Having spotted Hsinchu Science Park’s high consumer market potential, a Taiwan-based business group has built a brand-new shopping mall in Hsinchu — Big City, which they say is the biggest shopping mall in northern Taiwan. The mall started with a soft opening yesterday and will officially open on Saturday.
Just as the name suggests, Big City is a place where just about everything is “big” and “abundant.” The mall covers a total floor area of 87,000 pings (about 29 hectares) and contains about 400 brand-name stores in approximately 69,000 pings of business area. It has also created a huge number of job opportunities by hiring 6,000 employees.
When it comes to eating, there is an old saying that “nothing is more important than filling up a hungry stomach.” Therefore, the mall hosts a large food court to cater to the needs of the large number of eat-outers in Hsinchu. In addition, the mall is the only place in Taoyuan, Hsinchu, and Miaoli with an IMAX theater, and it has a large bookstore with 78,000 books. There are also venues for various types of sports in the mall, including bowling, virtual golf simulators, baseball, ice skating, in-line skating, and sports-themed restaurants.
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Although Big City offers fine dining and fashion, and provides exciting entertainment, its location at the center of a medium-sized old city could create a traffic problem. Despite the large parking area with 6,000 parking spaces for cars and motorcycles, the question of whether the mall has come up with a sound plan to accommodate growing traffic will have to be answered after the five-day test-run this week.
(Lin Ya-ti, Taipei Times)
看準新竹科學園區人口的消費力，一家台灣企業集團，建構號稱北台灣占地最大的新竹「Big City」購物中心，已於昨天試營運，並即將於本週六正式開幕。
「Big City」，顧名思義就是一切以「大」、「多」為訴求，總樓地面積達八萬七千坪（約二十九公頃），營業面積為六萬九千坪，約有四百家品牌進駐，也創造六千個就業機會。
Photo: Lin Ya-ti, Taipei Times
照片：台北時報林亞蒂
說到吃，有句俗話說：「吃飯皇帝大。」購物中心也規劃大型美食街，以因應新竹廣大的外食人口。此外，購物中心內擁有桃竹苗唯一的數位IMAX影城、圖書量高達七萬八千本的大型書店。購物中心內還規劃有多項室內運動場地，包括保齡球場、實境模擬高爾夫球場、棒球場、溜冰場、直排輪場，以及運動餐廳等。
不過，這家美食、流行與娛樂一手包辦的大型購物中心，地點卻在不算大的古城，交通是一大考驗。館內雖規劃六千個汽機車停車格，但進出動線規劃是否完善，這五天的試營運後，將有答案。
（台北時報記者林亞蒂）
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