More than 600 residents, visitors and retailers participated in the two-day
community event, designed to promote human engagement and social well-being
(AETOSWire): Al Zahia, Sharjah’s premier lifestyle destination, celebrated spring with its first annual ‘Open market’ event, held at the community’s Trees Park. Designed to foster human engagement and social well-being, the ‘Open Market’ in Al Zahia was attended by over 600 residents, visitors and retailers.
During the two-day event, residents and visitors enjoyed savoury food items offered by local food trucks, live entertainment, and a host of children’s outdoor activities including face painting, arts and crafts, sports and entertainment.
“One of our key goals in Al Zahia is to foster human engagement in the community by offering fun, interactive family-friendly events that cement our footprint as Sharjah’s premier lifestyle destination. We are pleased with the impressive turnout at our first annual ‘Open Market’, and we look forward to welcome more families to our neighbourhoods and upcoming community events this year,” said Shadi Al Azzeh, Project Head, Al Zahia, at Majid Al Futtaim – Communities.
Al Zahia – owned by Sharjah Holding PJSC, a strategic partnership between Majid Al Futtaim - Properties and Sharjah Asset Management, strives to provide a quality family living experience by enabling residents to connect and celebrate life to its fullest, everyday. Al Zahia regularly holds community-inspired events that engage residents and visitors alike, such as outdoors movie nights with VOX Cinemas. As the leading shopping mall, communities, retail and leisure pioneer across the Middle East, Africa and Asia, Majid Al Futtaim crafts human-centric destinations by bridging people, business and culture to create world class communities.
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About Al Zahia
Al Zahia – owned by Sharjah Holding and managed by Majid Al Futtaim Properties – is a milestone development that will help diversify the real estate sector of the Emirate of Sharjah. As Sharjah’s first integrated, mixed use gated community – rooted in the emirate’s values of family, community and culture – Al Zahia is on par with the high-quality, international building standards for which its developer, Majid Al Futtaim Properties, is known.
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About Sharjah Holding JSC
Sharjah Holding, a strategic partnership between Majid Al Futtaim Properties and Sharjah Asset Management, is a community focused real estate developer. Sharjah Holding’s current focus is on the development and management of retail and mixed use projects in the Emirate of Sharjah. These include Matajer, a neighbourhood shopping centre concept, and Al Zahia, a major integrated mixed-use community.
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About Majid Al Futtaim
Founded in 1992, Majid Al Futtaim is the leading shopping mall, communities, retail and leisure pioneer across the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
A remarkable business success story, Majid Al Futtaim started from one man’s vision to transform the face of shopping, entertainment and leisure to create ‘great moments for everyone, every day’. It has since grown into one of the United Arab Emirates’ most respected and successful businesses spanning 15 international markets, employing 40,000 people and obtaining the highest credit rating (BBB) among privately-held corporates in the region.
Majid Al Futtaim owns and operates 23 shopping malls, 12 hotels and Four mixed-use communities, with further developments underway in the region. The shopping malls portfolio includes Mall of the Emirates, Mall of Egypt, City Centre malls, My City Centre neighbourhood centres, and four community malls which are in joint venture with the Government of Sharjah. The Company is the exclusive franchisee for Carrefour in 38 markets across Middle East, Africa and Asia, and operates a portfolio of more than 230 outlets in 14 countries.
Majid Al Futtaim operates more than 300 VOX Cinema screens and 32 Magic Planet family entertainment centres across the region, in addition to iconic leisure and entertainment facilities such as Ski Dubai, Orbi Dubai and Ski Egypt, among others. The Company is parent to the consumer finance company 'Najm', a Fashion and Home retail business representing international brands such as Abercrombie & Fitch, ALLSAINTS, lululemon athletica, Crate & Barrel and Maisons du Monde; and a healthcare business that operates City Centre Clinics. In addition, Majid Al Futtaim operates Enova, a facility and energy management company, through a joint venture operation with Veolia, a global leader in optimised environment resource management. The Company also owns the rights to The LEGO Store and American Girl in the Middle East and operates in the food and beverage industry through a partnership with Gourmet Gulf.
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