Express Avenue
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Express Avenue building | |
| Location | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
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| Coordinates | 13°03′31″N 80°15′51″E / 13.058606°N 80.2641537°ECoordinates: 13°03′31″N 80°15′51″E / 13.058606°N 80.2641537°E |
| Address | Whites road, Royapettah, Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
| Opening date | 26 March 2010 |
| Owner | Express Infrastructure |
| No. of stores and services | 210 |
| Total retail floor area | 900,000 square feet (84,000 m2) |
| No. of floors | 3 |
| Parking | 3-level basement parking |
| Website | http://www.emallhotel.com/ |
Express Avenue (Tamil: எக்ஸ்ப்ரெஸ் அவென்யூ is a shopping mall in Chennai promoted by Express Infrastructure, a subsidiary of The Indian Express Group.[1] It is home to the largest gaming arcade in South India. Built at a cost of 
7500 million (US$120 million), the 1.75 million sq. ft mall has 10 anchor tenants and 150 vanilla tenants.[2]
Description
The mall is built on 10-acre site inside the historic Indian Express Estate and has four floors of retail space, a building for corporate offices and a hotel. Out of 10 acres, about 3.57 acres has been taken up by buildings. The rest have been used for car parking, drive-ways and landscaping. In all, the mall has 26 lifts, 34 escalators and 4 travelators.[2]
Express Avenue hosts a mixture of shopping, business, and leisure. The mall is bound by Whites Road, Woods Road, and Patullos Road and has a three-level basement parking space for over 1,500 cars and a parking area for bikes.[2] It was inaugurated on 26 May 2010.
The mall has a total development of 1,500,000 sq. ft including 900,000 sq. ft of retail space, 100,000 sq. ft of hotel, 200,000 sq. ft of office space, 400,000 sq. ft of parking space.
E Hotel, a 44-room 4-star boutique hotel, is being developed in the mall at a cost of 300 million.[3]
Entertainment and leisure
The entertainment portion of the mall is 70,000 square feet (6,500 m2). The Escape Cinemas, the second branch of Sathyam Cinemas, consists of an eight-screen multiplex with a capacity of 1,600 seats covering 50,000 sq. ft, which is the city's largest cineplex. California-based Giovanni Castor played a key role in the overall design of Escape.[4] The mall is home to the largest gaming arcade in South India.
Besides stand-alone stores, the mall has an 80,000 sq. ft Lifestyle and a 65,000 sq. ft Pantaloon Big Bazaar. The anchor tenants are expected to take 300,000 to 400,000 sq. ft, while the vanilla tenants would occupy up to 400,000 sq. ft. The 50,000 sq. ft food court has 25 counters and includes food chains such as KFC and Pizza Hut. The mall has six atria with a height not less than 75 ft each. The atrium areas are covered with tensile fabric and the centre of the atrium is covered with glass.[2]
Food Court
The 50,000 sq. ft food court, also called EA Garden, has 25 counters with several food and beverage options including Oriental, North Indian, South Indian, and Italian to give a delectable experience for Indian and International culinary.[5]
Fun City
Fun City, a prominent attraction of the mall is a play area for children.
Business chamber
The business chamber is the first such marketing space to be built inside a mall in India. The area of this zone is over 200,000 sq ft (19,000 m2) of office space at prices intended to compete with special economic zones and IT parks elsewhere in the city.
Parking
The mall has been designed with plenty of drive-in space and ample car parking area. The 3-level basement parking is equipped to handle about 2,000 vehicles.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ "Express Avenue, Chennai to soft launch in April". India Retailing. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Kannan, Shanthi (25 December 2009). "Mall inclusive". The Hindu (Chennai: The Hindu). Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- ↑ "Express Newspaper group enters hotels biz". Chennai Realty.biz (ChennaiRealty.biz). 5 August 2012. Retrieved 7 Aug 2012.
- ↑ "Let the show begin". The Hindu.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 SME News (September 1, 2010). "South India's largest mall in Chennai inaugurated". Indiamart.com. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
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