Comments on: Mall-mania @ Cochin – The Mega Mall List

By: sam

sam — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:01:55 +0000

please add unitechs great india place mall -*(10 lakh sq feet -1/2 of lulu) its increadible

By: Arun

Arun — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 07:20:27 +0000

Without proper road things are gonna get worse………….

By: Pramod

Pramod — Sat, 29 May 2010 13:37:23 +0000

Impressive post and thnx for keeping us updated

By: scorpiogenius

scorpiogenius — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:10:07 +0000

Jaison,

the best way is to start a new post as a Part II of this list. Its better than editing and adding on to the post every time a new mall is announced. I believe there are a good few more apart from the Unitech project.

thanks and cheers!

By: Jaison Kaleekal

Jaison Kaleekal — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:24:33 +0000

@Scorpiogenius,

Please add the Unitech mall details here. I do not know how to..

By: Stevin John

Stevin John — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:09:55 +0000

Is it true???????????????????

By: sanjay nair

sanjay nair — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:17:09 +0000

Hummmm!! I one way this is going to help kochilite there will be some life in the city till late night.

Else after 8 p.m the entire city turns into a ghost town. No buses, No shops, No eateries it’s worse that hell.

By: smilu

smilu — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:38:27 +0000

These Malls are definitely gonna change the lifestyle of ppl @Cochin for sure. We all think of the survival of other malls wen Lulu opens .

Have anyone thought of normal shops situation when these Huge Malls open in Cochin?? Just take Reliance fresh as example. When that opened all the vegetable shops surrounding it and within 1Km was almost closed just bcoz they don’t have customers to buy their products. What’s actually happening then. The person who just lives with that shop will have to find another way to earn money.

So all the people who starts the Hi-Fi shops will survive and who just open a shop for his daily earning will have to stop and start a new business…

Not everyone can be a Salaried man.. All the markets and shops have a great threat wen all these Malls come..

By: scorpiogenius

scorpiogenius — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:43:32 +0000

I agree it will be fight for survival when all these malls are going to open, but from a consumer’s or citizen’s point of view I won’t complain. Afterall I’m being given the overwhelming choice of picking one from the basket for a weekend out, and each mall has the potential to provide a unique shopping/entertainment experience.

But I do firmly believe that once Lulu Mall opens it is going to cannibalise the footfalls and business of all other existing and planned malls in Cochin. Lulu is going to be THE destination mall, and it would require some serious efforts from the occupants of other malls to keep their business going. Incorporating a multiplex may help, like for Oberon or Gold Souk, but for ordinary citizens its win-win

By: CM

CM — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:52:36 +0000

i agree to ur view Shrike…..C wat happnd to Bay Pride Mall..!!!!
Wen Oberon came, the whole rush moved thre ….not much ppl goin 2 bay pride nw…
I rembr the week wen KFC at Gold Souk opnd…thre was huge crowd…
whre as at Oberon, tht was the least crowded week…!!!
So wat will happn if Souk opens in full???

Ppl move frm place to place…..

As said by Shrike, footfalls r not workin 4 the shops…they need revenues….& the european style retail streets r a good choice…it can also help in showin our cultural heritage

Wen Lulu, the biggest mall, starts….all the other malls will completely be ruled out….
Malls & big buildings alone jus wont work out to turn cochin into somthin!!!!