Dragon Mart ( ar, سوق التنين) is a set of two adjacent

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, a suburb of

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. Dragon Mart is 1.2 kilometre long and is the "largest Chinese retail trading hub outside mainland

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". It is includes the largest concentration of Chinese businesses in the UAE.

Overview

There are two Dragon Mart malls in separate buildings next to each other. The original Dragon Mart 1 shops are organized in various sections for each type of market, such as furniture, textiles, household items, lighting equipment, sports and garments, etc. The newer Dragon Mart 2 is more like a traditional shopping mall with four sections covering general merchandise, building materials, home appliances, and hardware and machinery. Dragon Mart is located south of

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( E 44) and east of

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( E 311). It is north of the China Cluster, an area in

Dragon Mart 1

The original mall, for the wholesale purchase of Chinese products, was the first to be developed by Chinamex as a key project in the expansion of Chinese ties in the

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. Inspired by the Forbidden City of Beijing, China, the original Dragon Mart 1 covers an area of 240,000 square metres with parking facilities for 2,000 cars, dating from 2004. Dragon Mart was developed by

Nakheel Properties Nakheel Properties ( ar, نَـخٍـيْـل, nakhīl, palm tree) is a property developer based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The formal name of the company is Nakheel PJSC (private joint stock company) and it was a subsidiary of Dubai World a ...

in association with Chinamex.

Dragon Mart 2

After The mall has been a commercial success and has led to the construction of a second mall, Dragon Mart 2, adjacent to the original Dragon Mart mall, covering 175,000 square metres of space and with 4,500 parking spaces. The project was completed in December 2015. The mall opened by His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum on 9 Feb 2016. Dragon Mart 2 have

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complex with 12 screens and a

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supermarket. There are

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s in both malls.

References

External links

Dragon Mart website

Dragon Mart 1 & 2 walking tour
on

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Overview

Dragon Mart 1

Dragon Mart 2

See also

References

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