Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Nakheel and Auchan announce the creation of HyperCorp LLC

Nakheel, a Dubai World company and one of the world’s largest and most innovative real estate developers, has announced the creation of HyperCorp LLC - a joint venture company with the Auchan group, one of the world’s largest food retailing groups.

A division of Nakheel Retail, HyperCorp LLC aims to develop the Auchan banner across the Gulf with French company Auchan holding 10 per cent of the capital.

The new company plans to open a first wave of five hypermarkets located in Nakheel’s developments across Dubai including Dragon Mart (before the end of 2008), Great Mall Dubai in International City, Palm Jumeirah, Jumeirah Village and Palm Deira.

"We will open 15 hypermarkets and 40 supermarkets across the G.C.C. in the coming 10 years and will expand into other quality developer’s projects as well as our own.”