There are a heap of stores ear marked to go in to Golden Mile, but its like CP said, I will believe it when I see it. We (residents) were all promised that pool would be ready last March (2010) but still no pool or gym for that matter. I guess if they open Waitrose and the other shops do take up tenancies then the best thing that Nakheel/IFA could do would be to fix up the dust bowl out the back near the monorail. It would be wonderful to sit in the sun having a coffee whilst the dust swirls around. Although I do get a chuckle out of this one because Nakheel issued a press release and says "we are building a park" then there is flurry of work trucks dumping sand and digging holes, once the media coverage is cover...voila...the site goes silent. The dust bowl remains and really, its just a rubbish dump for a lot of the grubs that now reside around this area. Rant over!!!
I read an article about this in arabian business a few weeks back...also near Waitrose they said a starbucks, boots pharmacy, and pinkberry will be coming!!!
There is a Waitrose opening in building One but they havent started works yet. Rumour is that they will start fitout in March, but then again they said it would be open Q1.