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* [[PVR Cinemas|PVR (Priya Village Roadshow)]] opened India's largest 11 screen multiplex in 2004 at the Forum.
* [[PVR Cinemas|PVR (Priya Village Roadshow)]] opened India's largest 11 screen multiplex in 2004 at the Forum.
* It is one of South India's largest malls
* It is one of South India's largest malls
* It was built by the Prestige Group
* It was built by the Prestige Group in August 2002


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 00:08, 21 January 2010

12°56′04″N 77°36′41″E / 12.934576°N 77.611266°E / 12.934576; 77.611266

The Forum

The Forum is a popular shopping mall located on Hosur Road in Koramangala, Bangalore city in Karnataka, India.

The Mall is popular among the youth in Bangalore and an attraction to those coming to Bangalore. The shopping mall houses 625,000 sq ft (58,100 m2) of shops over four levels.[1] The mall has everything from shoes to exercise equipment. A major attraction at the mall is the multiplex, PVR, which houses 11 screens. As one of the biggest multiplex in India, it features the latest Hollywood, Bollywood and regional movies. The food court is called The Transit Lounge and is designed like an airport Transit Lounge. One can indulge one's taste buds at Transit, KFC, Pizza Hut or the forever crowded Mc Donald's the first one in Southern India.

Location

The Forum is located in the part of Bangalore with the heaviest concentration of large multinational corporations such as: Robert Bosch, Oracle Corporation, Accenture Services Pvt Ltd and Hewlett Packard present in the vicinity. [2].

The forum has opened a new mall called The Forum Value Mall in Whitefield, Bengalore which will house factory outlets. Built-up area is 4.73 Lakh Sft. This mall is going to house Arvind Mill's Megamart store apart from Transit for food court and Fame Cineplex for the movie experience.


Other Forum malls are also going to come up at Cochin, Hyderabad, Mangalore and Chennai. In Hyderabad, it is coming up at Kukatpally, Hyderabad where it would be called as "The Forum Crystal Mall".[3]

Parking

The Forum Mall has two parking areas. A large multi level parking area is present inside the main mall and is accessible from both the Dairy circle-Koramangala road and the Adugodi-Koramangala road. An additional overflow parking lot is only accessible from the Adugodi-Koramangala road.

Fire

On January 26, 2009, a minor electrical fire broke out at Transit, the food court at the mall. The minor fire outbreak was quickly contained.[4]

Trivia

  • McDonald's opened their first outlet in South India at the Forum.
  • PVR (Priya Village Roadshow) opened India's largest 11 screen multiplex in 2004 at the Forum.
  • It is one of South India's largest malls
  • It was built by the Prestige Group in August 2002

References

  1. ^ "Forum Mall: Overview". Prestige Estates Projects Pvt. Ltd. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
  2. ^ Bangalore
  3. ^ The Forum Experience - Malls, Retail, Real Estate
  4. ^ Forum fire