CONSTRUCTION OF DALMA GARDEN MALL SHOPPING AND ENTERTAINMENT CENTER UNDER WAY IN YEREVAN

Noyan Tapan
Oct 26, 2009

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The presentation of the Dalma
Garden Mall shopping and entertainment center’s project took place
at the Erebuni Hotel on October 26. According to the Project Head
Alexander Harutyunian, the center will be located in "Dalma Gardens"
microdistrict and occupy an area of 46 thousand square meters. The
center’s construction began in 2008.

The cost of the construction financed by Dalma Invest LLC, a subsidiary
of Tashir Company (Russia) is 40 million dollars.

A. Harutyunian said this multifunctional two-story shopping and
entertainment center is the first one in Armenia. Its opening is
scheduled for the third quarter of 2010. Dalma Garden Mall will
include food hypermarkets, shops, restaurants, fast food outlets,
banks, tour agencies, shops of building materials and furniture,
a cinema, and an entertainment area for children.

RA Minister of Economy Nerses Yeritsian said that the combination of
entertainment, trade and services is a widely used model in the world
as it enables to increase accessibility of goods and services. "The
construction volumes also show that it is going to be a shopping
center in line with international standards," he declared. In his
words, the center will be mainly a social facility where people will
spend their time in pleasant surroundings. He noted that people of
various strata of society can avail themselves to such centers.