Qatar-based Quality Group International has signed a contract with Global Real Estate Company to launch a new 160,000 sq ft shopping mall in Wakrah City, a report said.

“The mall project in Wakrah has undertaken extensive market research to better understand the needs and preferences of customers,” Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Saud Al Abdurrahman Al Thani, owner of Global Real Estate Company, was quoted as saying in The Peninsula report.

“So, we have taken a strategic approach to hand over the project to a leading retailer in Qatar. We hope that Quality Group can provide the best shopping and leisure experience to the multi-community in Qatar, especially in Wakrah and Wukair areas, and we are delighted to be signing this new collaboration.”

The mall will have a full-fledged supermarket and department store spread on two floors, with parking facility in the basement and on the ground floor, the report said.

Work on the project is expected to be completed by mid- 2017, according to the report.