Gold Souk Grande Kochi

Gold Souk Grande, Kochi

Gold Souk Grande, Kochi
Location	Kochi
Coordinates	9°58′39″N 76°18′59″E / 9.97750°N 76.31639°E / 9.97750; 76.31639
Address	NH 47 Bypass, Vyttila, Kochi
Opening date	2009
Developer	Aerens Gold Souk Group
Architect	Atkins
No. of stores and services	200
No. of anchor tenants	7
Total retail floor area	60,000 square metres (650,000 sq ft)
No. of floors	7
Parking	1200 car parks
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Gold Souk Grandé Kochi,^[1] is a shopping mall, in the city of Kochi, Kerala which was formally opened in March 2011. With retail space of 60,000 square metres (650,000 sq ft), this was the largest mall in the state of Kerala, before the opening of LuLu International Shopping Mall.

The Mall is part of the Gold Souk chain of malls located all over the country and a brand of Gurgaon based retail and property developer, Aerens Gold Souk Group.^[2] The Gold Souk Grande' Kochi is Aeren Group's first venture in Kerala and has been designed by renowned architects, Ajit Associates.

The Mall is also the first shopping mall in South India to be themed with the concept of Wedding, catering to wedding shoppers. The Mall will have predominately a gold souk offering leading jewellery brands from all over India and the world, four major wedding apparels stores and other regular branded stores.

Location

The Mall is located near Vyttila, a busy and important junction in the city of Kochi, near the Rail Overbridge.

Features

• The first mall in south India to be themed around weddings
• Introduces the Gold Souk concept for the first time in South India
• The first Pantaloons showrooms in Kerala will be located in this mall
• Kochi's first Big Bazaar is located here
• The mall hosts the first KFC outlet in Kerala

Entertainment

• 4 Screen Multiplex operated by Q Cinemas^[3]
• A "6 D" theater zone operated by IRIDO
• A bowling alley, snooker pool and adult game center operated by Amoeba
• Kerala's first branded BabyCare Center and kids play center operated by B-Activ Kidz

Dining

• 24 Carat - Premium Multicuisine restaurant themed around candlelight dinners and wedding buffets
• Pizza Hut
• KFC
• Cine Masala
• Chicking
• Subway

Food court

Full functional Food Court with brands like :

• Rice and Spice
• Mojo
• Chak De
• Ice Berg
• Arabian Delite
• Baskin-Robbins- Ice Cream & Shakes
• skei ice creams- Ice Cream and Juices
• Cane Sparkle- Cane Juices
• Amul- Ice Cream and Juices

Current status

The Mall is fully functional and open to public with KFC outlet being first operational. Another fine Indian themed restaurant, 24 Carat Restaurant is opened. The main anchor- Big Bazaar Fashion and grocery retail chain, Food Bazaar has opened its first Kochi store in November 1. A few jewelleries and apparel stores have been opened. Q cinemas, 4 Screen Multiplex opened with big bang on January 13, 2011 and offers over 1000 seats with Gold Class Seats facility.

Shops To Be Opened Soon

• Reliance Footprints
• Cherin Jolly

List of brands (current and upcoming)

Gallery

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  Entrance

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  Inside

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  Top

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  Stairs

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  Bowling Game/Amoeba

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  Center Circle

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  Escalators

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  Computer Shop

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  In Night

References

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