The doubling in size would be in terms of floor space, the number of people working in the centre and the number of companies there, the DIFC governor said.
The latest renovation will add an 80,000 square feet Carrefour hypermarket, around 50 new retail brands and a number of street-based restaurants to the mall.
Kuwait’s oil minister also said he believed surplus production in the oil market would be absorbed soon, but that the extent of the surplus was not clear.