The mall is situated near the Royapettah Clock Tower. The mall is built on an 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.[2]
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 Шаблон:Convert 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.[2] The mall was inaugurated on 26 May 2010.[3]
E Hotel, a 44-room four-star boutique hotel, was built in the mall at a cost of Шаблон:INR 300 million.[4]
The entertainment portion of the mall is Шаблон:Convert. The Escape Cinemas, the branch of PVR Cinemas, consists of an 08-screens multiplex with a capacity of 1,600 seats covering Шаблон:Convert, which is the city's largest cineplex. California-based Giovanni Castor played a key role in the overall design of Escape.[5] The mall is home to the largest gaming arcade in South India.
Besides stand-alone stores like Bath & Body Works, Montblac, and Armani Exchange the mall has an Шаблон:ConvertLifestyle and a 65,000 sq. ft Pantaloon, Smart 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 Шаблон:Convert food court has 25 counters and includes food chains such as 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.[2]
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 Шаблон:Convert 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.[6]
