Mantri Square: Bangalore’s Largest Mall at Malleshwaram
March 28, 2010 – 10:44 pm
Bangalore is getting malled as the mall phenomenon continues. There is a new addition of mall in Bangalore called Mantri Square. Located at Sampige Road, Malleshwaram it is said to be the largest mall in Bangalore till date. It has been developed by real estate developer Mantri group just besides their residential complex Mantri Greens.
Mantri Square is a 5 story mall including 1 story of basement shops. It has another 2 stories of basement for parking. I think Mantri Square is the first mall in Bangalore to implement multiple level marking ( one vehicle above another). thereby saving space. I visited there yesterday and the mall is not yet fully complete. The developers were in a hurry to open the doors. As they knew they will be the only mall for that area (Malleshwaram, Rajajinagar etc). As I see the trend, now mall development will take place targeting a particular area. I heard from a birdie that a huge mall is coming up at the entrance of Rajkumar road. When completed Mantri Square will feature around 250 outlets starting Bangalore shops like Show Off to many international brands.
Mantri Square has SPAR, Reliance Timeout, Reliance Trends, Reliance Footprints, Planet M, Reliance Jewels, Adidas, Nokia, Titan, Scary House etc. A 6 screen multiplex from Inox will open shortly. The floor plan is nicely done but to find a place to sit for is hard to find inside the mall. However, on the 5th floor they have a huge food court featuring various restaurants, fast food counter etc. Mantri Square has indeed given a new place to hang out for the people of that area but the same time increased traffic snarls by more than 5 times. On Saturday night saw a huge number of traffic police personals along with staffs from Mantri Square were finding it difficult to maintain traffic on that stretch. Further more Sampige road is one way which makes things more difficult. A nother branch of Big Bazaar has opened nearby which had added to woe.
I saw on their website they are maintaining fire safety but after I saw the car parking area in the basement with bundles of wires moving all over the places. It did made me little concerned about fire safety as are just two or so exits. I hope they are upto the job of safety.
Happy Mallomania!
Official website: http://www.mantrisquare.com
