CapitaMalls Asia and Advance India Projects (AIPL) has signed key anchor tenants for The Celebration Mall, Udaipur. Bharti Retail’s Easyday Market and food court chain, Food Celebrations are to join cinema operator, PVR and department store, Reliance Trends as anchor tenants for the mall. The Celebration Mall will also house city’s first McDonald outlet.
Kevin Chee, country head, India, CapitaMalls Asia, said, “CapitaMalls Asia is pleased to have signed a strong line up of key anchor tenants for The Celebration Mall, Udaipur and we are on track for a soft launch on 2 July 2011.”
Sanjay Sachdeva, president, corporate strategy and business development, Advance India Projects, said, “In collaboration with CapitaMalls Asia, AIPL is delighted to welcome these key tenants for The Celebration Mall, Udaipur. These retailers are demanding clients who follow a stringent set of criteria for site selection and are very quality conscious. Their decision to work with The Celebration Mall, Udaipur is a fantastic endorsement of the project.”
Andrew Levermore, COO, Bharti Retail, said,”We believe our location in The Celebration Mall, Udaipur is perfect for us to offer the city, the Easyday Market store efficient and wholesome shopping experience. The Easyday Market store in The Celebration Mall, Udaipur will become a one-stop store for customers by offering consistent lowest prices across a wide assortment of quality products like apparel, food, personal care, electronics, home products among others.”
Arun Sirdeshmukh, CEO, Reliance Trends, said, “Reliance Trends, India’s leading apparel retailer, is indeed excited to offer fashion at great value to the beautiful city of Udaipur. We are proud to be associated with CapitaMalls Asia and AIPL.”
Sanjeev Kumar Bijli, joint managing director, PVR Cinemas, said,”We are extremely delighted to bring forth the first-ever multiplex to Udaipur. Our decision to launch our cinema here has been strongly influenced by the romance of Udaipur and we believe that bringing the finest movie viewing experience here will add to the enchanting aura of this city.”
Vikram Bakshi, managing director, McDonald India (North and East), said,”We have been looking to enter Udaipur for quite some time but haven’t been able to for lack of quality real estate that could fulfill our requirements. The Celebration Mall, Udaipur met all our requirements and presented us with a great opportunity to serve the food lovers of the city.”
Amit Prakash, director, UN Foods, the operator of the Food Celebrations foodcourt, said,”We have always wanted to cater to the residents of Udaipur, who wish for a more sophisticated, yet integrated shopping and dining experience in a comfortable environment. The Celebration Mall, Udaipur will deliver that experience, and we are pleased to offer our Food Celebrations foodcourt at the mall to provide greater dining choices for shoppers.”
The Celebration Mall, Udaipur is spread around 3,90,000 sq.ft of super built-up area across seven floors, the mall will have 144 retail units which includes fine dining restaurants, cafes, food kiosks and department stores. There will be parking spaces over two basement levels. The mall has been designed by architects Nimish Patel and Parul Zaveri from Panika of ‘The Oberoi Udaivilas’ fame.
– IndiaRetailing Bureau
