Grandest mall in China: Welcome to the world’s largest shopping center (and most quiet) in the world!
New South China mall was projected as the world’s largest retailer, with the visitors / buyers can browse 1500 stores , a stroll along the canals of Venice or even artificial lunch in front of a 85 ft. replica of the Arc de Triomphe.
But New South China Mall, which opened in 2005, stood empty for 99 percent of the store can not be opened with roller coaster amusement attractions along the 553-meters at the indoor and outdoor unemployed. This is designed to attract an average of more than 70,000 visitors a day to the city of Dongguan, but to no avail. There is only less than a dozen stores in 9.6 million square feet of floor area.
The New South China Mall is the largest in the world, with 1,500 spaces for the store, but has less than 12 stores
The quietest mall in the worldLowing the mall as the world’s largest retailer, with the visitors / buyers can browse 1500 stores , a stroll along the canals of Venice or even artificial lunch in front of a 85 ft. replica of the Arc de Triomphe.But New South China Mall, which opened in 2005, stood empty for 99 percent of the store can not be opened with roller coaster amusement attractions along the 553-meters at the indoor and outdoor unemployed. This is designed to attract an average of more than 70,000 visitors a day to the city of Dongguan, but to no avail. There is only less than a dozen stores in 9.6 million square feet of floor area.The New South China Mall is the largest in the world, with 1,500 spaces for the store, but has less than 12 storesShortly before opening the mall, which is located in south China’s Pearl River Delta, it was heralded by the New York Times as part of ‘China’s Astonishing new consumer culture’.Mall developers, Hu Guirong, sent teams to travel around the world for two years to look for ideas. This model features seven zones in different parts of the world, including a replica of the bell tower of St. Mark’s Square in Venice, and also an area for downtown San Francisco.
Shortly before opening the mall, which is located in south China’s Pearl River Delta, it was heralded by the New York Times as part of ‘China’s Astonishing new consumer culture’.
Mall developers, Hu Guirong, sent teams to travel around the world for two years to look for ideas. This model features seven zones in different parts of the world, including a replica of the bell tower of St. Mark’s Square in Venice, and also an area for downtown San Francisco.
A man riding a tricycle, through the Russian-style victory gates
An officer looked bored waiting for the guests arrived while calling on the ghost train entertainment inside the mall
The mall also features a Venetian canal, a replica of the Arc de Triomphe, downtown San Francisco on the theme of Las Vegas
China has been hit hard by the global recession, and the city of Dongguan is known as the popularity of low-paid workers in the factory. The only area that opened in the mall near the entrance, where there is McDonalds.
Dick Groves, a retail consultant based in Hong Kong, said the failure of New South China Mall was down to lack of experience in the leasing business and financial system that is not discipline. ‘As easy to get financing without having to convince someone feasability of the project, and without having to show pre-leasing commitments, you can begin to get in trouble, he told The National.
Around 500 new malls have been built in China during the last five years. All of them said they would wait for the middle class, China’s largest economic growth in the world before the global recession recently.