A sneak peak inside the highly anticipated Yas Mall

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Gulf News takes a tour through the latest retail attraction in Abu Dhabi Yas Mall ahead of its opening date in mid November. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00Welcome, we're very excited because we're about to give you a sneak preview into one

00:11of the most anticipated supermalls to hit the UAE.

00:15It's huge, it's two and a half million square feet, it's in Abu Dhabi and when it opens

00:20in November it will be Abu Dhabi's largest mall.

00:24It is of course the Yass Mall.

00:28One interesting factor about Yass Mall is that the environment has clearly been considered

00:33in its design.

00:34Just look behind me, these coves have been fitted with LED lighting and there are thousands

00:40of meters of these LED lights all around this mall.

00:44So Istidam is Abu Dhabi's environment and sustainable standards that they have set and

00:50it's a five-pearl system.

00:51The minimum standard that any building has to achieve is one pearl.

00:55We set ourselves a very high standard to achieve two pearls within that Istidam rating,

00:59which is all about making sure that the building is energy efficient, we're using environment

01:03friendly materials, we look at how much energy we consume, how we consume our waste and we've

01:09successfully implemented that during the construction phase and we intend to do so as well during

01:14the operational stage.

01:15We also encourage a lot of our retailers as well to follow along the same footpaths and

01:19make sure that they use a lot of sustainable materials to continue within that.

01:22The environment is such an important part of everything that we do at Eldar and at Yass

01:26Mall.

01:27So the mall was very urban, we have some open corridors, we have a lot of natural light,

01:33it's got a very easy configuration and people can access the mall from multiple locations

01:38with great ease.

01:40So we really tried to incorporate all of those elements into the design.

01:44We are in Town Square in the heart of Yass Mall.

01:48The complete glass ceiling makes this area the largest naturally lit indoor area in the

01:54region.

01:55The idea behind Yass Mall was to bring the outdoors indoors and they've really succeeded

02:00in doing that.

02:01As you walk around the mall and you see the little architectural details such as the trees,

02:06the pools of water, the natural light which is all around the mall, the natural limestone,

02:10you really get a feel of that outdoor experience.

02:15With over 370 stores which will include the region's largest Debenhams, Zara, Adidas, Nike

02:22and a massive 20 screen cinema, Yass Mall is going to be a fantastic addition to the

02:27UAE's retail market.

02:29This is Sarvika Rampaya, Golf News.

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