Carrefour hypermarket opens new outlet in BurJuman

Carrefour’s 5,780sqm hypermarket will serve as a key anchor tenant for BurJuman and is the first of several major additions planned as part of the mall’s ongoing expansion. — KT photo by Mukesh Kamal

All roads led to BurJuman on Thursday morning as hundreds of people living and working in the busy Bur Dubai area flocked to the mall in anticipation of the opening of a new Carrefour hypermarket in the popular shopping destination’s remodelled North Wing.

The new hypermarket opened for business with a ribbon-cutting ceremony that was attended by Leigh Regan, chief operating officer of BurJuman; Younis Al Mulla, senior vice-president of Majid Al Futtaim Retail; Henri Changeux, executive regional director of Majid Al Futtaim Carrefour for the UAE, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain; David Macadam, chief executive officer and vice-chairman of the Middle East Council of Shopping Centres; and other members of Carrefour senior management. The 5,780sqm hypermarket will serve as a key anchor tenant for BurJuman and is the first of several major retail and entertainment additions planned as part of the mall’s ongoing renovation and expansion project.

Located in the heart of Dubai, BurJuman is a distinctive landmark comprising over 2.8 million sqft of mixed-use space including the shopping mall, business tower, hotel suites and duplex residences.

Carrefour currently operates over 55 hypermarkets and over 50 supermarkets and one web store in 12 countries across the Mena region and will extend to include 38 countries in the Middle East, Central Asia, Africa and Russia.

By 2018, Majid Al Futtaim Retail expects to reach 140 hypermarkets and 210 supermarkets and expand its territory in six new markets.