Experience · Retail
Streets made for shopping
Shaded promenades, a high street with homes above, neighbourhood courts and makers' markets, anchored by Madar in the Central District.
- Retail planned
- Approx. 100,000 m²
- Anchor destination
- Madar
- Madar opening
- Targeted 2028
- Shopping streets
- Three
(01)Retail at Madinat Al Irfan
Retail here is planned as streets, not boxes: shaded promenades, shopfronts with homes above and courts where neighbours meet. Around 100,000 m² of shops, cafés and markets, woven into daily life rather than parked beside it.
- Retail plannedApproximate, across the masterplan
- 100,000 m²
- Of the masterplanLand set aside for retail
- 4%
- Shopping streetsA promenade, a high street and a neighbourhood court
- 3
- Places at MadarIn the indicative tenant mix
- 30
(02)Anchor destination
Madar, the city's orbit
Madar takes its name from the Arabic for orbit, and the Central District turns around it: a planned destination of around thirty stores and restaurants on a shaded promenade, with a cinema and family entertainment.
- An indicative mix across fashion, beauty, home, kids and services
- Falaj Kitchen, Dallah House, Saj & Ember and Marsa on the promenade
- A planned cinema, an arcade and immersive art
- Founding offers for Evolve early-access members
(03)Shopping streets
Three streets, three rhythms
From a late-night promenade to a neighbourhood court, each shopping street is planned around shade, short walks and somewhere to sit.
Central District
A promenade made for the evening
A shaded, pedestrian promenade wraps around Madar, lined with restaurant terraces, kiosks and places to sit that come alive as the heat of the day lifts. Arcades and planting keep it comfortable through the summer, and it stays open late from Thursday to Saturday.
- Character
- Pedestrian, shaded, open late
- Anchors
- Madar and its terraces
- Status
- Planned, opening with Madar
- Getting there
- Shuttle stop · Central
(04)Artisan markets
Made here, sold here
Night markets, festival makers and a souq of open studios give Omani craftspeople and young brands a place in the city from the start.
(05)Why open here
An audience already on its way
Residents, hotel guests, delegates and travellers: retail at Madinat Al Irfan opens into a city that is already welcoming the world, four kilometres from the airport.
- Homes plannedResidents on the doorstep
- 11,000+
- Hotel rooms and suitesOpen today at JW Marriott and Crowne Plaza
- 599
- Meeting spaces at OCECDelegates and exhibition visitors all year
- 55+
- To Muscat International AirportTravellers minutes away
- 4 km
(06)Retail leasing
Open your store in the city
Flagships, boutiques, kiosks and restaurants: tell us about your brand and the leasing team will share the indicative plans, the tenant mix and the next steps.
- Madar, the Central District high street and the Rawdh retail court
- Units from kiosks and pop-ups to flagships
- Opening of Madar targeted for 2028
