World's Largest Malls according Forbes

[redorange]

World's largest malls based on gross leasable area.

• South China Mall, Dongguan, China
• Jin Yuan(Golden Resources Shopping Mall)Beijing, China
• SM Mall of Asia, Pasay City, Philippines
• West Edmonton Mall Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• SM Megamall,Mandaluyong City, Philippines
• Berjaya Times Square,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Beijing Mall, Beijing, China
• Zhengjia Plaza(Grandview Mall),Guangzhou, China
• SM City North Edsa, Quezon City, Philippines
• King of Prussia Mall,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
• South Coast Plaza,Costa Mesa, California, USA
• Central World Plaza, Bangkok, Thailand
• Aricanduva Mall, Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Chia Tai Square, Shanghai, Jiangsu, China
• Dongfang Xin Tiandi(Oriental Plaza)Foshan, Guangdong, China
• Mall of America, Bloomington, Minnesota,USA
• Sawgrass Mills, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
• Siam Paragon, Bangkok, Thailand
• Panda Mall, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
• Del Amo Fashion Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
• Mall of the Emirates, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

It's amazing that the Philippines a supposedly poor third world country has 3 malls in the top ten and the US only has 1. Only China with 4 has more in the top ten. BTW the owner Henry Sy according to Forbes is worth 2.6 Billion the same as the Zobel de Ayala family.

[boybi]

In developed countries, shops (including high end signature brands) are along the streets. but in developing countries, these shops can only be found in malls. Notice that all the big malls are in developing countries.

[evs_13]

galing naman ni mr henry sy, nakagawa sya ng 3 sa mga largest mall sa buong mundo...

[CVT]

Just goes to show the current national pastime of the Filipinos,- Malling....

2101:banana2:

[redorange]

In developed countries, shops (including high end signature brands) are along the streets. but in developing countries, these shops can only be found in malls. Notice that all the big malls are in developing countries.

I'd agree but we have malls in the US too. It's just that most are not as big as the ones in the Philippines.

[Jun aka Pekto]

I'd agree but we have malls in the US too. It's just that most are not as big as the ones in the Philippines.

Maybe it's in the number of people. Looking at Wikipedia, Metro Manila has an area of 636 sq km and a population of 11.3M. The density per sq km is 17.8K people

Compare that to say, Tucson AZ which has a city area of 505 sq km and a population of 516K. The density per sq km is 2.7K people.

That's the city itself. Outside the city spread out all over at an area maybe 4x-5x the size of Tucson itself are another 930k people.

At its most crowded, Tucson's population density is still much less than Manila's. I'm not sure if that's a criteria for mall-building. But, if I was building a mall, I'd consider it.

We have 2 major malls plus several smaller ones, one at the north, the other at the south, all within city limits. Most homeowners outside the city limits are against malls in their area because they tend to lower property value.

[gearspeed]

Wow ang galing naman ni Henry Sy.Ang dami pala ng mall sa China.

[Zeus]

Galing a number 3 mall of Asia sa buong mundo

[ghosthunter]

One of the reasons why the US doesn't have very big malls is the lower population density there as compared to developing countries.

[Syuryuken]

Naghihirap ba talaga ang mga pinoy?