Multiplexes & Malls opening up at Chandigarh

April 24, 2008	(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5)  Loading ...
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Starved of multiplexes and malls, residents of the tricity can now look forward to at least three such complexes in the next couple of months and double the number by the end of the year.

City Beautiful, which currently has just one multiplex to boast of, will get a second this week. DLF’s DT Cinemas will open at the Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh Technology Park (RGCTP) on Friday with Saif Ali Khan-Kareena Kapoor starrer Tashan.

Spread over 1, 90, 000 square feet, the mall (retail brands) will be formally inaugurated on May 1 and Nicknish will be its anchor store. Though nearly fifty-five national and international brands, including French brand Axsara, Lee Copper, Levis, Numero Uno, John Players, Madame, Woodland, Reebok, Turtle and Meena Bazaar, will occupy retail space in the mall, there is little diversity in the retail mix which is mainly apparel.

Café Coffee Day has already been roped in and the food court will be completed within a month’s time. Tie-ups with restaurants are being worked out, DLF officials said.

The mall will have parking space for 250 cars while the three-screen multiplex, projectors for which have come from Christie’s, will have a total of 786 seats. Movie tickets will be delivered at home and people can also reserve tickets through phone, Internet or by sending an SMS.

Also in the pipeline is Uppal’s Centra Mall at Industrial Area-Part 1, which has applied for completion certificate to the Chandigarh Administration and will be operational within three weeks. Spread over 1.25 acres, the mall has a 344-feet glass façade frontage, four state-of-art-auditoriums and a 53-ft high atrium. Uppal Group MD Maneesh Uppal said Café Coffee Day, Reebok, Adidas, Hues, Liliput, Gini and Jhonny and several fashion clothing brands will set up shops in the mall. It will have no anchor store and the group has tied up with PVR for a four-screen multiplex with 1,000 seats.

Coming soon is Paras Downtown Square mall-cum-multiplex spread over 1,50,000 sq ft (the largest so far in Punjab) at Zirakpur. It will have two anchor stores - Big Bazaar and Pantaloons, four-screen multiplex by Adlabs, hypermarket, food court, children’s entertainment centre and a business hotel with gym, spa and coffee shop. Liberty, Reid and Taylor, Nike, Woodland, Provogue, Madura Garments and Jumbo Electronics are likely to set up their outlets here. The project is Delhi-based Paras Group’s realty venture. The group, which has a turnover of Rs 750 crore from its dairy business, has diversified into healthcare, processed water and real estate. Multiplexes are also planned at the sites of Jagat and KC theatres while proposals to convert some of the other theatres are in the pipeline.

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