Largest Shopping Malls in the World - Page 2

540_804 · September 16th, 2008, 06:16 AM

Am I the only one that is completely insanely fascinated with the story of the failed South China Mall...

What I would give to walk around a ghost mall of that size one day.

omevil · September 26th, 2008, 07:36 AM

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Plese check information here !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...shopping_malls

So, Central World in Bangkok is the 3rd largest in the world.

haha

Jack Daniel · September 28th, 2008, 04:38 PM

In Australia we call them shopping centres. Anyone else?

Brummyboy92 · September 28th, 2008, 04:43 PM

Yep in the UK we call them that!

MexCorp.teen · October 1st, 2008, 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Jack Daniel

In Australia we call them shopping centres. Anyone else?

yeah in Mexico " centros comerciales " that will be the same.

niroohawaii · October 1st, 2008, 02:33 AM

Where is Dubai? They should have the largest shoping mall

phillybud · October 1st, 2008, 02:46 AM

Malls are dying in the US. Not because of the very recent economic problems, they have been dying for the last 10 - 15 years here.

They are considered both passe and declasse ... only teenagers go to them. Fashionable shopping streets have made a big comeback, and also specialized districts such as fashion districts and home design districts. Many people hate the acres of parking and the distances to walk to get to one of the shops.

Malls were big here in the 50's, 60's and 70's. Finally we are becoming more like Europe ... London, Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Rome - they don't need malls and don't want malls.

540_804 · October 2nd, 2008, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by phillybud

Malls are dying in the US. Not because of the very recent economic problems, they have been dying for the last 10 - 15 years here.

They are considered both passe and declasse ... only teenagers go to them. Fashionable shopping streets have made a big comeback, and also specialized districts such as fashion districts and home design districts. Many people hate the acres of parking and the distances to walk to get to one of the shops.

Malls were big here in the 50's, 60's and 70's. Finally we are becoming more like Europe ... London, Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Rome - they don't need malls and don't want malls.

I agree.
Fashion streets and districts are definitely making a comeback.
I would say this 'fashion street' or 'district' feel is being replicated (or atleast an attempt to replicate the atmosphere) in these so-called 'town centers' that you see popping up all over the place.

CityPolice · October 2nd, 2008, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by phillybud

Malls are dying in the US. Not because of the very recent economic problems, they have been dying for the last 10 - 15 years here.

They are considered both passe and declasse ... only teenagers go to them. Fashionable shopping streets have made a big comeback, and also specialized districts such as fashion districts and home design districts. Many people hate the acres of parking and the distances to walk to get to one of the shops.

Malls were big here in the 50's, 60's and 70's. Finally we are becoming more like Europe ... London, Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Rome - they don't need malls and don't want malls.

I know they are not dying in NY

ona · October 2nd, 2008, 11:55 PM

www.arquitectonica.com

Now the SM North Edsa (Philippines) has a Gross Area of only around 330,000 sq. m. but once relaunched in 2009 it will become the Largest Mall in South East Asia & 3rd Largest in the World. It's Gross Area will be over 465,000 sq.m. larger than the 410,000+ sq. m. of current Philippines largest mall, the SM Mall of Asia.

MKTJ · October 2nd, 2008, 11:55 PM

Mall of Arabia will be a "gargantuan" shopping mall to be built as part of the City of Arabia in the Dubailand theme park premises in Dubai. It was announced by the Ilyas and Mustafa Galadari Group and it will include leisure and entertainment facilities, a theatre stage, and feature an ancient Middle Eastern exterior. Its Phase 1 has a gross leasable area of 4,000,000 sq ft (370,000 m2); however, when all phases are completed, it will have a final gross leasable area of 10,000,000 sq ft (930,000 m2), surpassing the South China Mall in Dongguan, China as the world's largest shopping mall. It has two levels of retail and entertainment, rooftop hotels and numerous leisure facilities. There will be 10,400 covered car park spaces in its first phase. In August 2005 the Starbucks Coffee Co. of Seattle, Washington announced that the world's largest Starbucks cafe will be built in the centre court of the mall, symbolizing the Middle East's long association with coffee and the expanding business partnership between Starbucks and the growing Dubai marketplace.

niroohawaii · October 3rd, 2008, 12:01 AM

Thanks

dunedin · October 3rd, 2008, 12:14 AM

Wow that is one big Mall

helghast · October 3rd, 2008, 12:50 AM

the The Dubai Mall will be the largest shopping mall when it opens in 28 days with 9 million ft² of shopping retail space and with a total of 1200 stores.

