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The shopping mall
Visit date:
2008
Year of build:
1990's
Status:
Abandoned
This site has been abandoned since 1997. The main mall
area is 5 storeys high and arranged around a large central
skylight lit void. On top of the mall block, is a 24
storey office tower, with helicopter pad. Total construction
cost for the site was around 300 million dollars at
the time.
The mall actually opened for business for a short time
some years ago, with much of the construction still
on going. When the Asian economic crisis hit, it tripped
up the whole project, leaving the building and its individual
lot owners in limbo.
The interior today has a thick smell of damp rot in
the air, the basement levels must surely be flooded
out.
While I was there, a lone TV blared out the local equivalent
of Pop idol from somewhere inside. I kept my distance
and stuck to the shadows.
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