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