For the first time I have been to Avenues since it open, I took my mother there to check it out and see what all the fuss is about. First off its very spacious and there seems to be a lot of parking and different points to enter it. This is only Phase 1 based on what I understand but its still pretty big and they have only opened about 60% of the shops in Phase 1 so more and more will be opening.

I have to say that it is pretty disappointing for a mall of that size, the food court is really small, but you do have some choices. The shops are mostly catering to women and specifically clothing, jewellery and accessories. I have to say that its missing a lot of shops which would make it more interesting to go there. The problem is that there are no media shops what so ever, so there no reason to stop and read anything. I wish once they would open a large bookstore, and all it would sell was books, that would be very nice. Overall I think the mall is overhyped and needs some more work, and they need to diversify the types of shops they have. It also takes another 10 – 15 minutes to drive out of there because it seems they didn’t decide to clearly state how to exit, and if there is any traffic you will be stuck there for a while underground.