A shopping mall is a modern, chiefly North American, term for a form of shopping precinct or shopping center, in which one or more buildings form a complex of shops representing merchandisers with interconnecting walkways that enable customers to walk from unit to unit. A shopping arcade is a specific type of shopping precinct which is usually distinguished in English for mall shopping by the fact that connecting walkways are not owned by a single proprietor and are in open air. Shopping malls in 2017 accounted for 8% of retailing space in the United States.
The Trafford Centre is a large indoor shopping centre and leisure complex in Greater Manchester, England. In the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, the centre is within the Trafford Park industrial estate, five miles west of Manchester city centre.
Lane Crawford is a retail company with speciality stores selling luxury goods in Hong Kong and China.
Mall of the Emirates is a shopping mall in Dubai. Developed and owned by Majid Al Futtaim Properties, it opened in November 2005 and is located at interchange four on Sheikh Zayed road.
Uniqlo Co., Ltd. is a Japanese casual wear designer, manufacturer and retailer. The company has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. The company operates in Japan and several other countries.
MAPIC is an international retail real estate show held in Cannes, France each November. Organised by Reed MIDEM, and lasting for 3 days, the event consists of conference sessions, an exhibition area and networking events to help facilitate retail real estate development.
Giorgio Borruso is an Italian architect, best known for his innovative experiential designs for international retail fashion houses. Educated at universities in Italy and Spain, in 2000 Borruso relocated his firm to Venice, Los Angeles, California.
F+A Architects is an architectural firm with its main office in Pasadena, California. The firm was formed in 1973, and its work lay primarily in the planning and design of retail stores and shopping malls. Many of the structures the firm has designed are in North America, but it has also worked on large international projects, most notably in Dubai UAE, Qatar, and Jordan.
Yusuff Ali M. A. is an Indian billionaire, businessman and Padma Shri award winner from Nattika, Thrissur district, Kerala. He is the Chairman and Managing Director of LuLu Group International that owns the Lulu Hypermarket chain worldwide and LuLu International Shopping Mall. With an annual turnover of US$7.4 billion globally, LuLu Group International employs the largest number of Indians outside India. According to Forbes, Yusuff Ali was ranked the 24th wealthiest Indian and the 270th richest in the world, with a personal wealth of $5.2 billion. According to Forbes Middle East, Yusuff Ali was ranked No. 1 in Top 100 Indian Business Owners In The Arab World 2018. In 2013, Yusuff Ali acquired 4.99% equity in the 93-year-old Thrissur-based Catholic Syrian Bank (CSB) and increased his stake in the Aluva-based Federal Bank to 4.47 per cent. In 2016, Yusuff Ali purchased the Scotland Yard Building in London. As of 2013 he held a 9.37 per cent share in Cochin International Airport. He has bought a 10 per cent stake in the UK-based trading firm, East India Company, and a 40 per cent stake in its fine foods subsidiary for around $85 million in total. Lulu's project of Lulu Bolgatty International Convention Centre in Bolghatty Island is one of the largest Convention Centres in South Asia along with the third largest Grand Hyatt branded hotel in the same campus.
Benoy is an international firm of architects, master planners, interior architects and graphic designers working from design studios in the United Kingdom, Abu Dhabi, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing. The company is primarily known for its global retail architecture, with projects such as Westfield London UK, Elements, Hong Kong, and ION Singapore.
Slade Architecture is a New York City based architecture and design firm founded in 2002 by Hayes and James Slade. The firm has completed a diverse range of domestic and international projects. Their work has been exhibited and published widely. The Architectural League of New York selected Slade Architecture for the 2010 Emerging Voices Lecture Series held in the New Museum. Slade Architecture has been selected by the New York City Department of Design & Construction to participate in their Excellence in Design and Construction Program in 2004, 2006, 2009, and 2016.
Hysan Place is a shopping mall and office building at 500 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. It was developed by Hysan Development Company Limited at the former site of Hennessy Centre and was designed by international architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox. It was opened on 10 August 2012.
Morocco Mall is the second-largest shopping centre in Africa with 200 000m² of floor space in Casablanca, Morocco. Morocco Mall, which opened on December 1, 2011, was designed by Architect Davide Padoa of Design International, a global architecture boutique with its headquarters in London. The project site coordination was led by Miguel Fernandes and Catia Zizzi
Design International is an international architectural firm, which was founded in Toronto in 1965. The firm initially operated mainly in the North American market, but has since developed into a major international player and was one of the first architecture companies that truly worked on a global scale. Today, the company's headquarters are in London, with subsidiary offices in Milan, Shanghai, Jakarta and recently open in Dubai.
Olympia 66 is a retail building in Xigang District of Dalian, China, designed by Aedas, which began construction in 2011. It is located on Wusi Road, one of the main commercial avenues in Dalian. When completed in 2015, Olympia 66 will have 221,900 square meters of shopping, dining and entertainment space.
Beaugrenelle Paris is a shopping mall located in Paris' 15th arrondissement, close to the River Seine and 10 minutes' walk from the Eiffel Tower. It is one of the biggest shopping malls in Paris' inner city. A mix between a department store and a shopping mall, Beaugrenelle is home to 120 shops and restaurants.
Center 66, developed by Hang Lung Properties, is located in Chong'an District, the central business district of Wuxi, close to the junction of Zhongshan Lu and Renmin Zhong Lu, the city's two busiest commercial streets. It is a mixed-use development consists of office and retail. The retail component was opened in late 2013.
