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{{short description|Shopping mall in Chennai, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox shopping mall
| name = Express Avenue
| logo = Express Yourself.png
| image = Express avenue chennai.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| caption = Express Avenue building
| location = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| coordinates = {{coord|13.058606|N|80.2641537|E|display=inline, title}}
| address = Whites road, Royapettah
| opening_date = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2010|8|31}}<ref name='Express Avenue'/>
| closing_date =
| developer = Express Infrastructure Private Limited
| owner = Kavita Singhania
| number_of_stores = 210
| number_of_anchors = 10
| floor_area = {{convert|900000|sqft}}<ref name='Express Avenue'/><ref name="TheHindu_MallInclusive"/>
| parking = 3-level basement parking
| floors = 3
| website = {{URL|http://www.expressavenue.in/}}
| belowstyle =
| footnotes =
}}
'''Express Avenue''' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]]: எக்ஸ்ப்ரெஸ் அவென்யூ) is a [[shopping mall]] in [[Chennai]] promoted by Express Infrastructure, A division of Express Newspapers Pvt. Ltd.<ref name=Retailing>{{cite web
| url = http://www.indiaretailing.com/news.aspx?topic=1&Id=4491
| title = Express Avenue, Chennai to soft launch in April
| publisher = India Retailing
| access-date = 9 February 2010
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101213044505/http://indiaretailing.com/news.aspx?topic=1&Id=4491
| archive-date = 13 December 2010
| url-status = dead
}}</ref> It is home to the largest gaming arcade in [[South India]]. Built at a cost of {{INR Convert|7500|m}}, the mall is spread over {{convert|1750000|sqft|adj=on}}, including {{convert|900000|sqft|adj=on}} of leasable (retail) area. The mall has 10 anchor tenants and 150 vanilla tenants.<ref name="TheHindu_MallInclusive"/>

==Description==
The mall is situated near the [[Royapettah Clock Tower]]. The mall is built on a 8-acre site inside the historic Indian Express Estate and has four floors of retail space, a building for corporate offices and a hotel. Out of 10 acres, about 3.57 acres have been taken up by buildings. The rest have been used for car parking, drive-ways and landscaping. In all, the mall has 26 lifts, 34 escalators and 4 travelators.<ref name="TheHindu_MallInclusive">{{cite news
| last = Kannan
| first = Shanthi
| title = Mall inclusive
| newspaper = The Hindu
| location = Chennai
| publisher = The Hindu
| date = 25 December 2009
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article70365.ece?homepage=true
| access-date = 28 May 2012}}</ref>

Express Avenue hosts a mixture of shopping, business and leisure. The mall is bounded by Whites Road, Woods Road and Patullos Road and has a three-level basement parking space for over 1,500 cars and a parking area for bikes. It has a total development of {{convert|1,500,000|sqft}} including 900,000 sq ft of retail space, 100,000 sq. ft of hotel, 200,000 sq. ft of office space, 400,000 sq ft of parking space.<ref name="TheHindu_MallInclusive"/> The mall was inaugurated on 26 May 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=Express Avenue Details|url=https://www.indiaretailing.com/2020/02/12/shopping-centre/express-avenue-mall-transforming-the-way-consumers-shop-in-chennai/}}</ref>

E Hotel, a 44-room four-star boutique hotel, was built in the mall at a cost of {{INR}} 300 million.<ref name='Express Avenue'>{{cite news
| title = Express Newspaper group enters hotels biz
| newspaper = Chennai Realty.biz
| publisher = ChennaiRealty.biz
| date = 5 August 2012
| url = http://chennairealty.biz/blogs/Express_Newspaper_group_enters_hotels.html
| access-date = 7 August 2012
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120808004744/http://chennairealty.biz/blogs/Express_Newspaper_group_enters_hotels.html
| archive-date = 8 August 2012
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>

{{wide image|Express_avenue_panorama.jpg|1000px|Express Avenue panorama view|alt=Panorama of Express Avenue mall}}

==Entertainment and leisure==
The entertainment portion of the mall is {{convert|70000|sqft}}. The Escape Cinemas, the second branch of [[SPI Cinemas]], consists of an 08-screens multiplex with a capacity of 1,600 seats covering {{convert|50,000|sqft}}, which is the city's largest cineplex. California-based Giovanni Castor played a key role in the overall design of Escape.<ref name="TheHindu_Escape">{{cite news|title=Let the show begin|url=https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/leisure/Let-the-show-begin/article12079526.ece | date=22 August 2010 | newspaper=The Hindu | first=Prince | last=Frederick | access-date=14 January 2019 }}</ref> The mall is home to the largest gaming arcade in South India.