MKTJ · October 3rd, 2008, 07:42 AM

mall of arabia thread

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=430445

Naija · October 3rd, 2008, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by MKTJ

mall of arabia thread

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=430445

Except the scale of the model is deceiving, i dont think the Mall of Arabia is bigger than Dubail Mall and besides the numbers speak for themselves.

12.1 million sq ft (Dubai Mall) against 10,000,000 sq ft (930,000 m2),

MKTJ · October 3rd, 2008, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Naija

Except the scale of the model is deceiving, i dont think the Mall of Arabia is bigger than Dubail Mall and besides the numbers speak for themselves.

12.1 million sq ft (Dubai Mall) against 10,000,000 sq ft (930,000 m2),

The Dubai Mall has a total leasable space of 3.77 million square feet against Mall of Arabia will have a final gross leasable area of 10,000,000 square feet

MKTJ · October 3rd, 2008, 01:43 PM

anyway, the shopping malls always measured by leasable area not by total size even if we are talking about the totat size , the dubai mall will has 5.6 million sq Feet total no more

KGB · October 3rd, 2008, 04:25 PM

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They are considered both passe and declasse ... only teenagers go to them. Fashionable shopping streets have made a big comeback, and also specialized districts such as fashion districts and home design districts. Many people hate the acres of parking and the distances to walk to get to one of the shops.

That's all true, because we generally associate "malls" with the suburban kind.

But, big malls can (but rarely are) be very urban in nature as well. Look at the Toronto Eaton Centre (itself the largest mall in the world when built)...it is located right in the heart of downtown, on the street grid, with no surface parking, two subway stops right inside it. While 30 years old, it remains viable to this day with over 1 million visitors every week.

TEC is also just a part of PATH, which while is not a single owner/managed mall, is indeed one contiguous, connected indoor mall with 4 million square feet of retail space and growing. It also does not fit the usual "teenage hangout", as most of it services the hordes of workers in the office towers above it.

KGB

Cytochrome · October 15th, 2008, 12:30 PM

I'm really confused with which malls occupy the top ten spot..

please somebody enlighten me!

October 1st, 2008, 02:46 AM	#27
phillybud Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Posts: 829 Likes (Received): 0	The death of Malls Malls are dying in the US. Not because of the very recent economic problems, they have been dying for the last 10 - 15 years here. They are considered both passe and declasse ... only teenagers go to them. Fashionable shopping streets have made a big comeback, and also specialized districts such as fashion districts and home design districts. Many people hate the acres of parking and the distances to walk to get to one of the shops. Malls were big here in the 50's, 60's and 70's. Finally we are becoming more like Europe ... London, Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Rome - they don't need malls and don't want malls. __________________ "Only two things are infinite - the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." -- Albert Einstein

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ona BANNED Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 165 Likes (Received): 0	www.arquitectonica.com Now the SM North Edsa (Philippines) has a Gross Area of only around 330,000 sq. m. but once relaunched in 2009 it will become the Largest Mall in South East Asia & 3rd Largest in the World. It's Gross Area will be over 465,000 sq.m. larger than the 410,000+ sq. m. of current Philippines largest mall, the SM Mall of Asia. Last edited by ona; October 3rd, 2008 at 12:07 AM.

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helghast 829.84m / 2,722ft Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,423 Likes (Received): 0	the The Dubai Mall will be the largest shopping mall when it opens in 28 days with 9 million ft² of shopping retail space and with a total of 1200 stores. __________________ "If you put the empire state building on top of the Sears Tower then it's reasonable to say you'll be in the neighbourhood," Mr Baker says.

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Cytochrome Here, There, Everywhere Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Manila Posts: 65 Likes (Received): 18	I'm really confused with which malls occupy the top ten spot.. please somebody enlighten me!