People love to spend time in shopping malls and for many of them is the main entertainment during the weekends. Teenagers especially love to spend time in the shopping mall and just hang around. The shopping mall or just “The Mall” as they like to refer to it is their favourite place to meet up with their friends and have a shake, or just roam around the shops and do window shopping. They can spend easily a whole day without even buying anything. But shopping malls are not the favourite place for meeting and hanging out with friends only for teenagers. Other people also prefer the shopping mall to meet up for an afternoon coffee, or drink during the weekends and of course for doing shopping.
These days the shopping malls are transcending the meaning of shopping mall just for shopping and they are rather amusement and entertainment complexes because of the diverse options and services they offer to the costumers. These days’ shopping mall complexes can offer from hundreds of different shops, cinema halls, amusement parks, food court areas, bars, bawling halls, etc.
Modern shopping malls appeared in the 1920’s in America but today they are to be found in all parts of the world. However the oldest structure that resembles the modern shopping mall dates from the 7th century and in Damascus. The oldest covered bazaar dates from the 10th century and it is situated in Isfahan in Iran. The famous Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, Turkey is from the 15th century.
The largest modern shopping mall is in Dongguan in China with an amazing
892,000 m2 of total floor area. The second largest shopping mall is in Beijing that covers an area from 680,000 m2. The third largest shopping mall is in the Philippines with total floor area of 460,000 m2. Today the modern shopping mall tends to be larger and higher superstructures which besides shopping areas, food courts and entertainment include office and residential areas.
The new trends in some countries seams to go towards abandoning the traditional shopping mall, and these days’ outdoor outlet malls are very popular in some western countries. Another type of shopping malls products of the new age development are the vertical shopping malls. Due to the increased and very high price of the land many shopping malls grow in to heights.
Vertical shopping malls are commonly built in densely populated, mega cities like Chicago, Bangkok, Hong Kong, New York, etc. Some of these shopping malls are dedicated and specialized only for IT, electronics, cameras, computer and electronic equipment like Pantip Plaza in Bangkok, others are specialized only for clothes accessories like the Parkson Shopping Centre in Shanghai, and Maison Mode shopping mall in Shanghai has only branded shops.
These days the shopping malls are transcending the meaning of shopping mall just for shopping and they are rather amusement and entertainment complexes because of the diverse options and services they offer to the costumers. These days’ shopping mall complexes can offer from hundreds of different shops, cinema halls, amusement parks, food court areas, bars, bawling halls, etc.
Modern shopping malls appeared in the 1920’s in America but today they are to be found in all parts of the world. However the oldest structure that resembles the modern shopping mall dates from the 7th century and in Damascus. The oldest covered bazaar dates from the 10th century and it is situated in Isfahan in Iran. The famous Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, Turkey is from the 15th century.
The largest modern shopping mall is in Dongguan in China with an amazing
892,000 m2 of total floor area. The second largest shopping mall is in Beijing that covers an area from 680,000 m2. The third largest shopping mall is in the Philippines with total floor area of 460,000 m2. Today the modern shopping mall tends to be larger and higher superstructures which besides shopping areas, food courts and entertainment include office and residential areas.
The new trends in some countries seams to go towards abandoning the traditional shopping mall, and these days’ outdoor outlet malls are very popular in some western countries. Another type of shopping malls products of the new age development are the vertical shopping malls. Due to the increased and very high price of the land many shopping malls grow in to heights.
Vertical shopping malls are commonly built in densely populated, mega cities like Chicago, Bangkok, Hong Kong, New York, etc. Some of these shopping malls are dedicated and specialized only for IT, electronics, cameras, computer and electronic equipment like Pantip Plaza in Bangkok, others are specialized only for clothes accessories like the Parkson Shopping Centre in Shanghai, and Maison Mode shopping mall in Shanghai has only branded shops.
