If you consider that a "mega-project" does not necessarily have to be tall, then you certainly can count the Megamalls like Mall of Arabia, Mall of Asia or the Mall of America. As mentioned on another thread the Mall of America is undergoing an expansion that will have residences, offices, museums, and an art center, in addition to 800 stores under one roof. It already has a university, amusement park, theatres, aquarium and chapel.
In a sense, these malls are becoming small cities in themselves, and they don't need to go upward, just outward. (The daily population of the Mall of America is already well over 100,000 and expected to rise to over 200,000) And they are already larger than buildings like Taipei 101 in square footage.
I'm not necessarily a fan of malls, but they do qualify as mega-projects. And I would expect that these kinds of projects will be more financially feasable than a large tower.
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Last edited by Avian001; Jan 6, 2007 at 12:22 AM.
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