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LuLu International Shopping Mall is a shopping mall in the city of Kochi, India run, managed and set up by the EMKE Group. Built on 17 acres of land with 3,900,000 sq ft (360,000 m2) of gross floor area, the mall is the second largest in India. A premium five-star, 20-storey, 300-room hotel managed by JW Marriott Hotels is located within the mall compound. Opened on 10 March 2013, the mall consists of more than 300 outlets including food courts, restaurants, family entertainment zones, a nine-screen multiplex, South India’s largest ice skating rink and a 12 lane bowling alley. The estimated cost for this project is more than INR 16 billion.
Location
The mall is located at Edappally Junction, a prime location in the city of Kochi which is the meeting point of three major highways – NH 47, NH 17, and the Kochi Bypass. The opening of the mall has caused a major traffic bottleneck in the area and the NHAI along with the civic body is planning to construct a flyover above NH 47 and NH 17. They are temporarily using the government-owned land available on either side of the road to enable motorists a free left turn.[12][13][14] The LuLu Group has built its own self-contained city in the surrounding areas of the mall. In recent years, the mall management gradually procured the needed land.