Lulu Mall Thiruvananthapuram is a

shopping mall A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a large indoor shopping center, usually Anchor tenant, anchored by department stores. The term ''mall'' originally meant pedestrian zone, a pedestrian promenade with shops along it, but in the late 1960s, i ...

located in

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram ( ), also known as Trivandrum, is the Capital city, capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. As of 2011, the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation had a population of 957,730 over an area of 214.86 sq. km, making it the ...

, the capital city of

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, India. With a total built up area of 22,00,003 sq.ft, it is the biggest mall in Kerala and one of the largest malls in India. The shopping mall is located along the side of

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at Aakkulam near Technopark the biggest IT park in Kerala. The mall has around 300 national and international brands and 12 anchor stores including a Lulu Hypermarket, largest indoor entertainment zone in the country, a multilevel car parking space for more than 3,800 cars. It also has the largest

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in India with a capacity for 2500 people serving various regional, international cuisines. The mall houses Kerala's only PVR Superplex having 12 screens and the state's first IMAX screen by

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. The property is owned and managed by M.A. Yusuff Ali, the chairman and managing director of

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History

Initially

planned to construct a relatively smaller mall in

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with an investment of . But later they bought a 46 acres land in Aakkulam along the highway and made the decision to build a bigger mall with a projected budget of . The construction was started in August 2016 but the works were interrupted several times due to the

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restrictions put up by both the State and Central Governments which cost an additional ₹ 220 crores for the project. It was inaugurated by Sri.

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, the honourable

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in the presence of H.E. Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, the honourable Minister for Foreign Trade

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on 16 December 2021 and opened to the public on 17 December 2021.

Description and features

The shopping mall is located along the side of

at Aakkulam. The mall has a parking space for up to 3,800 cars with traffic management systems like

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. The mall has a

with a capacity for 2,500 people and a 12 screen

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which include 4DX screen and IMAX also by PVR Cinemas.

Transport

Thiruvananthapuram North Railway Station Thiruvananthapuram North Railway Station (station code: TVCN), formerly Kochuveli railway station (old station code: KCVL), is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is ...

, * Thiruvananthapuram Central City Railway Station, * Thiruvanathapuram Central Bus Station, *

Thiruvananthapuram International Airport Thiruvananthapuram International Airport is an international airport that serves Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, India. Established in 1932, it is the first airport in the state of Kerala and the fifth international airport of ...

, * Thiruvanathapuram - Vizhijam International Seaport,

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LuLu Group
{{Thiruvananthapuram Shopping malls in Thiruvananthapuram 2021 establishments in Kerala Shopping malls established in 2021 Lulu Malls LuLu Group

History

Description and features

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