Saturday, December 20, 2008

Dongguan Mall News

The South China Mall in Dongguan remains the world's largest mall. The top 10 malls recently recorded as:

  1. South China Mall , Dongguan, China - 660,000 sq-m
  2. Golden Resources Shopping Mall, Beijing, China - 560,000 sq-m
  3. SM City Edsa North, Manila, Philippines - 425,000 sq-m
  4. Mall of Asia, Manila, Philippines - 386,000 sq-m
  5. Dubai Mall, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - 350,000 sq-m
  6. West Edmonton Mall, Alberta, Canada - 350,000 sq-m
  7. Cevahir Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - 348,000 sq-m
  8. SM Megal Mall, Manila, Philippines - 332,000 sq-m
  9. Berjaya Times Square, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 320,000 sq-m
  10. Beijing Mall, Beijing, China - 320,000 sq-m
(Conversion to square feet = multiply sq m by 10.764)

The third place mall in the Phillipines just expanded, but it still is only 2/3 the size of the South China Mall. See ABC News feature on the new mall here.

Of course, I still don't think that means that the South China Mall is occupied. When I was last there, it probably wasn't a tenth occupied. The place was mostly a ghost town.

I've even heard from my friends at Dongguan's One for the Road pub, that some entrepeneurs have opened a go kart race inside the Mall. It may be in a parking area, but I'm sure there was plenty of free space. In fact, they track has been so successful they were planning to open a second connect floor. That should make it rather exciting. One for the Road management can give more assistance.

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