Two new pedestrian footbridges connect Granada Mall directly to the adjacent Hilton Riyadh Hotel & Residences and to Granada Station on the Riyadh Metro’s Purple Line, confirmed open as of early May 2026. Established in 2005, the centre is one of the older large-format malls in Riyadh still actively adding infrastructure rather than holding steady two decades in.
The centre spans roughly 150,000 square metres of covered space on the Eastern Ring Road, between exits 8 and 9, in the Ghernata District, with more than 300 retail locations built by Saudi Constructioneers. A north and south expansion project is adding 36,317 square metres of leasable space, taking total GLA to roughly 124,141 square metres.
Facility management firm Osool reports the mall’s active section running at 95 percent occupancy, a high figure for a twenty-year-old asset mid-expansion. Reel Cinemas and Fun Oasis anchor entertainment, and the connected Hilton hotel and business park extend the site’s role beyond retail into hospitality and office space.
For a brand assessing Riyadh, Granada Mall’s direct metro and hotel connections, arriving two decades after the centre first opened, signal a landlord still investing in an established asset rather than treating it as a finished, ageing property.
