CITY CENTRE, the largest mall in Mangalore to be opened on April 25

CITY CENTRE, the largest mall in Mangalore to be opened on April 25

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Apr 18: City Centre, which is acclaimed to be the 10 largest mall in India and the second largest mall in Karnataka, will be launched at K S Rao Road in Mangalore on April 25 by Dadi Jankiji, the chief of the Brahma Kumaris, at 11 a.m. with District-in-charge Minister Krishna J Palemar as the chief guest of the programme. N Vinay Hegde, the chancellor of Nitte University, will preside over the programme. 

 

S M Arshad, the managing director of Motisham Complexes and the developer of this mall, said that the mall sprawls over 5.4 sq ft and houses more than 170 national and international tenants. He was speaking to journalists at a press conference held on Saturday. S M Saud, the executive director of Mohtisham, and Dharmaraj, Architect of the Project were present on the press meet. 

Mr. Arshad said that the major anchors of the Rs 115 crore project are Spar Hypermarket, Westside, Lifestyle, Reliance Timeout, Reliance Trends, Reliance Digital, Mom and Me, Sports XS, Reliance Jewels, Gili, Planet Sports, Hidesign, Lush, and the Body Shop. A five-screen cinema operated by Cinepolis, the fourth largest multiplex based in Mexico, will be the highlight of the mall, he said. 

The mall has seven levels of retail shopping space, five levels of parking space for 800 four wheelers and 1000 two wheelers. There are eight passenger lifts, two travelators, 27 escalators, and five freight lifts. 

 

 

Dharmaraj, the Architect of the Project said that the fully air-conditioned mall has absolute back-up power supply. Moreover, the projecft has state of the art  fire and safety measures of international standard and it is as per the National Building Code stipulation.

Responding to a query about the retaining wall controversy, Mr. Dharmaraj said that they have taken extra care and spend over 10 lacs for the protection wall.