New Town Plaza

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New Town Plaza

New Town Plaza Phase 1
Traditional Chinese: 新城市廣場
Simplified Chinese: 新城市广场
New Town Plaza
New Town Plaza
Facts and statistics
Location Sha Tin District, Hong Kong, China
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
Website http://www.newtownplaza.com.hk

New Town Plaza is a shopping mall in the town centre of Sha Tin in Hong Kong. Developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties, it was the biggest shopping mall in the New Territories of Hong Kong when it was completed in the early 1980s. Covering 200,000 square metres (49.4 acres), the plaza comprises Phase 1 (the main mall), Phase 3, which are connected to each other, and Grand Central Plaza, which is less than one kilometre from Phase 1. Currently under extensive renovation, the nine-storey main mall is right next to Sha Tin Station and Citylink Plaza.

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[edit] Floor plan

[edit] Phase 1

  • Basement: UA cinemas, stores targeted at teenagers
  • Level 1: UA cinemas, restaurants
  • Level 2: c!ty'super, Cosmetics, Books & Gifts, Banks
  • Level 3: Luxury & Beauty, Fashion, ZARA
  • Level 4: Fashion & Accessories, Marks & Spencer, ESPRIT
  • Level 5: Trendy, Casual & Sports Wear, McDonald's
  • Level 6: Electric World
  • 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)

[edit] Phase 3

  • Level 1: Toys "R" Us, Children's wear and various stores
  • Level 2: Seiyu (一田) Department Store
  • Level 3: Seiyu supermarket & food court, MUJI and various stores

[edit] Grand Central Plaza

  • Levels 1 & 2: Furniture
  • Levels 3 & 5: IKEA flagship store in Hong Kong, in which a restaurant serving Swedish dishes is included

[edit] Snoopy's World

On the balcony of Level 3 of Phase 1, there is an outdoor playground called the "Snoopy's World", the first Peanuts outdoor playground in Asia. It opened to the public on 1 September 2000.

[edit] Spots in Snoopy's World [1]

  • Doghouse Entry: Snoopy House
  • School Plaza: Peanuts Academy
  • Boating Canal: Canoe Ride
  • Baseball Playground: Peanuts Dugout
  • Mini Town Area: Peanuts Boulevard
  • Covered Sitting Pavilion: Party Pavilion

Snoopy's World Overview

Entrance of Snoopy's World

The yellow school bus in Snoopy's World

Snoopy's World Entry Plaza

[edit] Musical fountain

The new music fountain
The new music 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.

[edit] Gallery

Level 1 West Wing Open-Shopfront Restaurant

Level 2 Gift Shop

Level 3 Footbridge Gallery

Marks & Spencer on Level 4

Inside New Town Plaza Phase 1 (2005)

Levi's jeans shop on Level 5

Maxims Palace Chinese Restaurant

Leung So Kee (梁蘇記), a well known umbrella shop, on Level 2 (closed in March 2006 for renovation)

New Town Plaza after renovation

Taxi Stands in Level 1

[edit] Nearby shopping malls

[edit] Nearby facilities

Sha Tin Park (沙田公園)
Sha Tin Park (沙田公園)
  • 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

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