The Evolution of Al Sadd
By timebandit •
The new go up
[Al Sadd Mall]
And the old come down:-
[The old Versailles building in Al Sadd]
Is Al Sadd returning to it's glory days before all the malls started opening?
The new go up
[Al Sadd Mall]
And the old come down:-
[The old Versailles building in Al Sadd]
Is Al Sadd returning to it's glory days before all the malls started opening?
Dubai is Dubai. It has its own identity & history. It can not be replicated. Doha is on its way, miles ahead. Every place has its significance.
Sbarro is still open but the goodnews is that by september they will open new franchise. just hope it wont close as well in the future
Are any of the food court outlets still open there, or have they all shut down now?
timebandit I work at royal plaza and yes its always like that, Im a shop manager there, really boring actually.
Royal Plaza... been in there a couple of times. It is always deserted. It seems to be very elitist in there with only high end expensive shops to walk past.
You are right tb. Al Sadd was the retail Centre of Doha in the eighties. There was a Salam Studio & Stores in Al Sadd at the present location of Royal Plaza.
I am told (because I wasn't here) that before the malls Al Sadd was the retail centre of Doha. I can see loads of buildings coming down, and new ones going up, but with limited parking, dreadful traffic congestion and retail units dispersed all over the place. Can Al Sadd compete with the ever larger malls that are going up all over the place?
Competing with buildings or what?
BTW, What will be the ratio with the number of inhibitants?
so you want build a mall in industrial area as well :)
6 new malls along the North Road within 5 km of radius..
and the two new malls along the Al Nasr Street...
TB...no it wasnt me.
Yesterday evening at about 9 PM also seems the debris fell when I was driving past Royal Plaza.
Nice Pics TB....
And yes, Al-Sadd is returning to its glory days.. I remember Al-Sadd used to be considered as one of the most expensive residential and commercial areas in Doha.. and then Dafna=West Bay was developed
Yes this place is changing fast!
Prism were you in one of the cars that nearly got hit by falling debris?
I can't believe they didn't close the road. While I was there no cars got hit, and no one got killed, but after I left who knows. I saw so many near misses.
Ah so it was you taking snap of this old Versailles building being brought down, this morning....:)
Anyways, seems someone somewhere has the the piorities all scre**d up...how many malls do we need here? Why cant the investement be made to create facilities on some of the beaches or say some livable accommodations for the laborers or is this all facade being created in the run up to WC2022.
Who said Doha is going to compete with Dubai :)
Doha a way to go before it can compete with Dubai...