A shopping mall, shopping centre or shopping precinct is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area – a modern, indoor version of the traditional marketplace.
Modern "car-friendly" strip malls developed from the 1920s, and shopping malls corresponded with the rise of suburban living in many parts of the Western World, especially the United States, after World War II. From early on, the design tended to be inward-facing, with malls following theories of how customers could best be enticed in a controlled environment. Similar, the concept of a mall having one or more "anchor" or "big box" stores was pioneered early, with individual stores or smaller-scale chain stores intended to benefit from the shoppers attracted by the big storesSend flowers and Gifts through floristavenue.com
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That's right...some of the world's largest malls are currently being built in India, with the biggest ones in New Delhi and Gugaon. A complete central of entertainment, coupled with India's lively environment with varied lifestyles, The Ambi Malls are certainly set to pick up in fashion. The complexes feature serviced apartments, shopping outlets, offices, hotels, and the Gurgaon complex is currently set to be the largest shopping mall in India, with a walkway stretching almost a kilometer per floor!
The bigger Ambi Malls in New Delhi and Gurgaon will have five floors above ground, and three underground levels, with the second and third underground levels as parking lots. The first underground floor will contain other shops besides the usual parking space.