{"id":15901,"date":"2026-09-07T13:47:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T09:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/?p=15901"},"modified":"2026-09-07T13:47:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T09:47:56","slug":"mohamed-alabbar-dubai-square-parking-is-air-conditioned-and-the-customer-experience-should-begin-before-the-mall-entrance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/2026\/09\/07\/mohamed-alabbar-dubai-square-parking-is-air-conditioned-and-the-customer-experience-should-begin-before-the-mall-entrance\/","title":{"rendered":"Mohamed Alabbar: Dubai Square Parking Is Air-Conditioned, and the Customer Experience Should Begin Before the Mall Entrance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai Square, the retail, hospitality, and business destination, has unveiled a new vision for developing an air-conditioned parking environment with an integrated interior design. The move aims to extend the quality of the overall experience beyond the mall entrance, making both arrival and departure an essential part of the visitor journey.<\/p>\n<p>The new concept brings together air-conditioning systems with interior design elements, finishes, ceilings, lighting, wayfinding, and architectural details within one cohesive environment that reflects Dubai Square\u2019s identity and the level of quality the destination aims to deliver across its various facilities.<\/p>\n<h3>Air-Conditioned Parking With a Different Experience at Dubai Square<\/h3>\n<p>Dubai Square\u2019s vision is based on the idea that parking facilities should not be treated simply as a service area separated from the rest of the destination, but rather as an extension of the visitor experience from the moment they arrive.<\/p>\n<p>The concept includes air-conditioned parking spaces with carefully considered interior finishes, ceilings, lighting, clear wayfinding systems, and architectural details designed to make the transition from the car to the destination easier, calmer, and more seamless.<\/p>\n<p>These elements are also intended to provide greater comfort for visitors during both arrival and departure, in line with Dubai Square\u2019s position as an integrated destination combining shopping, hospitality, and business.<\/p>\n<h3>Mohamed Alabbar: The Visitor Experience Should Begin Before the Mall Entrance<\/h3>\n<p>Mohamed Alabbar, Founder of Emaar Properties, said: \u201cAt Dubai Square, the customer experience should begin before the mall entrance. Parking should be comfortable, easy to use and beautifully designed, not just a secondary element. Every part of the journey, from arrival to departure, should reflect the quality of the destination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This approach reflects a vision centered on every detail of the visitor journey, rather than limiting the experience to the interior spaces of the shopping center. Instead, the experience extends to the stages before entering the mall and after leaving it.<\/p>\n<h3>Dubai Square and the Drive-Through Mall Concept<\/h3>\n<p>Emaar Properties announced Dubai Square in December 2025 as the world\u2019s first shopping center designed around the \u201cdrive-through mall\u201d concept.<\/p>\n<p>The concept forms part of an integrated vision that brings together different modes of transportation, pedestrian-friendly streets, and next-generation retail experiences, giving visitors greater flexibility in moving around and accessing different areas of the destination.<\/p>\n<p>The development of air-conditioned, thoughtfully designed parking facilities fits naturally within this vision, turning mobility and arrival into a seamless extension of the overall concept of the project.<\/p>\n<h3>A New Standard for Shopping Mall Parking<\/h3>\n<p>Dubai Square aims to set a new standard for how major commercial destinations approach parking facilities, ensuring that these spaces are no longer treated merely as service areas but become part of the overall design and the destination experience itself.<\/p>\n<p>This reflects a broader effort to elevate every stage of the visitor journey, from entering the parking area and walking into the mall to returning to the vehicle at the end of the visit.<\/p>\n<p>The model could offer a different approach to parking at major shopping centers by combining comfort, ease of use, and high-quality design within a single environment.<\/p>\n<h3>Dubai Square Within the Dubai Creek Harbour Project<\/h3>\n<p>Dubai Square spans 2.6 million square meters within Dubai Creek Harbour, a development valued at AED 180 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The project forms part of a broader vision to create a destination that brings together retail, hospitality, business, and modern experiences, while placing a strong focus on ease of movement, visitor comfort, and design quality throughout every stage of the journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai Square, the retail, hospitality, and business destination, has unveiled a new vision for developing an air-conditioned parking environment with an integrated interior design.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[211],"tags":[256,253,229],"class_list":["post-15901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-happening-in-dubai","tag-news","tag-shopping","tag-tourism"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15903,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15901\/revisions\/15903"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}