SKM Park

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SKM Park
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SKM Park
Location Cianjhen, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Coordinates 22°35′0.6″N120°19′46.8″E / 22.583500°N 120.329667°E / 22.583500; 120.329667
Opening date9 May 2016
DeveloperShin Kong Group
Total retail floor area 87,120 m2
159,768.03m2(parking included)
No. of floors4
1 below ground
Public transit access Caoya Station
Website Official website (in Chinese)
Former brand TarokoParkLogo.svg
Former brand

The SKM Park is an amusement park and outlet in Cianjhen District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. [1] [2] It is owned by Shin Kong Mitsukoshi. SKM Park is positioned as an "international lifestyle complex" with restaurants, lifestyle theme stores, and entertainment and lifestyle facilities in a semi-open-air shopping area. [3]

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History

SKM Park was originally opened on 9 May 2016 as Taroko Park during a grand opening ceremony attended by Taroko Group officials and Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu. [4] [5]

On 26 January 2022, Taroko Park was reopened under the name of SKM Park and officially transformed into an outlet mall.

Location

The park spreads over an area of 87,120 m2. [4] It features a 600-meter long circuit race track covering an area of 30,000 m2. [6] The shopping center consists of more than 200 retailers built with European architecture style. [7]

The park is accessible from exit 2 of the Caoya Station of Kaohsiung MRT.

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