Mall Country City Year opened Gross leasable area (GLA) Total area Shops Remarks South China Mall China Dongguan 2005 659,612 m (7,100,000 sq ft) 892,000 m (9,600,000 sq ft) 2350 Until at least 2014 most of the stores were empty, occupancy rates of only 10 % occurred. SM Tianjin China Tianjin 2016 565,000 m (5,812,511 sq. ft) 2500 + Owned and operated by SM Prime Holdings of the Philippines, a chain of shopping malls that has 71 malls located across the Philippines and 7 in China. Golden Resources Mall China Beijing 557,419 m (6,000,010 sq ft) 1000 + SM City North EDSA Philippines Quezon City 1985 498,000 m (5,360,000 sq ft) 1000 + Largest mall in the Philippines and Southeast Asia. Daily foot traffic of average 950,000 people, adding up to 350,000,000 people a year. 5 1 Utama Malaysia Damansara 1995 480,700 m (5,174,000 sq ft) 1000 + The largest shopping mall in Malaysia. Phase 1 (Old Wing) opened in 1995 while Phase 2 (New Wing) opened in 2003. Anchored by four department stores (AEON, Isetan, Tangs and Parkson), two supermarkets (AEON and Cold Storage) as well as two cinemas (GSC and TGV Cinemas). Launched of 1 Utama E in 2018 January, adds an additional 592,015 sq ft of gross built - up area (164,687 sq ft net lettable area) to the mall 's existing 5 million sq ft. 6 SM Megamall Philippines Mandaluyong 1991 474,000 m (5,100,000 sq ft) 1000 + Daily foot traffic of 800,000 people, adding up to 292,000,000 people a year. Caters the most cinema screens (14) in the Philippines. 7 SM Seaside City Cebu Philippines Cebu City 2015 470,490 m (5,064,300 sq ft) 450 + Largest shopping mall in the Philippines outside Metro Manila. 8 Isfahan City Center Iran Isfahan 2012 465,500 m (5,011,000 sq ft) 600,000 m (6,500,000 sq ft) 700 + Mixed - use shopping mall complex including a 5 - star hotel, Cinema, the biggest indoor amusement park in the Middle East with 345,000 m (3,710,000 sq ft), restaurants, International Financial Exchange Center, Office tower, Exhibition center and Hotel apartment. 9 Persian Gulf Complex Iran Shiraz 2012 450,000 m (4,800,000 sq ft) 450,000 m (4,800,000 sq ft) 2500 + World 's largest by number of stores. 10 CentralWorld Thailand Bangkok 1990 429,500 m (4,623,000 sq ft) 550,000 m (5,900,000 sq ft) 600 Area of the full complex is 1,024,000 m (11,020,000 sq ft) including two skyscrapers. 11 SM Mall of Asia Philippines Pasay 2006 406,962 m (4,380,500 sq ft) 407,101 m (4,382,000 sq ft) 1000 + Currently 4th largest mall in the Philippines w / ongoing major expansions. The mall is expected to have a GLA of 700,000 m2 and to be completed in 2018. T - 12 intu MetroCentre United Kingdom Newcastle - upon - Tyne (Gateshead) 1986 400,000 m (4,300,000 sq ft) 975,000 m (10,490,000 sq ft) 370 + The largest shopping mall in the UK and Europe operated by intu Properties. T - 12 New Century Global Center China Chengdu 2013 400,000 m (4,300,000 sq ft) 1,700,000 m (18,000,000 sq ft) 2,300 Opened in 2013, the New Century Global Center stole the record of largest shopping mall in the world by total area from Dubai Mall. T - 12 Dream Mall Taiwan Kaohsiung 2007 400,000 m (4,300,000 sq ft) 2,300 T - 13 CentralPlaza WestGate Thailand Bangkok 2015 333,000 m (3,580,000 sq ft) T - 14 Siam Paragon Thailand Bangkok 2005 400,000 m (4,300,000 sq ft) 500,000 m (5,400,000 sq ft) 270 +
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