General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces viewed on Tuesday a model of a new fish, vegetable and meat market to be built in Abu Dhabi.
"The Central Fish Market" will be the biggest project of its kind in the Gulf region, with a total built up area of 1.8 million sq ft. It is budgeted to cost upward of AED 1 Billion and is expected to be operational by mid 2009.
It will have a state-of-the-art Fish, Meat and Vegetable Market with more than 200 outlets apart from Shopping Mall including a Hypermarket and a spacious Food Court. Line Investments & Property LLC, a division of the leading retail chain Emke Group is the Developer and operator of the project.
The quality standards of the new market will comply with ISO 14001, ISO 9001, OHSAS 18001, HACCP, Abu Dhabi Municipality HSE regulations and other world-class quality, health, safety, environmental and waste management systems. The fish market will have a common fish cleaning hall and an international standard fish-waste processing plant. All steps have been taken to ensure a totally hygienic and odourless market. Each shop will have separate cold storage facilities. There will also be specialty shops for the purchase of live fish.
The project is located on a Mubadala owned estate in the heart of the city with a parking capacity of more than 3500 and will also have specialty sea-food restaurants. (Emirates News Agency, WAM)
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