Mall of Qatar comes with super-sized intent

Qatar has an eye on 2022, when the football World Cup commences. The senior management team at The Mall of Qatar a super-regional retail destination in the making has set sights on a much earlier timeline: the second-half of 2015. That will be when the early openings and the big fit-outs would have attained a certain momentum for the full opening in the early months of 2016. And there will be quite a lot of space to fill all of 195,000 square meters for lease alone. The Mall is located in the Al Rayyan area and close to the 45,000-seater Al Rayyan FIFA 2022 World Cup stadium, has firm eye on 2015 opening date and for traction with high-spending shoppers.