South City Mall is a

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. Located at

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(where the erstwhile Usha Industries factories and staff quarters were situated), it has been open since 16 January 2008. It has a Gross Leasable Area of and parking for 2,500 vehicles. The mall was designed by retail specialist ICS Bentel Associates. Anchored by major stores like Pantaloons,

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, there are also 134 other stores, a food court on the top floor and an INOX multiplex. The adjoining South City Township, with four 35-storey and one 15-storey residential highrises, was built by the same developer - South City Projects.

Features

* South City Mall houses a six screen INOX

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, at the lounge cum food court inside the multiplex's premises. Now it also includes an IMAX multiplex, the only one of its kind in

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. * It houses a food court called The Food Street, which contains kiosks of food from around the world. It also features some restaurants like Mainland China. Confectionery is available at Kookie Jar, The Cream and Fudge Factory, Swirl's, Candy Treat, The Cookie Man, Coffee World, Spencer's Bakery, Cafe Coffee Day. * It includes Spencers, pantaloons, CCD, Starmark and many more.

Incidents

Accident

In 2014, one person was killed and three others were critically injured in an accident.

Fire at the mall

On 4 December 2016 which was a Sunday morning at 9:15 am fire broke out at South City Mall Food Court. People noticed black smoke engulfing the food court. Security guards immediately severed electric connections and alerted people watching the movie show in the multiplex. The movie which was running in the Inox Movie Theatre was stopped and viewers and visitors were taken out safely from South City Mall. No people were injured.15 fire tenders rushed to spot and controlled the fire. Fire minister Sovon Chatterjee visited the spot. Following this incident the South City Mall management decided to shut down the mall for four months starting from 1 February 2017. During this temporary closure the mall is rumored to undergo some major makeovers to make it safer and more environment friendly.

Renovation

While some major makeovers were planned to increase safety after the fire breakout, the developers also announced an upgradation for the mall which started from 1 February 2017. It involved a complete renovation of the mall with most of the shops either being removed or shifted from their initial slot, and the entry of many new boutique global brands like

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(only clothing accessories) & many more. A new floor is being constructed which is planning to accommodate the food court, which will be shifted from the 3rd floor, for making space for new shops. Thus, after completion, the mall will house 4 floors. Although the mall has been partially opened on 22 December 2017, construction work is going parallelly at full swing, and the developers plan to complete the full construction by end of 2018.

Gallery

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References

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