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SHOPPING CENTRES
Ampa Skywalk has its prominent skywalk structure that hangs at a height of 80 feet is one of the biggest shopping malls in chennai.It is built by the Ampa Group gives a world class shopping experience.It overshadows the existing chennai citicentre in terms of size.It has a hyper market called star bazaar is the first spacious market in chennai.The Mall has a 7 screen multiplex that is operated by PVR cinemas.During christmas season of 2009 this mall registered its highest number of footfalls.Even in weekdays the mall is filled with people.
F3 Food Court,Wangs Kitchen ,Hot Chips ,Hot Chips Chaat, Curry House ,Thattukada ,Just Parathas ,Mr. & Mrs. Idly ,La Boulangerie,Namma and Dindigul Biriyani ,Hog Dog ,Sizzlers ,Delesiaso ,Milky Way,,Starkes Burger Joint ,Squeez Juice Bars ,Kailash Parbath and CookieMan Ice cream .
It also includes,Kalmane Coffee,Cookie Man ,Jus Booster Juice,Rajdhani ,Feugo Fusion Grill - By Star Gate Hotels.It also retail shops such asTata-Trent's Star Bazaar - Chennai's First Hypermarket .
It also includes Pizza Hut,Mc Donalds ,KFC,Cafe-Coffee day and Rajdhani.It also has Retail shop such as Landmark and fun centre in 3rd floor.It has saloons,Health and glow,Flower express,Gravity collections,Lilliput in 2nd floor.It has shops such as adidas,Reebok,Allen solly,Peter England,Rockport and Basics in 1 st floor.
The Express Avenue comprises of huge business centres and shops for leisure. The Express Avenue hosts over 20lakh square feet of shopping space. This includes a 9 lakh sq ft shopping space, 1 lakh sq ft for eating, 70000 sq ft for entertainment and 2 lakh sq ft for a world-class business chamber and a 40-room boutique hotel. The mall is bound by Whites Road, Woods Road and Patulas Road on 3 sides. The mall has a 3 level basement parking space for over 1500 car and sufficient bikes. It was inaugurated on May 26 2010.
The most eye-catching features is the business chamber. This is the first time an official marketing space is to be built inside a mall in India. The total area required for the setting up of this ultra-luxury economic zone is over 200,000 sq. ft. The Express group shall facilitate various services to the offices. The offices here are all of Grade A space.
It includes Premium boutique hotel exclusively to cater for touring elites ,Well-defined accommodation with 40 suit rooms ,Spa and salon,Fitness centre and gymnasium,24hr lounge with bar ,World-class service and Biggest KFC centre .
SPENZER PLAZA
This mall is located in Mount road.It is 125000 sq feet and accompanies nearly 400 shops.It is fully air conditioned.It consist of bookshops ,jewelry shops,food,groceries ,IT products handloom and handicraft shops.Famous shops such as life style,Landmark and globus are present here.
CITY CENTRE
We have a new shopping mall, a little nearer to the beach.The name of the shopping mall is city centre.It is a huge mall consisting of shops such as KFC , Land Mark, Kids fun zone,Life style and other food courts.It consist of big A/c theatre called INOX.
Major brand outlets in the mall include:
RANGANATHAN STREET
It is a famous street for all kinds of shopping.A variety of dress shops,jewelry shops and all types of utility shops are famous here.Here most of the items are cheap and reliable.Ranganathan street is fully packed with pavement shops.Big shops such as saravana stores,Jeyachandran,Life style are located here.People have to be very careful while going in this street.
The important shops here are,
Thyagaraya Nagar is located about 10 km from the Chennai Airport and about 8 km from Chennai Central and is well connected to both by local train and bus services. It lies to the west of Mount Road (Anna Salai), and is loosely bordered by Saidapet and West Mambalam to the west, Nandanam to the south, and Nungambakkam to the north.
Localities of Thyagaraya Nagar include
Pondy Bazaar, the main shopping area is named after W. P. A. Soundarapandian Nadar; the noted social activist from Pattiveeranpatti. It stretches for around a kilometre on Thyagaraya Road. Pavement shops found in Pondy Bazaar sell a variety of items, including clothes, toys, and electronics, at cheap rates. Bigger stores often sell both indigenous goods and imported designer brands.
The area around Panagal Park is known for its silk saree shops. Many prominent jewellery stores are also found here. The variety in shopping options makes T.Nagar one of the most crowded areas in Chennai during the festival seasons (usually beginning in October before Deepavali and ending in January after Pongal). The area around Panagal Park has seen the oncoming of new clothing stores, including RmKV, Kumaran, and Nalli, over the past few years.