New South China Mall

New South China Mall
New South China Mall
NewSouthChinaMall-Court.jpg
Portion of empty mall area, February 2010
Location Dongguan, China
Opening date 2005
Closing date 2011
Owner Dongguan Sanyuan Yinghui Investment & Development
No. of stores and services 47 (20 planned) (Total spaces: 2350, Unoccupied: 2303)[1]
Total retail floor area 659,612 m²
Website Official website
Artist's rendering of the New South China Mall; January 2009
One of 1000+ empty retail spaces in South China Mall

New South China Mall (Chinese: 新华南MALL; pinyin: Xinhuánán MALL) in Dongguan, China is the largest mall in the world based on gross leasable area, and ranked second in total area to the Dubai Mall.[2] However, it is largely vacant. Unlike other "dead malls", which have been characterized by the departure of tenants, the New South China Mall has been 99% vacant since its 2005 opening as very few merchants have ever signed up.[3]

Contents

Overview

Dongguan, with a population in excess of 10 million, is located in southern China's Guangdong province, east of the province's largest city, Guangzhou. The mall was built on land formerly used for farming,[4] in the Wanjiang District of the city. The project was spearheaded by Hu Guirong (Alex Hu[4]), who became a billionaire in the instant noodle industry.[3][5]

The mall contains sufficient space for as many as 2,350 stores[6] in approximately 659,612 square metres (7,100,000 sq ft) of leasable space[2] and 892,000 square metres (9,600,000 sq ft) of total area.[7]

The mall has seven zones modeled on international cities, nations and regions, including Amsterdam, Paris, Rome, Venice, Egypt, the Caribbean, and California.[7] Features include an 25 metres (82 ft) replica of the Arc de Triomphe,[7] a replica of Venice's St Mark's bell tower,[3] a 2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi) canal with gondolas,[7] and a 553-meter indoor-outdoor roller coaster.[8]

Since its opening in 2005, the mall has suffered from a severe lack of occupants. Much of the retail space has remained empty, with over 99% of the stores vacant.[9][3][10] The only occupied areas of the mall are near the entrance where several Western fast food chains are located and a parking structure repurposed as a kart racing track.[11] A planned Shangri-La Hotel has not been constructed.

There are many flaws to the mall's location. The mall is located in the suburbs of Dongguan, where it is practically accessible only by car or bus, rendering it unreachable to a large percentage of the public. Dongguan does not have an airport, nor are there highways adjacent to the mall's location.[4][10]

Originally called "South China Mall", the center was redubbed as "New South China Mall, Living City" in September 2007.[12][13]

The mall was formerly owned by Dongguan Sanyuan Yinghui Investment & Development (东莞市三元盈晖投资发展有限公司)[7], Hu Guirong's company, but a controlling interest in the mall has been sold to the Founders Group, a division of Beijing University.[3]

Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker Sam Green made a short film about the South China Mall called "Utopia Part 3: the World's Largest Shopping Mall." The film premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and was broadcast on PBS's documentary series POV.

