Jamuna Future Park - Largest Shopping Mall in South Asia

[tanzirian]

Originally Posted by manbil777

Great work guys! I wish I could drop by the site and set up some shots but I'm 14,000 miles away

Make it up to us on your next visit!....and I'll plan on doing the same (though it's looking like at least a couple more years till then).

[dopekhor]

Originally Posted by mirzazeehan

Excellent stuff Dope,you put my work to shame

aww shucks! :blush:

[dopekhor]

Originally Posted by tanzirian

Thanks Dope, great stuff. What's the construction status? Are things still progressing at a decent pace, or not?

aint bad i cant tell since i aint been inside by looks of it from outside they look unchanged from the last time i saw it

btw my pics are from yesterday

[nayeem007]

Originally Posted by dopekhor

aint bad i cant tell since i aint been inside by looks of it from outside they look unchanged from the last time i saw it

btw my pics are from yesterday

Any idea when they are planning to open it? It will be great if it's by December I am planning to go to Dhaka then..

[dopekhor]

Originally Posted by nayeem007

Any idea when they are planning to open it? It will be great if it's by December I am planning to go to Dhaka then..

not sure about the dates

[mirzazeehan]

Originally Posted by nayeem007

Any idea when they are planning to open it? It will be great if it's by December I am planning to go to Dhaka then..

I think they are planning to open by mid 2009

[mirzazeehan]

Alright guys,Finally some renderings of the interior of the 4.4 Million sq feet JFP

Jamuna Future Park









Source:http://www.jfp.com.bd/

[amar11372]

Looks great. Thanks for sharing Mirza.

[manbil777]

This calls for some kudos.

Thanks for going the extra mile Mirza

[dopekhor]

i just hope the interior wont be as ugly as the logo in the website

[meghnarmajhi]

i don't like the logo either

[Dhakaiya]

That thing is HUGE!!!

[clearsky]

In the actual construction I don't see the helipad that is present in the rendering. Inside looks good.

[dopekhor]

Originally Posted by clearsky

In the actual construction I don't see the helipad that is present in the rendering. Inside looks good.

may be its under construction

[nayeem007]

It will be great if JFP has some actual brand stores like Hugo Boss, CD, Armani etc. Also a movie theatre that shows the recent releases will be a big gain for Dhakaites...otherwise it will be another Bashundhara city in a different packing

[tanzirian]

Originally Posted by nayeem007

It will be great if JFP has some actual brand stores like Hugo Boss, CD, Armani etc. Also a movie theatre that shows the recent releases will be a big gain for Dhakaites...otherwise it will be another Bashundhara city in a different packing

Architecturally these new malls are great, but they seem to lack the interior decor and ambience I see at good malls here in the states. All in time I guess.

[TIslam]

Originally Posted by tanzirian

Architecturally these new malls are great, but they seem to lack the interior decor and ambience I see at good malls here in the states. All in time I guess.

Actually, I haven't seen that in the malls in some SE Asian countries like Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philipppines, either. All the razzle dazzle is on the exterior (structure), inside they have no ambience, no identity.

[sas]

Originally Posted by tanzirian

Architecturally these new malls are great, but they seem to lack the interior decor and ambience I see at good malls here in the states. All in time I guess.

Completely off topic, but tan, do you agree that all malls in the US more or less look the same? I think malls in London have more class (e.g. places like Blue Water - don't know if you've been there or not).

But yes, malls in Dhaka honestly need to step up a gear, with respect to the quality of our departmental stores. We need better quality retail outlets. One good example would be the new flagship Westecs store at Suvastu Imam Plaza on Gulshan Ave. Everything including the choice of music seemed fairly sophisticated to me.

Another interesting piece of news on the retail side is that Nokia is apparently opening five stores using it's global concept. I don't know if anyone has seen the store they have on the 5th floor of Bashundhara City - stands out amongst the other shops.

[Dhakaiya]

The sad part about our malls is that the book shops (if they exist at all!) are very small and sell only schoolbooks. Its really hard to find a book store like 'Borders' in Singapore or something like that.

[tanzirian]

Originally Posted by sas

Completely off topic, but tan, do you agree that all malls in the US more or less look the same?

No, I wouldn't say that. Certainly there are plenty of generic malls but many nice ones as well. Here are two nice examples from my current home town:

The first is an outdoor mall where I like to hang out on the weekends cause they give free concerts and such...the arrangement is not unlike that of our very own New Market, just nicer....Dhaka could consider having more outdoor malls like this. The shops are air-conditioned but there are also covered walkways with ceiling fans, meaning if it is too hot or rainy you can just walk along those, and not get wet or uncomfortable...at the same time when weather is good you can sit outside.

Pics by markus941
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This other one is a more traditional covered mall, but very nicely done. The decorations and details here are an idea of what BD malls could do to give greater "warmth" to their interiors, so that they don't look so cold and sterile. Also these decorations change seasonally...for instance in the first pic you see it dressed up for Easter...in BD's case, they could change for Baishakh, Eid, etc... Also, I've noticed that walls of malls in BD are often grey / concrete-ish in color...a little cream color like below can be much more inviting.

Pics by Mike68

Originally Posted by Dhakaiya

The sad part about our malls is that the book shops (if they exist at all!) are very small and sell only schoolbooks. Its really hard to find a book store like 'Borders' in Singapore or something like that.

I hope you get a store there sometime in the not too distant future. I love sipping coffee at my local B&N or equivalent while looking at magazines or picture books ...though being more and more busy these days I do so less frequently.