Dream Mall (Chinese: 夢時代購物中心; pinyin: Mèngshídài Gòuwù Zhòngxīn), located in Cianjhen District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, is the largest shopping mall in Taiwan and the 15th largest in East Asia (formerly the largest). It is built and operated by Tungcheng Development Corporation (Chinese: 統正開發股份有限公司), a subsidiary of Uni-President Enterprises Corporation, Taiwan's largest food conglomerate that also runs subsidiaries in many other industries.[2] It was designed by international architecture firm RTKL, based in Baltimore, Maryland and opened on 12 May 2007, and contains restaurants, movie theater, gym, and entertainment facilities including a rooftop amusement park.[3]
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| Location | Cianjhen, Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
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| Coordinates | 22°35′42″N 120°18′25″E / 22.59500°N 120.30694°E |
| Opening date | 12 May 2007 |
| Developer | Tungcheng Development |
| Management | Tungcheng Development |
| Owner | Tungcheng Development |
| No. of stores and services | 2,300 |
| Total retail floor area | 401,218.67 m2(parking included)[1] |
| No. of floors | 12 5 below ground[1] |
| Parking | 3,561 cars 2,071 motorcycles |
| Public transit access | Kaisyuan Station |
| Website | www.dreamall.com.tw |
Ferris wheel
editThe rooftop amusement park at Dream Mall is the home of the Kaohsiung Eye (Chinese: 高雄之眼) Ferris wheel. The wheel has a diameter of 50 meters (160 ft).[4] Building and wheel have a combined height of 102.5 meters (336 ft).[citation needed]
Transportation
editThe mall is served by Dream Mall light rail station of the LRT and accessible within walking distance west from Kaisyuan metro station of the Kaohsiung MRT.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b (95)高市工建築使字第02149號
- ^ Dream Mall Introduction Archived 23 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ New mall will be nation's biggest Taipei Times, Dec 03, 2004
- ^ 前鎮、小港-觀光遊憩景點多[permanent dead link]
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