Besides stand-alone stores like [[Bath & Body Works]], [[Burberry]], [[Montblanc (company)|Montblac]], [[Lacoste]], [[Moschino]] and [[Armani Exchange]] the mall has an {{convert|80,000|sqft|adj=on}} [[Lifestyle (department store)|Lifestyle]] and a 65,000 sq. ft [[Pantaloon Retail India|Pantaloon]], [[Big Bazaar]], [[H&M]] and [[Forever 21]]. The anchor tenants are expected to take 300,000 to 400,000 sq ft, while the vanilla tenants would occupy up to 400,000 sq. ft. The {{convert|50,000|sqft|adj=on}} food court has 25 counters and includes food chains such as [[Chili's]], [[McDonald's]], [[Burger King]], [[Taco Bell]], [[KFC]] and [[Pizza Hut]]. The mall has six atria with a height not less than 75 ft each. The atrium areas are covered with tensile fabric and the centre of the atrium is covered with glass.<ref name="TheHindu_MallInclusive"/> Express Avenue has also have an exclusive showrooms for [[BMW]] and [[Volvo]].

===Food court===
The {{convert|50,000|sqft|adj=on}} court, also called EA Garden, has 25 counters with several food and beverage options including Oriental, [[North Indian cuisine|North Indian]], [[South Indian cuisine|South Indian]], [[Cuisine of the Americas|American]] and [[Italian cuisine|Italian]].<ref name="SLM"/>

===Fun City===
Fun City, a prominent attraction of the mall, is a play area for children.

==Business chamber==
The business chamber is the first such marketing space to be built inside a mall in India. The area of this zone is over {{convert|200000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} of office space at prices intended to compete with [[special economic zones]] and IT parks elsewhere in the city.

===Parking===
The three-level basement parking is equipped to handle about 2,000 vehicles.<ref name="SLM">{{cite web
| last = SME News
| title = South India's largest mall in Chennai inaugurated
| publisher = Indiamart.com
| date = 1 September 2010
| url = http://news.indiamart.com/story/south-indias-largest-mall-chennai-inaugurated-86605.html
| access-date = 30 August 2012
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100905083727/http://news.indiamart.com/story/south-indias-largest-mall-chennai-inaugurated-86605.html
| archive-date = 5 September 2010
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>

==EA Bot (Express Assistant)==
In April 2017, the center launched the [[customer assistant robot]] [[EA - Bot|EA Bot]] in the mall at Royapettah.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/express-avenue-launches-robot-to-enhance-visitors-experience-117042200548_1.html|title=Express Avenue launches robot to enhance visitors experience|agency=Press Trust of India|date=22 April 2017|work=Business Standard India|access-date=5 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.livechennai.com/detailnews.asp?catid=&newsid=33972|title=Live Chennai: The latest hi-tech robot in Chennai Express Avenue Mall,robot, Chennai Express Avenue Mall,EA BOT|last=J.Sampath|website=www.LiveChennai.com|access-date=5 May 2017}}</ref> The autonomous robot uses [[image processing]] for its movement around the center atrium. EA Bot was developed in collaboration with a maker community in Chennai.

[[File:Express Avenue Night View.jpg|thumb]]

==Gallery==
<gallery mode=packed>

File:Express Avenue, Chennai 1.JPG|Express Avenue Chennai
File:Ignited hoarding at night.jpg|Ignited hoarding at night
File:Express Avenue.JPG|Interiors of Express Avenue
File:Lotus-Renault F1 car in display during an event.jpg|Lotus-Renault F1 car on display during an event
File:Children With Express Assistant..jpg|[[EA - Bot|EA Bot]] - India's first customer assistant robot deployed in Express Avenue Chennai, Tamil Nadu
File:EA Christmas Carnival.png|Christmas Carnival 2020
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Chennai Citi Centre]]
* [[Spencer Plaza]]
* [[Abhirami Mega Mall]]
* [[Ampa Skywalk]]
* [[Phoenix Marketcity (Chennai)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Commons category|Express Avenue}}

{{Shopping malls in India}}
{{Chennai Topics}}

[[Category:Shopping malls in Chennai]]
[[Category:Shopping malls established in 2010]]
[[Category:2010 establishments in Tamil Nadu]]

Express Avenue - Revision history

UpdateBot at 03:25, 9 June 2022