Fujairah City Centre

Fujairah City Centre is a shopping and leisure complex in Fujairah City, United Arab Emirates. The mall was developed by Majid Al Futtaim Properties in partnership with the government-owned Fujairah Investment Establishment and opened in April 2012. Its development expanded the City Centre mall format into the emirate of Fujairah, combining mid-market retail, a large-format grocery anchor, food and beverage, cinema, and family entertainment under one roof. The centre has approximately 34,000 square metres of retail space and was reported at opening to contain 105 mid-market brands, with about 85% of those brands being new to Fujairah. Its tenant mix includes a Carrefour hypermarket occupying approximately 8,684 square metres, international food and beverage outlets, and a 13-unit food court. The combination of everyday grocery shopping and discretionary retail gives the property a broad catchment role rather than positioning it only as a luxury or specialist destination. Entertainment is a major component of the proposition. Magic Planet operates a 1,325-square-metre family entertainment centre featuring simulators, video games, and rides for children. VOX Cinemas provides an 11-screen cinema equipped with 4K digital projection. These attractions support longer visits and make the mall relevant to family leisure as well as shopping. Other named tenants and retail concepts associated with the centre include Starbucks, Max, Axiom Telecom, and Centrepoint. Fujairah City Centre is part of the wider Majid Al Futtaim retail and leisure ecosystem, although the available reference material does not establish a separate corporate ownership structure for the mall itself. The centre serves Fujairah and the surrounding local market and operates within the United Arab Emirates. Its brand proposition is based on convenience, accessible international and regional retail, family entertainment, dining, and cinema. The project was also presented as an environmentally conscious development. It was registered under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design system and targeted a Gold rating under the United States Green Building Council guidelines. The available sources do not confirm the final certification result. Detailed information about later refurbishments, current tenant numbers, management, financial performance, or subsequent expansion is not established in the supplied material.

City Centre Fujairah was developed as a major modern retail and leisure destination for Fujairah City. The project was undertaken by Majid Al Futtaim Properties in partnership with Fujairah Investment Establishment, a government-owned Fujairah entity. This partnership linked the regional mall expertise of Majid Al Futtaim with a local institutional partner and brought the City Centre format to the emirate. The mall opened in April 2012. At launch, it contained approximately 34,000 square metres of retail space and 105 mid-market brands. Around 85% of the brands were described as new to Fujairah, indicating that the project was intended to broaden the local retail offer rather than simply reproduce an existing concentration of shops. Its tenant strategy combined fashion and general retail with essential shopping and leisure uses. A Carrefour hypermarket served as a principal anchor, occupying about 8,684 square metres. The centre also included 24 international food and beverage outlets and a 13-unit food court. This mixture gave the mall both routine and destination-shopping functions, allowing grocery, retail, dining, and social visits to take place in the same complex. Entertainment formed another central part of the development. Magic Planet provided a 1,325-square-metre family entertainment centre with simulators, video games, and rides for children. VOX Cinemas operated an 11-screen cinema with 4K digital projection. Because both attractions were designed for leisure and family visits, they complemented the retail offer and strengthened the centre's role as an all-purpose destination. The documented tenant mix also included Starbucks, Max, Axiom Telecom, and Centrepoint. These examples reflect the centre's emphasis on accessible international and regional brands across food and beverage, fashion, department-store-style retail, and technology or telecommunications. The available material does not provide a complete tenant directory or establish which tenants remain present today. Environmental design was included in the project's development objectives. City Centre Fujairah was registered as a LEED project and targeted Gold certification under the United States Green Building Council's green-building guidelines. The supplied sources do not state the final certification outcome. They also do not provide detailed information about later renovations, expansions, management changes, financial results, or changes in ownership. The mall remains identified with the City Centre network and the Majid Al Futtaim retail and leisure platform. Its documented role is that of a mid-market shopping, dining, cinema, and family-entertainment destination serving Fujairah and its surrounding market. Further current operating details require verification from the mall's official channels or updated corporate disclosures.

• 2012

  Opening of City Centre Fujairah

  [1]City Centre Fujairahen.wikipedia.org

  The mall opened in April 2012 in Fujairah City. Its initial offer comprised approximately 34,000 square metres of retail space, 105 mid-market brands, Carrefour, dining, cinema, and family entertainment.

• LEED registration and Gold-rating target

  [1]City Centre Fujairahen.wikipedia.org

  The project was registered under the LEED green-building system and targeted a Gold rating under US Green Building Council guidelines. The final certification status is not confirmed in the supplied source.

A mid-market, family-oriented shopping and entertainment destination serving Fujairah, with everyday grocery retail, international brands, dining, cinema, and children's entertainment.

• Grocery retail · 2012

  Carrefour hypermarket

  The Carrefour hypermarket is the principal everyday-shopping anchor documented for the centre. It occupies approximately 8,684 square metres and complements the mall's fashion, services, dining, and leisure uses by providing grocery and general merchandise shopping within the same destination.

• Cinema · 2012

  VOX Cinemas

  VOX Cinemas provides an 11-screen cinema at the mall, with high-resolution 4K digital projection identified in the reference material. It is part of Majid Al Futtaim Ventures and contributes a dedicated film and leisure component to the centre's family-oriented destination proposition.

• Family entertainment · 2012

  Magic Planet

  Magic Planet is a 1,325-square-metre family entertainment centre offering simulators, video games, and theme rides for children. Its inclusion gives City Centre Fujairah an entertainment offer beyond shopping and helps position the property as a family leisure destination.

• Food and beverage · 2012

  Food and beverage offer

  The centre includes 24 international food and beverage outlets and a food court with 13 units. The documented offer is intended to support both routine visits and longer shopping or entertainment trips, although the supplied reference does not provide a complete current restaurant list.

• 2012

  Launch of a new Fujairah retail and leisure destinationProduct launch

  Background

  The development introduced the City Centre format to Fujairah through a partnership between Majid Al Futtaim Properties and Fujairah Investment Establishment.

  Action taken

  The mall opened with approximately 34,000 square metres of retail space, 105 mid-market brands, a Carrefour hypermarket, dining outlets, VOX Cinemas, and Magic Planet.

  Aftermath

  The opening established a combined shopping, grocery, dining, cinema, and family-entertainment destination in Fujairah. Later operating performance and subsequent development decisions are not documented in the supplied sources.

  Source

• Sustainable-building design objectiveStrategy

  Background

  Environmental performance was incorporated into the project brief through registration under the LEED system.

  Action taken

  The project targeted a Gold LEED rating under US Green Building Council guidelines.

  Aftermath

  The available reference confirms the registration and target but does not establish the final certification result.

  Source

1. 1City Centre Fujairahen.wikipedia.org
2. 2City Centre Fujairah official websitecitycentrefujairah.com