auzdafluff

I never said it was a good idea.

mikewot

Not forgetting the new Shopping Mall at Jumeirah Park, Handy for Jumeirah Islands, JVT etc. http://www.emirates247.com/property/...07-01-1.465290

Cypselos

Presumably this will also kill off whatever retail there is left on the podium levels in JBR. Where will I go for my fur coat needs?

Their photoshop monkey needs a slap - those are terrible.

mentalist

They recently opened another new shopping mall on the road between Dubai-Sharjah, just after the airport tunnel. Rather gross except that it boasts a Poundsaver store.

scrubbedexpat141

Have a look at any new project render. The people chucked into them all look abysmal.

Cypselos

Granted, but these seem particularly poor.

Norm_uk

Dubai seems to have a knack for just building the same thing over and over again doesn't it?

A mall right by the sea seems rather silly though. Still it could act as a buffer against high tides to protect JBR residents.

You'd think they would do something different - more walkways with lots of trees for shade, a few more parks and creatively covered sidewalks with some sort of natural cooling system so you can have a wander in the summer months...anything but another mall.

The place must have more malls per square mile than anywhere else on earth by now.

N.

Bahtatboy

But they do make sense. Rows or clusters of shops in highly-populated areas are never going to work here, given that nearly everybody drives to shops and its usually far too hot to walk outside. Bring all the shops (and related amenities) together, provide good parking and transport links, and put them in an air-conditioned shell. Makes sense to me.

scrubbedexpat141

Hallelujah.

csdf

To quibble with you, it's not "usually" far too hot to walk outside. It's only far too hot for about 4 months a year. So on average across the year it's fine to walk outside. And so I agree with norm_UK that developers seem to have a really narrow mindset about use of outdoor space over here.

scrubbedexpat141

Would money be better spent on making shopping streets and whatnot to be used 6/7/8 months of the year or better spent on something that can be used 12 months a year?

Millhouse

Since when has any consideration been given to the most efficient use of money in this part of the world? If it was, no-body would live here apart from a small local population and they would be slowly buying up east asia to provide food security.

scrubbedexpat141

Yeah you're right.

They don't think about anything ever because the money bucket in Dubai is bottomless.

They have to give it some thought. Not as much as you or I might if we were the developer, but they have to give it some.

csdf

It would be better to do both.

scrubbedexpat141

True. It'd be better if I had a house in the city and a holiday home by the sea but it's not realistic.