Forum Vijaya Mall to open on May 1st in Chennai

Movie-goers are always blessed a lot. They have business houses at their service. They first build a mall, pull in branded shops, then add a multiplex, and top it up with family restaurants: a perfect gourmet meal for those who like it all at one place. Chennai is fast catching the mall-cum-multiplex fever, so much so that single-screen theatres have become a thing of the past. So Downtown tells its readers what is in store for people living in and around Vadapalani area.

Prestige Group's Forum Vijaya Mall coming up right next to Green Park hotel in Vadapalani is getting ready for its opening ceremony on May 1st,2013. The Mall is located on Arcot Road as well as Jawaharlal Nehru Road with a frontage of approximately 335 rft and 43 rft respectively. Built on eight acres of land it will house nine-screen multiplex along with one iMax screeb run by Satyam cinemas. It will have more than 100 shops and around 10 restaurants. It will also house a 8,000 sq ft Lifestyle showroom and 50,000 sq ft RMKV showroom. It will own Chennai's biggest Hyper market Star Bazaar built on an area of 1 lakh sq ft. Apart from the restaurants, the mall will also have a 500 seat food court with 15 kitchens. For Kids and gaming enthusiast, the Forum mall will have an arcade.

It will also have a 23-level multi-level car parking facility to accommodate about 2,500 cars and 3,000 two-wheelers. “It will be a single block 12 tower structure, with a floor plate size of 1.2 lakh sq ft each. The Mall is served by 10 elevators, 26 escalators and 4 autowalks. The Elevators have a capacity of up to 1600 Kg and speed of 1.75 Mps. The office block is served by 7 passenger and service elevators. The Elevators have a capacity of up to 1600 Kg and speed of 1.75 Mps. These elevators are equipped with 6 car group Neuros 201 controller with artificial intelligence and fuzzy logic system and are equipped with Fujitec's latest state of art technology. The mall will have two entry and exit gates, with access from Arcot Road and Jawaharlal Nehru Road.

Quick Facts:
Name of the mall: Forum Vijaya Mall
Group Company: Prestige Estates Projects Ltd plus Vijaya Productions.
Project Started: November 2011
Location: Vadapalani, Chennai
Launching Date: May 1st 2013
Total area: Super Built up area of the project 16,75,264 sqft
Anchor tenant/s: RMKv, Westside, Lifestyle, Satyam Cinemas, Star Bazaar
Number of outlets: 100 outlets
Number of Floors in the mall: Lower Ground Floor , Upper ground Floor, Ground floor , First Floor, Second floor and Third Floor.
Leased space in the mall: 60 %
Parking facilities for vehicles: four wheeler /two wheeler : MLCP , Basement & Surface Parking

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Falcao has been a long-term target for the Blues, and they were linked with a move for the Colombian international in January.

And with interim Chelsea boss Rafa Benitez set to leave the club at the end of the season, there has been speculation Mourinho could return to the Stamford Bridge dugout.

Bild broke the news of Mario Gotze's transfer to Bayern Munich earlier this week, and have now claimed the summer's second big transfer will involve the Blues.

Mourinho has been widely expected to leave the Bernabeu this summer, and Real Madrid's shock 4-1 defeat to Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday night will not boost his chances of sticking around much longer.

He'd be a popular appointment among Chelsea fans after a hugely successful three year spell at Stamford Bridge between 2004 and 2007.

And the report now claims he's "almost certain" to re-join the Blues this summer, with Falcao to follow in a €60m (£51.7m) deal.

The Atletico Madrid man would join Fernando Torres and Demba Ba, strengthening Chelsea's hopes of mounting a renewed Premier League title challenge next season.

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The West Indian battered the Pune Warriors bowling attack with a century that included just seven dot balls, four singles, eight fours and 11 sixes, during the process, to send the crowd at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore in delirium. By the end of his innings he had amassed 17 sixes and 13 fours as Royal Challengers Bangalore recorded a total of 263 for five, the highest innings total in a Twenty20 match.

Gayle has been having a hit-and-miss IPL in 2013 thus far, with low scores coupled with an 85 off 50 balls and a 92 off 58. But his assault on the Pune bowling attack on Tuesday was in a different category all together. This was Gayle's second ton in his IPL career.

Pakistan's Shahid Afridi holds the record of fastest century in ODI (37 balls) while, Gayle's fellow man Viv Richards is credited for scoring fastest ton (56 balls) in Test history. South African Richard Richard Levi holds the record for fastest international T20 hundred. Levi had slammed 45-ball century against New Zealand in 2011 at Hamilton. Gayle had, earlier, also scored record 50-ball 100 in T20I before Richard Levi surpassed his feat. Gayle also beat the previous 34-ball ton Twenty20 league record set by Australia's Andrew Symonds.

By the end of the innings, it was hard not to feel sympathy for the bowlers. "Life is all about taking the right decision," tweeted the India captain MS Dhoni, "seeing Gayle bat today I think I took the right decision of being a wicket keeper. Though, the milestone came in an IPL clash, and not in any international tie, Gayle's fireworks will be remembered by cricket buffs for long.

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Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen is someone who enjoys every second of life on and off the track in F1. This is probably the reason behind, why he has got a huge fan base following him & admire him a lot.

Kimi Raikkonen enjoyed the break between the recent Malaysian Grand Prix and next one in  China this weekend with a spot of motocross MX Riding.

Founded alongside his rallying team during his two-year Formula 1 sabbatical, Raikkonen's IceOne squad also includes a motocross arm.

So the Iceman pulled on his MX kits last week during the three-week break between Malaysia and China and headed to Belgium, according to the Finnish broadcaster MTV3.

There, the 2007 F1 world champion participated in the gravel practice session, with images depicting him in full airborne tilt.

Motocross riding would ordinarily be deemed too dangerous for Formula 1 teams to allow, but Lotus team boss Eric Boullier admitted last week that, "One of our drivers is famous for doing pretty much what he wants".

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Vettel subsequently escaped sanction for his insubordination, a situation which appears to have backed up Webber's post-race claim that the triple world champion enjoys 'protection' at Red Bull. Mrak Webber, whose contract with the team expires at the end of this season, refused to be drawn on his future after the Sepang showdown.

But the energy drink owned team owner Dietrich Mateschitz has revealed they are interested in Lotus' Kimi Raikkonen. He admitted Raikkonen would be a strong candidate to partner Vettel next season. The billionaire Austrian said: "Kimi is cool and fast and always a candidate."

Meanwhile, Webber has been linked with a switch to racing sportcars with Porsche. And Mateschitz admits he does not know what is in store for the 36-year-old. Mateschitz said: "Whether he retires, only he will choose, but Mark is definitely a candidate for 2014."