bangalore leading real estate player mantri developers today announced the opening of one of indias largest malls mantri square spread over 17 million square feet and which would soon have a metro connectivity as wellwith an investment of over rs 500 crore the mall boasts of 252 retail outlets offering 10000 brands sushil mantri chairman and managing director mantri developers told mediathe highlight of the mall would be its connectivity to railway station which is being jointly developed by the metro rail authorities and mantri developers on five acres of land belonging to mantri and leased out to the governmenta bridge would lead the commuters getting off at the station to the second floor of the mall providing shoppers an international experience he saidthe station is expected to provide an additional footfall of 20000 once it becomes operational in two years time frame the developers expect the footfall to go up to one lakh a day once the station was operationalthe station area would cover around 80000 sq feet and would involve third party maintenance he saidinspired by worldwide mall architecture mantri square has wide corridors almost 40 feet wide to allow shoppers to move comfortably in peak hours it boasts of a roof 450 feet long nd 135 feet wide that allows natural sunlightthe mall would introduce some leading international brands first time in the cuntry including taco bell the leading mexican inspired food chain leading italian brand ovs it would also see many national brands launching their outlets for the first time in the city he said