Darb designs and builds retail across Riyadh — anchor-mall stores, high-street boutiques in Al Malqa and the Diplomatic Quarter, concept stores, and pop-up runs. Landlord-approved build, in-house display fixtures, and the lighting that makes the product look right — delivered on the handover date so opening day isn't a scramble.
Same craft, matched to the format — the mall calendar is unforgiving, so we plan around handover dates, not around the design's ideal.
For brands taking a mall unit in any of Riyadh's anchor malls — landlord-approved fabrication, mall-management coordination, and handover on the mall's contractor calendar.
For brands opening standalone retail — a boutique in a high-street district, a concept store, or a flagship. More design freedom than mall builds, plus full municipality permit + civil-defence handling.
For short-run retail — a pop-up in a mall's central atrium, a two-week activation at a festival, a seasonal Ramadan store. Fast build, clean install, clean strike, minimal residual.
Design through opening day — landlord approvals, drawings, storefront, MEP, joinery, display fixtures, lighting, signage, POS.
Every engagement is scoped to the mall (or street), the format, and the handover date — proposals return within 48 hours of the site brief.
The full turn-key engagement — design, drawings, permits, build, handover.
For brands with a global design partner — we take the international CI package and deliver it in Riyadh.
For brands opening 3+ stores in a rollout — one project director, standardised finish package, priority calendar.
Every engagement is fully customised — send the mall (or address), format, and target handover date; a tailored proposal returns within 48 hours.
Mall handovers move fast — a signed contract on Monday puts an approved permit package with mall management by end of the following week. Standalone boutiques on the high street run a bit longer because municipality permits carry more weight.
We visit the space, pull the mall's tenant guide (or landlord's), and confirm the handover date. Rough budget bracket returned within 48 hours.
Concept + 3D + full construction drawings. Mall management review runs in parallel with your sign-off.
Mall + municipality permits filed. In-house fabrication of display fixtures runs in parallel. Site build starts as soon as mall access + permits land.
Snag walkthrough with you, then mall management sign-off. Handover the day the mall requires — no scramble on opening morning.
Regularly — accredited contractor at the majors. Every mall has its own contractor accreditation, drawing-submission process, out-of-hours access rules, and handover protocol; we know that shape. Newer malls we onboard to within two weeks of client sign-off.
Six to eight weeks for a standard 100-250m² mall unit is comfortable — that covers drawing sign-off, mall approval, fabrication, and install during your contractor access window. Compressed to four weeks is possible for stock-design brands (F&B chains, standardised retail systems); below four weeks we'd need to know before pricing.
Yes, part of every engagement. Drawings submitted to mall management for approval, contractor accreditation confirmed, out-of-hours access booked, insurance and safety docs filed. You get one point of contact; we run the mall relationship.
That's typical for international retail. We take the global CI package — materials, finishes, lighting spec, hero-product treatment — and translate it into a locally-buildable package with Riyadh-available materials and Saudi-compliant MEP. Global brand managers usually approve on the first submission because we build to spec, not to interpretation.
Yes — display walls, plinths, gondolas, cash desks, and any bespoke shopfitting are built in our own workshop. Consistency across a multi-store rollout is a lot easier when the display run comes off the same production line.
Retail lighting is different from office lighting — colour temperature matters (warm 3000K for luxury, cooler 4000K for fashion, mixed for cosmetics), CRI 90+ is table stakes for anything colour-sensitive, and the track + accent + display balance drives whether the product looks right on the shelf. We design retail lighting from the concept phase, not as a MEP afterthought.
Yes — mall central-atrium pop-ups, festival activations, seasonal Ramadan/Eid stores. Modular structures that install in a week and strike cleanly. Popular for brands testing a Riyadh presence before committing to a mall lease.
Yes — VAT-registered invoicing with 15% VAT applied, corporate PO handling, and payment terms that fit a retail-rollout calendar (typically 20/30/30/20 across signature / drawings sign-off / mid-build / handover).
Send the mall (or address), the format, and your target handover date. A tailored proposal — concept direction, budget bracket, timeline — returns within 48 hours.