Express Avenue

Express Avenue is a shopping mall in Chennai promoted by Express Infrastructure, a subsidiary of Indian Express Limited Group. It is home to the largest gaming arcade in South India. Built at a cost of, the 1,750,000sqft mall has 10 anchor tenants and 150 vanilla tenants.DescriptionThe mall is built on a 10-acre site inside the historic Indian Express Estate and has four floors of retail space, a building for corporate offices and a hotel. Out of 10 acres, about 3.57 acres have been taken up by buildings. The rest have been used for car parking, drive-ways and landscaping. In all, the mall has 26 lifts, 34 escalators and 4 travelators.Express Avenue hosts a mixture of shopping, business, and leisure. The mall is bounded by Whites Road, Woods Road, and Patullos Road and has a three-level basement parking space for over 1,500 cars and a parking area for bikes. It was inaugurated on 26 May 2010.The mall has a total development of including 900,000 sq ft of retail space, 100,000 sq. ft of hotel, 200,000 sq. ft of office space, 400,000 sq ft of parking space.E Hotel, a 44-room four-star boutique hotel built in the mall at a cost of 300 million.Entertainment and leisureThe entertainment portion of the mall is. The Escape Cinemas, the second branch of Sathyam Cinemas, consists of an eight-screen multiplex with a capacity of 1,600 seats covering, which is the city's largest cineplex. California-based Giovanni Castor played a key role in the overall design of Escape. The mall is home to the largest gaming arcade in South India.Besides stand-alone stores, the mall has an 80,000sqft Lifestyle and a 65,000 sq. ft Pantaloon Big Bazaar H&M. The anchor tenants are expected to take 300,000 to 400,000 sq ft, while the vanilla tenants would occupy up to 400,000 sq. ft. The 50,000sqft food court has 25 counters and includes food chains such as KFC and Pizza Hut. The mall has six atria with a height not less than 75 ft each. The atrium areas are covered with tensile fabric and the centre of the atrium is covered with glass.