12 Malls in the next three years..? Lulu's Master Plan!

Sowmiya Sriram
12 Malls in the next three years..? Lulu's master Plan!
Kozhikode, Tirur, Perinthalmanna, Kottayam, palakkad and Noida, Varanasi, Prayagraj, ahmedabad (in Uttar Pradesh), hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Chennai. Lulu Group plans to open 12 malls across india in the next three years, expanding to a total of about 5 million square feet, according to its director.

12 malls in 3 years:

The UAE-based group, which plans to invest over Rs 19,000 crore to develop malls, hypermarkets, food processing centers, and related businesses, will set up malls in Noida, Gurugram, Chennai, and Bengaluru, it said in a statement. They have planned to set up 12 malls in the next three years in various places like Kerala's Kozhikode, Tirur, Perinthalmanna, Kottayam, palakkad and Noida, Varanasi, Prayagraj, ahmedabad (in Uttar Pradesh), hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Chennai, said Shibu Phillips, director - Malls, Lulu Group India. The news has been published.
5 million sq. ft:
In the future, we will add another 2 million sq. ft. when we open 5 malls in Kerala. 2 million sq. ft. in ahmedabad and one million in Chennai, half a million in hyderabad for a total of 4.5 million If Square Feet and Pragyaraj come in, we will have reached 5 million in total," Phillips said.
Uttar Pradesh:
He further said that an important market for Lulu Group is Uttar Pradesh. They are in the process of acquiring land for this in Prayagraj and Varanasi, after which they will focus on Kanpur. We have already invested Rs 2,000 crore in Lucknow. 500 crores have already been allocated and we are also bringing up a food processing center in the state. A further Rs 2,000 crore expansion is planned for hypermarkets and malls in Uttar Pradesh,” Phillips added.
About the mall in Noida, the Lulu Group director said the retail property is still in the planning stage and the location will be decided based on market opportunities. “We are currently understanding the market. If it is a commercial complex, it will be ready within three years, if it is a hypermarket, it will be done within one year,'' he said. In Gurugram, Lulu Group has occupied space in a mall to launch a hypermarket. It is under construction. It was also informed that it will be operational in one and a half years. Another area we need to focus on is Bengaluru and we are planning to set up four more hypermarkets and one mini-mall in Bengaluru,” he said. He mentioned that the team is also looking for land in Chennai.

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