Swedish construction company Skanska has won a contract worth 25 million sterling ($36.16 million) to expand Dubai's Burjuman Centre.

The Dh1 billion ($365 million) project includes a four-storey shopping centre, two high-rise apartments and an office tower which will transform the premier shopping mall into a multi-functional, total leisure destination.

Planned around the existing mall, work on the expansion is expected to be completed by March 2003.

Besides the additional 450,000 sq ft of retail space being built around the centre, the new Burjuman also includes a 19-storey office block with a built-up area of 300,000 sq ft; 200 residential luxury service apartments; an entertainment section; a multi-screen cineplex; a health club; a multi-cuisine food-court and speciality restaurants and covered parking for 3,200 vehicles.