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The Dubai Mall is a giant mall scheduled to be built at 25°11′59.67″N, 55°16′32.96″E in Dubai, UAE, by Emaar properties, as part of the 'New Dubai' project. This mall claims to be the largest mall in the world when completed. It will cover a total area of more than 12 million ft² ^[1], with 10 - 15 individual smaller malls built inside it, consisting of 9 million ft² of shopping retail space (comprising of a total of more than 1000 stores). Featured attractions include the world's largest gold souk, the 850,000 ft² Fashion Island; one of the world's largest aquariums; an Olympic-sized ice skating rink; Oasis Fountain Waterfall; WaterFront Atrium; a view of the (soon to be completed) world's tallest building, Burj Dubai. The mall has already won five awards. It won two awards at the Retail Future Project Awards at MAPIC, Cannes, in 2004, for Best Retail Development Scheme (Large), Best Use of Lighting in a Retail Environment.^[2] And the Dubai Mall brochure has won three awards at the Summit Creative Awards 2005, in Portland, Oregon; Gold award for Best Art Direction / Graphic Design, Silver award for Best 4-colour B2B Brochure, and Judges Special Recognition award.^[2] Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Image File history File links Applications-development. ... Coordinates: Emirate Dubai Government  - Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Area [1]  - Metro 4,114 km² (1,588. ... UAE redirects here; for other uses of that term, see UAE (disambiguation) The United Arab Emirates is an oil-rich country situated in the south-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia, comprising seven emirates: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al-Quwain. ... Emaar Properties Logo Emaar Properties, the Dubai-based Public Joint Stock Company and one of the world’s largest real estate companies, is listed on the Dubai Financial Market and is part of the Dow Jones Arabia Titans Index. ... The souq in Marrakech, Morocco A souk (سوق, also sook, souq, or suq) is a commercial quarter in an Arab city. ... An ice rink is a frozen body of water where people can ice skate or play winter sports. ... The Burj Dubai (Arabic: برج دبي for Tower (of) Dubai) is a supertall skyscraper currently under construction in the New Downtown of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. ... Cannes - receding storm Cannes, as seen from a ferry speeding towards lÃŽle Saint-Honorat Cannes (pronounced ) (Provençal Occitan: Canas in classical norm or Cano in Mistralian norm) is a city and commune in southern France, located on the Riviera, in the Alpes-Maritimes département and the r... Nickname: Location in Multnomah County and the state of Oregon Coordinates: Country United States State Oregon County Multnomah County Incorporated February 8, 1851 Government  - Mayor Tom Potter Area  - City  145. ...

a rendering of Dubai Mall

The mall is being built by a Joint Venture of Dutco Balfour Beatty and AGCCC for client Emaar Properties and was scheduled to be completed in 2006, claiming to be the size of 50 "international-sized soccer pitches". It is now expected to be completed in 2008. Image File history File links Dubaimall. ... Image File history File links Dubaimall. ... Balfour Beatty plc (LSE: BBY) is a British based construction and civil engineering company based in central London. ... Emaar Properties Logo Emaar Properties, the Dubai-based Public Joint Stock Company and one of the world’s largest real estate companies, is listed on the Dubai Financial Market and is part of the Dow Jones Arabia Titans Index. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Currently, the largest mall in the world is believed to be the South China Mall in Dongguan, China, spreading over 9.6 million ft² ^[3] South China Mall, in Dongguan, China is the largest mall in the world. ... Dongguan (Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong province, Peoples Republic of China. ...

Labour controversy

The labour practices used in the construction of Dubai Mall has caused controversy. Dubai Mall has been built by vast numbers of construction workers, mainly from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. For example, skilled carpenters are paid $7.60(USD) per day, and labourers get $4(USD) per day. "Workers Riot at Site of Dubai Skyscraper", by Jim Krane (Associated Press writer), breitbart.com, March 22, 2006, retrieved March 25, 2006</ref>

The Dubai Mall site from March 9, 2006

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Pictures

Construction work on May 28, 2006 Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x683, 68 KB)Construction work on Dubai Mall on May 28, 2006. ...

External links

• Dubai Mall video
• Google Earth overlay for Dubai mall
• The Dubai Mall - Official website