Madurai is one of the longest living cities in the world and a major city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the cultural capital of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Madurai District. As of the 2011 census, it was the third largest Urban agglomeration in Tamil Nadu after Chennai and Coimbatore and the 44th most populated city in India. Located on the banks of River Vaigai, Madurai has been a major settlement for two millennia and has a documented history of more than 2500 years. It is often referred to as "Thoonga Nagaram", meaning "the city that never sleeps".
Spencer Plaza is a shopping mall located on Anna Salai in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, and is one of the modern landmarks of the city. Originally built during the period of the British Raj and reconstructed in 1985 on the site of the original Spencer's department store, it is the oldest shopping mall in India and was one of the biggest shopping malls in South Asia when it was built. It is one of the earliest Grade A commercial projects of the city, which were developed in the second half of the 1990s. As of March 2010, it is the 11th largest mall in the country, with a gross leasable (retail) area of 530,000 sq ft.
Virugambakkam is a residential neighbourhood of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is an important residential area of and is famous for its schools, market, residential colonies and residences of film artists. Virugambakkam had some of Chennai's oldest film studios.
Mullaperiyar DamIPA: [mulːɐpːeɾijɐːr], is a masonry gravity dam on the Periyar River in the Indian state of Kerala It is located 881 m (2,890 ft) above mean sea level, on the Cardamom Hills of the Western Ghats in Thekkady, Idukki District of Kerala, India. It was constructed between 1887 and 1895 by John Pennycuick and also reached in an agreement to divert water eastwards to the Madras Presidency area. It has a height of 53.6 m (176 ft) from the foundation, and a length of 365.7 m (1,200 ft). The Periyar National Park in Thekkady is located around the dam's reservoir. The dam is built at the confluence of Mullayar and Periyar rivers. The dam is located in Kerala on the river Periyar, but is operated and maintained by the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu. Although the Periyar River has a total catchment area of 5398 km2 with 114 km2 downstream from the dam in Tamil Nadu, the catchment area of the Mullaperiyar Dam itself lies entirely in Kerala and thus not an inter-State river. On 21 November 2014, the water level hit 142 feet for first time in 35 years. The reservoir again hit the maximum limit of 142 feet on 15 August 2018, following incessant rains in the state of Kerala. In a UN report published in 2021, the dam was identified as one among the world's big dams which needs to be decommissioned for being 'situated in a seismically active area with significant structural flaws and poses risk to 3.5 million people if the 100+ years old dam were to fail'.
Forum Mall also known as Forum Courtyard is a shopping mall located in Bhowanipore, South Kolkata, India. It was initially conceived as an office tower. 80% of the foundation was complete before it was converted into a mall. Currently it has a built-up area of 200,000 square feet, of which 125,000 square feet is the gross leasable (retail) area. It was opened to the public with the sole intention of launching Shoppers' Stop in Kolkata for the first time, in 2003. Its opening was credited with turning its neighbourhood from a quiet residential area into an upmarket shopping destination. It has been noted for its excellent layout and signage. The mall is constructed and owned by Rahul Saraf, Chairman of SAPL. The Mall also has a branch in Bhubaneswar named Forum Mart and has a new addition in Belur area of Howrah as Forum Rangoli Mall.
Tamil Nadu has the largest tourism industry in India with a percentage share of 21.31% and 21.86% of domestic and foreign tourist visits in the country. According to the 2020 Ministry of Tourism report, the number of domestic arrivals was at 494.8 million making the state the second most popular tourist destination in the country, and foreign arrivals numbered 6.86 million, the highest in the country, making it the most popular state for tourism in the country.
Express Avenue is a shopping mall in Chennai promoted by Express Infrastructure, A division of Express Newspapers Pvt. Ltd. It is home to the largest gaming arcade in South India. Built at a cost of ₹7,500 million (US$100 million), the mall is spread over 1,750,000-square-foot (163,000 m2), including 900,000-square-foot (84,000 m2) of leasable (retail) area. The mall has 10 anchor tenants and 150 vanilla tenants.
Mantri Square is a shopping mall situated in the Malleswaram locality in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Mantri Square is one of the biggest malls in the country. It also has metro rail-connectivity with Sampige Road metro station.
Korum Mall is a shopping mall located in Thane city of Maharashtra state in India. It is a home to a number of branded shops. It is a project of Kalpataru Limited.
Economy of Coimbatore is heavily influenced by information technology, engineering and textiles. Coimbatore is called the Manchester of South India due to its extensive textile industry, and IT industry, small and medium scale enterprise gdp(gross domestic product) of Coimbatore city is around $45 billion in 2021.It is second largest city by GDP in Tamil Nadu. The city has four special economic zones [SEZ], ELCOT SEZ, CHIL SEZ, SPAN Venture SEZ, Aspen SEZ and at least five more SEZs are in the pipeline. In 2010, Coimbatore ranked 15th in the list of most competitive Indian cities.
