New South China Mall, Dongguan, China.




It was trumpeted as the world's largest retail mall, with shoppers able to browse through 1,500 stores, take a stroll along a mock Venetian canal or even have lunch in front of an 85ft replica of the Arc de Triomphe.

But the New South China Mall, which opened in 2005, stands empty with 99 per cent of its shops having remained unleased and attractions including a 553-metre indoor and outdoor roller coaster standing idle.

It was designed to attract an average of more than 70,000 visitors a day to the city of Dongguan, but has less than a dozen shops in its 9.6million sq ft of floor space.

At one time, North Randall was home tothe “world’s largest shopping center.”

Even the city’s seal has two shopping bags incorporated into it, to signify that exact phrase.

So what exactly happened to this large shopping mall isnot precisely known; however, it is rumored that internet shopping and e-commerce most likely has a lot to do with the downfall of this mall (and probably all of the other ones, as well).

What was once home to a teenager’s first job, a child enjoying their first visit with Santa or shopping for that engagement ring, is now an empty vessel of damaged walls, destroyed property and an eerie sense of whomever did those things being right around the corner.

New World Mall, Bangkok.




The New World Mall in Bangkok, Thailand, was built in the 1980s, but in 1997 a fire had demolished part of the building.

Instead of fixing the entire mall, the owners left it alone and eventually the mall was closed because it had no roof.

The eleven-story mall eventually filled with water from the rain, and two years later the entire first floor looked very similar to a fishing pond.

The residents of the town were growing sick of the mosquitoes that were attracted to the water, and decided to do something about it.

They started putting fish inside the building.

Freshwater tilapia fish, to be exact.

The Large fish swim around the escalators that are still intact, and residents have put up signs along the outside so people know not to throw anything into the water, as they don’t want to harm the creatures.

Tinapa, calabar, Nigeria.





With its futuristic film studios, luxury shops and elevated light railway, Tinapa should be a showcase of Nigerian dynamism, a commercial hub for West Africa raking in millions of dollars.

Tinapa, with its 80,000 square metres (861,000 square feet) of warehouses and shops, cost $450 million (413 million euros)to build.

But 10 years after it opened, the resort in south-east Nigeria is a ghost town and has become a symbol of monumental waste.




http://www.therichest.com/rich-list/most-shocking/10-of-the-creepiest-abandoned-malls-in-the-world/

Lalasticlala, Mynd44

Hawthorne Plaza Shopping Center, Hawthorne, California.



In 1977, Hawthorne was a booming city in California located near Los Angeles, filled with middle-class citizens; which seemed to continue growing.

During that time, a mall with three levels opened in the center of the city that sought out those people who would spend their paychecks.

As the years went by, those same customers started seeing more and more youngsters entering the mall with saggy jeans and assumed that these teenagers were gangs that were taking over their shopping area, and had found other places to shop.

In 1999, the mall was closed permanently, yet it still stands to this day.

What once was a place that celebrities were performing commercials for, is now an empty shell of a building with a mere tricycle located on the bottom floor.

Light is let in from the opened ceiling that appears to be more like prison bars, now that the stores have all closed.

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Nawah oo, just look at waste.....anyway it's Explorers again, fast lane to frontpage
Lemme summon our oga at d top lalasticlala

I'm here

still better looking that some so called malls in naija

The gods are making use of the malls

I guess those malls were built with ill gotten wealth, karma playing a fast one on the owners....@op is there any mall like this in Nigeria?

See waste!

With sleep eye lemme book space..

Wasted wealth. How could one invest his wealth on something you can't manage? This thing they pain me walahi

Ama pitch my tent here. I love history.

Amadioha is making use of them

jossy26:
I guess those malls were built with ill gotten wealth, karma playing a fast one on the owners....@op is there any mall like this in Nigeria?

Yeah, by a former minister, he is the king of abandoned buildings in delta state.

Hmm

Money Just Gone Like That

CC: Solidkay

Explorers Baba

That one na fishing mall now o.

Make dem call me to come rent one of the shops na, especially that China mall

Today is good day

Money wasted

Tinapa..... classical waste.
So many empty, abandoned stalls when I visited.
Was a ghost of itself compared to the what I used to hear about it.

total waste

Wheel Barrow, drop me here

OK

Explorers:
Tinapa, calabar, Nigeria.





With its futuristic film studios, luxury shops and elevated light railway, Tinapa should be a showcase of Nigerian dynamism, a commercial hub for West Africa raking in millions of dollars.

Tinapa, with its 80,000 square metres (861,000 square feet) of warehouses and shops, cost $450 million (413 million euros)to build.

But 10 years after it opened, the resort in south-east Nigeria is a ghost town and has become a symbol of monumental waste.




http://www.therichest.com/rich-list/most-shocking/10-of-the-creepiest-abandoned-malls-in-the-world/

Lalasticlala, Mynd44

This one isn't in that source you added.

sureteeboy:
This one isn't in that source you added.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/05/tinapa-nigerias-450-million-white-elephant/

Abi?