Inside Mara
Mara is a 23,000 sqm mall in Al Shamkha, Abu Dhabi, on track to open in Q4 2026. Nesto Hypermarket is confirmed as anchor, with street-level units alongside it for retail, food and beverage, personal care and neighbourhood services.
What Mara offers retailers
The confirmed anchor brings weekly grocery trips to the site from the day it opens.
Individual shopfronts run along a continuous, visible frontage rather than internal corridors.
Space for cafés, casual dining, personal care, wellness and neighbourhood service operators.
Arrival points and parking sit directly in front of the retail run.
Handover is scheduled for the final quarter of 2026.
Everyday shopping and services in one place
Mara pairs Nesto Hypermarket with street-level units for food and beverage, personal care and neighbourhood services, with parking directly in front. The mix is aimed at the weekly grocery run and the short daily visits around it.
AnchorConfirmed anchor for Mara: the weekly grocery shop, on site from opening.
Units suited to coffee, bakery and quick-service operators.
Street-level units for clothing, homeware and neighbourhood retail.
Space for laundry, tailoring, telecoms, pharmacy and similar operators.
Units for salons, barbers, beauty and wellness concepts.
Surface parking with direct access to the shopfronts.
An open plaza in front of the units for seating and pedestrian movement.
Site photography: Mara
Arrival and parking, retail frontage and the pedestrian plaza.
Other Orient Hills destinations
4 more malls in Abu Dhabi, from 5,000 to 30,000 sqm and at different stages of construction.
