Lohas Park greets 13 stores in Hong Kong’s biggest mall opening in a year amid pandemic
- A supermarket is among 13 stores opening for business on Sunday at Lohas Park as residents end decade-long wait for own mall, according to MTR
- Lohas Park, the single largest residential enclave in Hong Kong, will have 63,000 residents when fully completed in 2025
The stores will take up 70,000 sq ft of retail space or about 15 per cent of the 480,000 sq ft of available space in the three-storey mall known as The Lohas in New Territories, according to owner MTR Corporation, which is also the city’s rail operator.
This weekend’s initial launch is being rushed four months ahead of its schedule to meet demand from work-from-home residents and those living in the vicinity, even though a third wave of coronavirus pandemic has continued to depress retail sales and tourist arrivals.
“We want to provide services to local residents as soon as possible, particularly when many are working from home amid the pandemic,” said David Tang, property director at MTR. “If we can open some stores, this can help them avoid going to another district for meals and shopping.”