Cairo Festival City

Cairo Festival City

Cairo Festival City logo
Coordinates: 30°01′37.29″N 31°24′42.48″E / 30.0270250°N 31.4118000°E / 30.0270250; 31.4118000Coordinates: 30°01′37.29″N 31°24′42.48″E / 30.0270250°N 31.4118000°E / 30.0270250; 31.4118000
Country Egypt
Website http://www.festivalcitycairo.com/
The Village
The Village

Cairo Festival City, an Al-Futtaim Group Real Estate (UAE) development, is a mixed-use urban community located east of the ring road in New Cairo, Egypt, and north of 90 St. The development extends over a land area of over 3 million sq. m (700 acres) and comprises residential villas,apartments, business districts, one of Egypt’s largest shopping malls, international schools, automotive parks, and office spaces, in addition the development is planned to eventually host five star hotels.

The integrated project includes KidZania, the American International School (AIS), Honda, Toyota, an IKEA flagship store as well as 300+ stores in Cairo Festival City Mall.

Souad Massi at The Marquee
Souad Massi at The Marquee

The mall includes a village area, with over 35 restaurants surrounding a water fountain and an amphitheater. East of the amphitheater is The Marquee Theatre with 1656 seats, The Marquee is the second largest theatre after the Cairo Opera House in Egypt. Since its inauguration in 2015, The Marquee hosted a series of international and regional performances, some of which are the international productions of Thriller Live and Dora as well as the regional TEDxCairo. The Marquee also hosted the Guinness Book of World Records "the most successful pianist in the world" “ Richard Clayderman, the Romanian Royal Camerata “Gheorghe Zamfir”, and the Algerian singer Souad Massi.[1]

Oriana Villas

The development hosts a gated residential community named Oriana Villas. The community is comprised of 600 villas, extending over 830,000 square meters.[2]

Festival Living Apartments

Festival Living Apartments are located northwest of Cairo Festival City, near the shopping mall and Oriana Villas.[3]

Cairo Festival City Mall

Cairo Festival City Mall is a regional shopping center located in the heart of the Cairo Festival City. The mall extends over 158,000 square meters spread on three levels, anchored by furniture flagship store IKEA, hypermarket Carrefour, and four department stores (Debenhams, H&M, Marks & Spencer and ZARA).[4]

Business District

The Business District at Cairo Festival City is divided into a northern district and a southern district; both will accommodate more than 250,000 square meters of office space with more than 11,000 parking slots, in addition to high-tech business facilities. The Business Districts are equipped with security services, infrastructure operations, property maintenance and repairs, in addition to traffic management and control, all set within landscaped environment.[5]

References

  1. "Cairo Festival City". digitaleg.com. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  2. "Cairo Festival City". digitaleg.com. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  3. "Cairo Festival City". digitaleg.com. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  4. "Cairo Festival City". digitaleg.com. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  5. "Cairo Festival City". digitaleg.com. Retrieved 2016-08-10.

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