AL SHARAF SHOPPING MALL (DUBAI, UAE)

Construction of 60,000 m2 Al Sharaf (Times Square Center) Shopping Mall in Dubai
Commencement Date: March 1, 2005
Completion Date: March 2007

Facts & Figures

Employer: The Sharaf Group (Mr. Sarafuddin Sharaf & Mr. Ibrahim Al Sayed Sharaf)
Engineer: National Engineering Bureau (NEB)
Contractor: TAV Construction
Total Area: 60,000 m²
Location: Sheikh Zayed Road plot no.364-275 Al Goza first, Dubai, UAE

Of all the cities in the world, perhaps none is growing at the rate Dubai is experiencing these days. With a construction boom, the skyline of the city is changing on a daily basis. Nowhere is this more evident than in the skyscrapers and development projects dotting the landscape. Dubai is rising like a mighty tide and TAV Construction is riding the crest of the wave.

Following on the heels of its successful bid for the Maintenance Hangars Steel Roof Project for Emirates Airlines in 2003, its first endeavor in Dubai, TAV Construction was awarded the contract to build, on a lump sum turn-key basis, a large shopping mall for the eminent Sharaf Group. The job consisted of the construction, completion and maintenance of a 60,000 m² shopping complex strategically located on Sheikh Zayed Road, one of the city’s most fashionable districts. Construction began in early 2005 and was completed approximately two years later.

Billed as “Dubai’s latest shopping destination,” the Times Square Center opened its doors to the public on May 10, 2007. A community and family oriented shopping and leisure complex, this state-of-the-art facility’s anchor tenant is the Sharaf DG Store, Dubai’s largest one-stop electronics superstore. The shopping center features a wide variety of consumer goods, with a specialization in electronics, home appliances and furnishings, fashion and games. With an attractive layout including skylights, porcelain tiling and marble flooring and a wide array of restaurants and cafes and other services for shoppers, the new mall promises to become the shopping destination of choice among both Dubai residents and tourists.