Prestige Forum Mall in Chennai
Bangalore’s most happening mall Forum is all set to enter Chennai. The construction for the same has already started and looks like it will take another 18 months to complete. But what scares me the most is the location of the mall. It is located on Arcot Road, Vadapalani right next to Green Park Hotel. As it is, it is a nightmare to drive on that road even today. Is the government taking any notice at all, while sanctioning approval for the malls. Thanks to City Centre RK Salai is now a mess. Forum on Arcot Road will only add fuel to fire. I hope the mall at least has enough parking as I do not know how much the Government can do considering the congestion in the area.
Otha,yellam nasama pochu
Airlift senja thaan mall reach panna mudiyum
@vinod,
I dont intend to put you in bad light, these are my views alone
1. There are no areas where there is no congestion in chennai, so what difference!?
2. In a situation of many malls, you will not go out of your way to visit a mall, hence it has to come on arterial road in a area with significant inhabitation
3. Something is better than nothing. we are the last major city to recieve malls, expressways, modernized airports.. so i am happy
4. Government doesnt get the best brains in India anyways, besides all govt servants live in constant anarchy of politicians plus they are corrupt, its nothing new, so forget that BS.
Forum changed the traffic situation in the locality it is in (Koramangala in Bangalore), overnight. Guess we can expect the same here too.
Most of the problems are coz of bad planning.
Cars to Satyam theatre, for example, are being diverted to another ground if the main parking is full. But all they got to do is build a Multi storey parking lot with some 8-10 floors for cars… and they’ll gain so much space they could probably open nice food joints and make money out of people just whiling time before a movie.
Ditto with Citi Center. .. they could’ve at least had 3 floors for parking before building the main complexes..
uber cool.. but uber shoddy infrastructure.. buggers want to make the money building the malls and opening it for public who cant find space to park?? seriously, where do these Einstein’s get their spark of business ideas??? their backsides, probably !!
but on a goodier note, malls are increasing in chennai.. quite a good sign… a couple of years back, spencers being the only limelight of a word called mall in this city.
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Good or Bad, people will stll flock to any malls…a good time pass with least spent from pocket!
I hope they put their thinking caps on and come up with a more people friendly design for this one. The one who designed the single life for Citi Centre deserves to be left on the outskirts of Chennai and made to walk back on foot.
its about time the govt started encouraging the use of public transport. thats the only solution to any city’s traffic problems.
What’s so great about ‘another mall’?
Any idea what is happening to the Ampa mall on Nelson Manickam Road? It looks like it is being built forever and still nowhere near completion!
MR VINOD , RANDRAMBLE AND OTHERS,
Regarding the building up of Parking Spaces for Malls, Nt Sure How Many of you know abt the construction rules In Chennai.There Is Something called the FSI(FLOOR SCALE INDEX)Which denotes the amount of cars which can be parked in a Building.In Chennai It Is 1car/400 Sq.ft.Even If the Mall owner or developer Wants to Give Quality Parking Space like In other cities od India or the world where there are 3 or 4 Basement Parkings etc, the Govt Officials they dont allow.They Demolish that space In The Building or the mall which in turn will destroy the quality of The Mall.
So on the whole Its the Government rules and Officials who should think Futuristic and Not still in the past before 100 years.Infrastructure wise India is still way behind other countries because of such Stupidity.Jst Imagine why there Isnt Even 1 SKYSCRAPPER In the city Even after so much Technological Improvements.?.Is It because of the developer…the answer Is an EMPHATIC NO!We Need to be broad Minded to have a beatiful and More Advanced and cleaner INDIA!
I support the people wherever they build a Mall…coz Chennai Is the Last In Developement of QUALITY INFRASTUCTURE!!!!!!
MR VINOD , RANDRAMBLE AND OTHERS,
Regarding the building up of Parking Spaces for Malls, Nt Sure How Many of you know abt the construction rules In Chennai.There Is Something called the FSI(FLOOR SCALE INDEX)Which denotes the amount of cars which can be parked in a Building.In Chennai It Is 1car/400 Sq.ft.Even If the Mall owner or developer Wants to Give Quality Parking Space like In other cities od India or the world where there are 3 or 4 Basement Parkings etc, the Govt Officials they dont allow.They Demolish that space In The Building or the mall which in turn will destroy the quality of The Mall.
So on the whole Its the Government rules and Officials who should think Futuristic and Not still in the past before 100 years.Infrastructure wise India is still way behind other countries because of such Stupidity.Jst Imagine why there Isnt Even 1 SKYSCRAPPER In the city Even after so much Technological Improvements.?.Is It because of the developer…the answer Is an EMPHATIC NO!We Need to be broad Minded to have a beatiful and More Advanced and cleaner INDIA!
I support the people wherever they build a Mall…coz Chennai Is the Last In Developement of QUALITY INFRASTUCTURE!!!!!!
MR VINOD , RANDRAMBLE AND OTHERS,
Regarding the building up of Parking Spaces for Malls, Nt Sure How Many of you know abt the construction rules In Chennai.There Is Something called the FSI(FLOOR SCALE INDEX)Which denotes the amount of cars which can be parked in a Building.In Chennai It Is 1car/400 Sq.ft.Even If the Mall owner or developer Wants to Give Quality Parking Space like In other cities od India or the world where there are 3 or 4 Basement Parkings etc, the Govt Officials they dont allow.They Demolish that space In The Building or the mall which in turn will destroy the quality of The Mall.
So on the whole Its the Government rules and Officials who should think Futuristic and Not still in the past before 100 years.Infrastructure wise India is still way behind other countries because of such Stupidity.Jst Imagine why there Isnt Even 1 SKYSCRAPPER In the city Even after so much Technological Improvements.?.Is It because of the developer…the answer Is an EMPHATIC NO!We Need to be broad Minded to have a beatiful and More Advanced and cleaner INDIA!
I support the people wherever they build a Mall…coz Chennai Is the Last In Developement of QUALITY INFRASTUCTURE!!!!!!