It has a total retail floor area of 502,000 square meters (5,400,000 sq ft). Located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, it is part of the 20-billion-dollar Downtown complex (called Downtown Dubai) adjacent to the iconic Burj Khalifa and includes over 1,200 shops. In 2011, it was the most visited building on the planet, attracting over 54 million visitors each year. Twice delayed, Dubai Mall opened on 4 November 2008, with about 1000 retailers, marking the world’s second largest-ever mall opening in retail history behind West Edmonton Mall. However, it does not have the grossest leasable space and is surpassed in that category by nineteen malls including the New South China Mall, which is the world’s second-largest, Golden Resources Mall, SM City North Edsa, and SM Mall of Asia.