New Town Plaza
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| Location | Sha Tin, Hong Kong |
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| Opening date | 30 January 1985 |
| Developer | Sun Hung Kai Properties |
| Management | Kai Shing Management |
| Owner | Sun Hung Kai Properties |
| No. of stores and services | more than 400 |
| Total retail floor area | 1,300,000 m² (321.2 acres) |
| No. of floors | 9 |
| Public transit access | Sha Tin Station |
| Website | http://www.newtownplaza.com.hk |
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| Traditional Chinese | 新城市廣場 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 新城市广场 | ||||||||||||
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New Town Plaza is a shopping mall in the town centre of Sha Tin, Hong Kong. Developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties, it was the biggest shopping centre in the New Territories when it was completed in the early 1980s. Covering 200,000 square metres (49.4 acres), the plaza comprises Phase 1 (the main mall) and Phase 3, which are connected to each other, as well as the Grand Central Plaza, which is less than one kilometre from Phase 1. Phase 1 underwent extensive renovation from 2003 to 2008.
The nine-storey shopping centre is right next to Sha Tin Station and Citylink Plaza. It is one of the busiest shopping malls in Hong Kong. There are many different transportation links to New Town Plaza, such as shuttle services from nearby estates, minibus routes, the MTR station located right within the plaza itself, and so forth.
Floor plan
Phase 1
- Basement: UA cinemas
- Level 1: UA cinemas, restaurants, Mannings
- Level 2: c!ty'super, Uniqlo, Banks, Beauty & Health Care
- Level 3: Luxury & Beauty, Fashion, agnès b., Bally, Coach, ZARA, GAP, Tommy Hilfiger, SaSa and a roof garden with playground
- Level 4: Fashion & Accessories, Apple Store, I.T., Collect Point, G2000, H&M, Accessorize
- Level 5: Trendy, Casual & Sports Wear and a roof garden
- Level 6: Electric World (Fortess, DG Lifestyle, Broadway, Suning, AV Life)
- Level 7: THE MENU@Level 7, a CD shop and a roof garden in which a music fountain is included
- Level 8: Maxim's Palace (美心皇宮)
- Level 9: Roof garden
Phase 3
New Town Plaza Phase 3 (新城市廣場第三期) is a private housing estate and a shopping arcade. It comprises 5 high-rise buildings and a 3-floor shopping arcade built between 1990 and 1992.[1] Layout of the shopping arcade:
- Level 1: Toys "R" Us, Commercial Press, Children's wear and various stores
- Level 2: Yata (一田) Department Store
- Level 3: Yata supermarket & food court,and various stores
Grand Central Plaza
The Grand Central Plaza complex (新城市中央廣場) houses the HomeSquare shopping mall.
- Levels 1 - 3: Furniture
- Levels 5 & 6: IKEA flagship store in Hong Kong, in which a restaurant serving Swedish dishes is included
Snoopy's World
On the podium of Level 3 of Phase 1, there is an outdoor playground called the "Snoopy's World" (Chinese: 史努比開心世界), the first Peanuts outdoor playground in Asia.[2] It opened to the public on 1 September 2000.
Spots in Snoopy's World [1]
- Doghouse Entry: the Snoopy House
- School Plaza: Peanuts Academy
- Boating Canal: Canoe Ride
- Baseball Playground: Peanuts Dugout
- Mini Town Area: Peanuts Boulevard
- Covered Sitting Pavilion: Party Pavilion
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Snoopy's World Overview -
Entrance of Snoopy's World -
The yellow school bus in Snoopy's World -
Snoopy's World Entry Plaza
Musical fountain
When New Town Plaza Phase 1 opened, an oval musical fountain at the centre of Level 3 was an icon of the shopping mall and the largest musical fountain in Asia[citation needed]. It was demolished in August 2004 and then, in May 2005, rebuilt on the roof garden of Level 7, opening in November that year. But it was then closed in 2015 which is the year of New Town Plaza has opened 30 years.
Phase 1 gallery
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Entrance Arena -
Taxi Stands in Level 1 -
Level 1 West Wing Open-Shopfront Restaurant -
Level 2 Gift Shop -
Level 3 Footbridge Gallery -
New Town Plaza after renovation -
Marks & Spencer on Level 4 (this site is now an Apple Store) -
Shops in Level 6 -
Maxims Palace Chinese Restaurant
Nearby shopping malls
- New Town Plaza Phase 3 (新城市廣場第三期)
- Grand Central Plaza (新城市中央廣場)
- Citylink Plaza (連城廣場)
- Sha Tin Centre (沙田中心)
- Sha Tin Plaza (沙田廣場)
- Lucky Plaza (好運中心)
- Wai Wah Centre (偉華中心)
- Hilton Plaza (希爾頓中心)
Nearby facilities
- Sha Tin Town Hall (沙田大會堂)
- Sha Tin Public Library (沙田公共圖書館)
- Sha Tin Marriage Registry (沙田婚姻註冊處)
- Sha Tin Park (沙田公園)
- Royal Park Hotel (帝都酒店), also developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties, and is regarded as Phase 2 of the New Town Plaza project[citation needed]. It has been designated as the Olympic Village in Hong Kong for the Beijing Olympics 2008.[3]
Notes and references
- ^ New Town Plaza-Phase 3[permanent dead link]
- ^ Snoopy's World
- ^ "SHKP cheers Beijing Olympic torch relay". Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited. 2008-04-27. Retrieved 2009-06-15.[permanent dead link]
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