Ibn Battuta Mall is an existing 1 million SF mall, a 3-million SF site will be expanded with a mission to be a catalyst for ‘urban growth.’ Its uses will be modeled on a City Center with a richly detailed and full program of social and commercial activities bracketed by arts, culture, and religious (mosques, gardens) structures ? with a central pivotal activity being education and research.

The entire new area will be networked with pedestrians, cars, and public transport, which connect to the new train station to the east of the complex. Because of the volume of people anticipated and to reduce the number of vehicles to the site, this network is comprehensive and easily accessible.