Dubai-based developer Nakheel is set to launch 1.5 million sq ft of shopping, dining and entertainment space at Al Khail Avenue -- the latest project in the company’s growing retail portfolio -- from January 18.

Located at Nakheel’s Jumeirah Village Triangle community, alongside Dubai’s Al Khail Road, the mall will have 350 shops including a supermarket, department stores and speciality outlets, a multi-screen cinema, entertainment zone and a diverse range of cafes and restaurants including al fresco dining.

Al Khail Avenue, first announced during its design stage in August 2014, will be a convenient, on-the-doorstep shopping and leisure hub for the tens of thousands of people living at Jumeirah Village, Jumeirah Park and other nearby areas.

Nakheel expects to issue a construction tender in the first quarter of the year, with project completion anticipated in 2018.

Al Khail Avenue – named after its strategic location by one of Dubai’s busiest highways, Al Khail Road – will feature a modern geometric design and a central glass atrium letting in plenty of natural light.

The mall’s diverse range of shops will be complemented by a wide selection of dining options, including a number of outdoor restaurants on a first floor promenade.  There will also be a five-level car-park for more than 4,400 vehicles.

Al Khail Avenue is the latest project in Nakheel’s growing portfolio of retail developments.  The company has almost 7 million sq ft of leasable area in the pipeline, with malls under way at Palm Jumeirah, Deira Islands, Jumeirah Village Circle and Triangle; suq at Deira Islands and Warsan Village; major extensions to Dragon Mart and Ibn Battuta; and neighbourhood retail centres – the first two of which opened last year – at several communities across Dubai. – TradeArabia News Service