The Assima Mall is a new mall owned by Salhiya popping up in the city across the street from KIPCO Tower and last week I got to check it out. The mall is looking really great so far as you can see in the pictures with lots and lots of daylight coming in through the huge glass roof. The mall is made up of 8 levels and because of the large skylight, even the lower floors get access to natural light.
The most prominent places opening up in Assima are the upmarket French department store Galeries Lafayette, the French retail chain Monoprix, the National Geographic store, a UFC Gym and Cinescape.
Originally meant to be completed this year, the mall is now expected to be completed in April with an opening of Q3 or Q4 of 2021.
A cinema room under construction
22 replies on “Sneak Peek: The Assima Mall”
yay another mall.. meanwhile in recently-barbaric Saudi Arabia they’ve left us in the dust as an outdated regressive country with dumb laws and highways that crumble like tea cakes.
yeah whats up with the roads?? I thought they said they were going to fix them and then they had months where we all couldn’t be out on the streets after a certain time so I thought for sure they would have fixed them all. Then this past weekend I head to the KMT race track and by the time I get there i basically needed a new car because of how shitty the road was.
hashtag siiiigh
One word: Corruption.
yep another mall soon there will be a mall for each person in Kuwait
Malls are entertainment places, they have indoor arcades and amusement parks. All major malls in Kuwait have indoor amusement parks and arcades.
So, What is your problem with malls? LOL…..
having been to riyadh, there are no outdoor amusement parks everything is indoors inside malls. So why mention Saudi Arabia? lmao this is too funny. It feels like some people here are trying to belittle Kuwait but without the proper comparison and context.
That part of town is already crowded as it is, so I’m curious as to how accommodating their parking is going to be.
Their parking sadly didn’t look so big but I think that’s due to the baladiya or something. I remember hamra tower people told me their lot was meant to be 11 floors but they only got initial approval for 5. Only after complaining and pushing and pulling did they get approval for 7 which still isn’t enough.
Probably same reason new NBK head office has a small 4-5 floor lot
With how Al-Hamra is doing now, it’s more than enough!
I will not believe that hamra’s onwer wants to have more floors for lot and baladia refuses! Opposite is true maybe.
Well you’re wrong and your logic anyway doesn’t make sense. More parking spots means more income and more visitors, why would anyone not want that?
Do you also think they somehow were smart enough to build Alhamra but not smart enough to calculate how many parking spots they need?
8 floors sound way too excessive
based on what study?
is that ‘skyzone’ hoarding for an indoor skydiving thing?
Based on their insta it looks like a Trampo
I just hope they bring actual Monoprix food, they have the best snacks and sweets.
Wow ,
I hope they have Starbucks on each floor.
Why is there so much empty space in the middle?
For the love of god, Kuwait needs more than just more malls and shopping centers/food courts. Give us REAL entertainment 🙁
I frequently think about this, as in why do private companies not build real out door (or mega indoor) theme parks or other entertainment venues? And I think the main reason is that its incredibly difficult to maintain financially and is a huge risk, so I guess they just avoid that
I wonder what the latest update on the new Entertainment City
Six floors will give a tough time for people like me with poor sense of direction! Hope they have a category wise arrangement of floors. Otherwise I will have a hard time finding my favourite place to visit for the second time 😀
Hope Assima can rise up to the occasion and is able to fit into ‘Salhia’s shoes. That’s one tough act to follow.