Discovery Gardens - Progress Update

This April saw Ibn Battuta Mall celebrate its firstopening hours are 1000
birthday, and theregion's most distinctive mall has- 2200, extending to midnight from Wednesday
been a huge success, 100% let, withmore thanto Friday.
250 retail outlets, and millions of visitors throughThe six themed communities of Discovery
the doors.Gardens are inspired by garden living, and
The mall is conveniently located a short walkNakheel's Environment & Landscaping department
from Discovery Gardens,and few residential(NELD) are working to ensure that the
developments will be able to boast such andevelopment is one of Dubai's greenest. More
excellentarray of retail facilities on their doorstep.than 80 hectares of the total area of the project
In addition to introducing more than 50 newhas been reserved for greenery. This works out
brands to the UAE,including the first Géantas approximately 30% of the development being
supermarket, residents can enjoy the Middlegreen. To ensure environmental sustainability,
East's largest cinema complex, the 21 screenNELD have also combined state-of-the-art soil
Grand Megaplex, featuringan IMAX Â(R) theatre,amendment technologies to reduce the daily
the city's first Fitness First gym, a fullyirrigation water demand. This will reduce the
themedchildren's play zone, and more than 30required irrigation water by 50%. This technology
restaurants and food outlets.was pioneered at The Gardens, and will be used
All this is combined with the mall's spectacularacross all of Nakheel's projects, and is achieved
interiors charting thetravels of the legendary 14thby using different types of water retention
Century explorer Ibn Battuta, and theadditives at the time of planting. The selected
1000 Years of Knowledge Rediscovered Exhibition,water retention additives are environmentally
a celebration offriendly and can provide high water holding
1000 years of Islamic inventions. Ibn Battuta'scapacities, particularly in sandy and saline soils.