Habtoor Leighton Group has been awarded a contract by the Al Ghurair Centre for the expansion of the Al Ghurair City shopping centre in Dubai.

Opened in 1981, Al Ghurair was the first shoppping mall to be built in the Middle East and is now among the top five destinations visited in Dubai.  Convention Centre will cater for JAFZA's contineous business growth, and as the Middle East's international business hub.

Located on the Riqqa Road in the heartof Deira, the new 218,000 square metres expansion will add three retail levels and two 20-storey towers to the mall - one of which will house a hotel while the other is a residential building. The expansion will also include three levels of underground parking.