The brand new shopping mall Bellavita held a soft opening yesterday to warm up for a heated retail war in Taipei City’s Xinyi District (信義) next month.
With 6,316 ping (20,879m²) of floor space on a 2,260-ping plot of land, Bellvita houses nearly 20 international luxury brands including Bulgari, Hermes, Tod’s and others.
S. H. Leung (梁秀卿), chairwoman of Bellavita, said before a ribbon-cutting ceremony that it had been her longstanding dream to run a “European-style” mall in Taiwan and that she was glad the dream had finally come true.
PHOTO: WANG WEN-LIN, TAIPEI TIMES
“It took five years to build Bellavita,” said Leung, wife of Quanta Computer Inc’s (廣達電腦) vice chairman and president C.C. Leung (梁次震). “Bellavita, which means beautiful life, will make shopping a relaxing and pleasant experience.”
Quanta chairman Barry Lam (林百里) was also present at the ceremony.
He did not make any comments on the mall or his firm, the world’s largest contract notebook computer maker.
An European-style building located on Songren Road, Bellavita will compete with the Taipei 101 Shopping Mall, Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Xinyi Department Stores (信義新光三越) and the New York New York Shopping Center (紐約紐約) for customers in the district.
Bellavita will gradually open its remaining floors over the next month.
The mall will also house restaurants with Michelin Guide stars, operators said.
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