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.southchinamall.com.cn/
  2. ^ a b Van Riper, Tom (2008-01-18). "The World's Largest Malls". Forbes. http://www.forbes.com/2007/01/09/malls-worlds-largest-biz-cx_tvr_0109malls_slide_2.html. Retrieved 2009-09-20. 
  3. ^ a b c d e Donohue, Michael (2008-06-12). "Mall of misfortune". The National (Abu Dhabi Media Company). Archived from the original on 2011-05-01. http://www.webcitation.org/5yMPNNJBB. Retrieved 2010-01-12. "Location: Dongguan, China Year Opened: 2005 Gross Leasable Area: 7.1 million square feet" 
  4. ^ a b c Utopia, Part 3: The World’s Largest Shopping Mall, August 18, 2009, Retrieved February 9, 2010
  5. ^ David Barboza (May 25, 2005). "China, New Land of Shoppers, Builds Malls on Gigantic Scale". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/25/business/worldbusiness/25mall.html?pagewanted=all. Retrieved February 9, 2010. 
  6. ^ "区域规划". http://www.southchinamall.com.cn/2007/business/plan/qygh_fk.jsp?catid=241. Retrieved 2010-02-16. 
  7. ^ a b c d e Matthew Benjamin and Nipa Piboontanasawat (April 17, 2007). "China's mall glut reflects an unbalanced economy". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/17/business/worldbusiness/17iht-mall.4.5321060.html. Retrieved February 8, 2010. 
  8. ^ "The Not-So-Great Mall of China: Welcome to the world's largest (and loneliest) shopping centre". Daily Mail. October 29, 2009. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1223747/Ghost-mall-The-worlds-largest-loneliest-shopping-centre.html. Retrieved February 9, 2010. 
  9. ^ Donohue, Michael (2008-06-12). "Mall of misfortune". The National. Abu Dhabi Media Company. http://www.thenational.ae/article/20080612/REVIEW/206990272/1042. Retrieved 2008-07-17. 
  10. ^ a b Thomas Talhelmlm (March 23, 2009). "Modern-day ruins in Dongguan". urbanatomy.com. http://shenzhen.urbanatomy.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1159:modern-day-ruins-in-dongguan&catid=153:travel&Itemid=21. Retrieved February 15, 2010. 
  11. ^ Jo Steele (October 29, 2009). "Welcome to the loneliest shopping mall in the world". Metro. http://www.metro.co.uk/money/759187-welcome-to-the-loneliest-shopping-mall-in-the-world. Retrieved February 8, 2010. 
  12. ^ "华南MALL“变脸”突围 昨起变更为新华南MALL·生活城". Nanfang Daily (in Chinese). September 20, 2009. http://news.southcn.com/dishi/dongguan/shehui/content/2007-09/20/content_4248514.htm. Retrieved February 15, 2010. 
  13. ^ "Upcoming Events at the New South China Mall". http://dg.focus.cn/news/2009-01-15/607227.html. Retrieved 2009-01-15. 

External links

Coordinates: 23°2′15″N 113°43′14″E / 23.0375°N 113.72056°E / 23.0375; 113.72056


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • New South China Mall — (en chino: 新华南MALL, pinyin: xinhuánán MALL) Es el centro comercial más grande del mundo, ubicado en la ciudad prefectura de Dongguan, Provincia de Cantón,República Popular China. El primero en Superficie bruta alquilable y el segundo en área, el… …   Wikipedia Español

  • New South China Mall — L’espace vide du New South China Mall en février 2010. Le New South China Mall (chinois simplifié : 新华南MALL, pinyin : xinhuánán MALL) est un centre commercial à Dongguan (entre , en Chine. C’est le centre commercial avec la plus grande… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Jinjiang Inn - Dongguan South China Megamall — (Дунгуань,Китай) Категория отеля: 3 звездочный отель Адрес: No.1 Jin ao Street (Inside The Metro), Wanjiang D …   Каталог отелей

  • Mall of Arabia — Координаты: 25°04′45″ с. ш. 55°19′03″ в. д. / 25.079167° с. ш. 55.3175° в. д.  …   Википедия

  • Wollongong, New South Wales — Infobox Australian Place type = city name = Wollongong state = nsw imagesize = 270 caption = pop = 263,535 pop footnotes = poprank = 9th density = 385.3 density footnotes = est = postcode = 2500 coordinates =… …   Wikipedia

  • Wagga Wagga, New South Wales — Infobox Australian Place type=city name=Wagga Wagga state=New South Wales caption=Looking down Baylis Street lga=City of Wagga Wagga county=Wynyard Clarendon stategov=Wagga Wagga fedgov=Riverina elevation=147 maxtemp = 22.0 mintemp = 9.0 rainfall …   Wikipedia

  • Chatswood, New South Wales — Chatswood redirects here. For the suburb of Auckland, see Chatswood, New Zealand. Chatswood Sydney, New South Wales Pacific Highway, Chats …   Wikipedia

  • Ashfield, New South Wales — Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb name = Ashfield city = Sydney state = nsw caption = Liverpool Road, Ashfield lga = Municipality of Ashfield postcode = 2131 est = 1838 pop = 21,000 (2001) area = 3.5 propval =… …   Wikipedia

  • Bankstown, New South Wales — Infobox Australian Place type = suburb name = Bankstown city = Sydney state = nsw caption = Flats in Bankstown lga = City of Bankstown postcode = 2200 pop = 26,000 (2006) area = propval = est = 1795 stategov = Bankstown fedgov = Banks Blaxland… …   Wikipedia

  • Eastwood, New South Wales — Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb name = Eastwood city = Sydney state = New South Wales caption = Fountain in Rowe Street mall lga = City of Parramatta, City of Ryde postcode = 2122 pop = formatnum:14428 pop footnotes = Census 2006… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”