Sobha City Mall is a shopping mall in Sobha City, Puzhakkal, Thrissur City, Kerala, India. The Mall opened on 17 December 2015. It is built on 4.7 acres (1.9 ha) land and covers an area of 450,000 square feet (42,000 m2). The mall is centrally air-conditioned and have a six screen multiplex by INOX Leisure Limited. It offers luxury business hotel, office space, restaurants, food courts and a 600 car parking facility.
Mani Square is a shopping mall in Kolkata, India, with over 250 shops and more than 2,000 customers per day. It has more than 7,000,000 square feet (650,000 m2) of total area. It is operational since 15 June 2008. It is located in 164/1, Manicktala Main Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 700054. It is owned by the Mani group. The shops at Mani Square Mall include Spencers, Westside, E Zone, Collection-I, Amoeba and Scary House along with major brands like the United Colours of Benetton, Zodiac, Stanza, Eye-Plus, Reebok, Adidas, Lee Cooper, Dockers, Levi's, USI, Blues & Blues, Tissot, Otobi, Little Shop, AND, Eye Catchers, Raymonds, Strauss, ColourPlus and more. The restaurants at Mani Square Mall, apart from McDonald's, include CCD, Hoppipola, Chapter 2, Kaidi Kitchen, Haka, Flame 'N' Grill, Machaan, KFC, Subway to name a few. It has a shopping area of more than 196,095 square feet (18,217.8 m2). It has 11 escalators. It has an average footfall of 30,000 to 35,000 per weekday. It has a parking area of 102,275 square feet (9,501.7 m2), and can easily have more than 1200 cars. Many famous stars of Tollywood go there to shop in their leisure time. There is a basement floor where Spencer's shop is located. The first to open the gates in the property was McDonald's. It has a fun and entertainment floor, too, which has a little more than 37,431 square feet (3,477.5 m2) of area. Mani Square has a multiplex run by PVR Cinemas. Recently, Mani Group announced that they would develop 6 m sq. feet of residential and commercial space. It is a project with an estimated budget of 150 crore rupees.
R City Mall is a shopping mall located in Ghatkopar West, Mumbai. The mall spreads across 1.2 million square feet with the capacity to house over 350 stores. The mall has over 194 shopping stores, over 66 food outlets, 10 entertainment areas, 3 ATM facilities, 13 service areas, and a Movie Theatre. The mall was opened in two phases, the total size of the first phase of the development is 7.5 lakh square feet. It is a project developed by The Runwal Group.
Spectrum Mall is a shopping mall located in Perambur, Chennai, India. It is the first mall in North Chennai. The mall was developed at the site of erstwhile Venus theater on Paper Mills Road in Perambur. The mall is spread over an area of 160,000 square feet with two levels of retail shopping and a five screen multiplex. It has two levels of basement parking with capacity of 200 cars and 800 two wheelers. The mall is developed and promoted by Ganga Foundations. The mall has Big Bazaar as its anchor store The mall was soft launched in September 2011 as Grand Venus Mall. It was rebranded as Spectrum mall and was officially launched in September 2012 along with its multiplex S2 Cinemas.
Madurai has well-developed transport facilities. Modes of transport in Madurai include road, rail and air. Madurai faces increasing daily traffic problems, so master plans have been prepared to reduce the city traffic and traffic problems in suburbs.
Forum Vijaya Mall is a shopping mall located in Vadapalani, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, developed by Prestige Group. This mall has approx 650,000 square feet of retail space. More than 100 shops occupy its four floors. This mall distinguishes itself by being local by housing Chennai-based brands in the mall such as Spar Hypermarket, RmKV, Lifestyle, Max, Marks & Spencer, Westside, Fab India and Via South. It is also home to SPI Cinema's Palazzo multiplex and an IMAX screen as well.
Phoenix Marketcity is a shopping mall developed by Phoenix Mills Limited located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It was opened in January 2013 and is the largest mall in the city. It was the fourth largest mall in India in 2018.
Mall De Goa is a shopping mall in Porvorim in the Indian state of Goa. It is the largest shopping mall in Goa and was the second mall in the state after Caculo Mall in the capital Panaji. The mall was opened on 27 February 2016. It contains more than 82 retail outlets including food courts, restaurants, family entertainment zones and an INOX multiplex.
BMC Bhawani Mall is a five storied shopping mall complex located at Saheed Nagar, Bhubaneswar in the state of Odisha, India. The shopping destination is spread over a floor area of six hundred thousand square feet. Publicly opened in 2012, the mall is the second largest mall in Bhubaneswar, following the Esplanade One. The mall has a total commercial space of 600,000 sq ft spread over five floors designed by the Kolkata based, Bhawani Constructions. It contains above two hundred outlets, including cafeterias, food courts, restaurants, multiplex, parking space and a hypermarket.
VR Chennai is a shopping mall located on Jawaharlal Nehru Road in Anna Nagar West, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. This mall was opened to the public on 18 June 2018. It is one of the largest malls in Chennai by area, occupying 1,840,000 square feet (171,000 m2) built-up area with 1,000,000 square feet (93,000 m2) of retail space.
