Spencer Plaza

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Spencer Plaza
Spencer Plaza
Location:	Anna Salai, Chennai
established :	1863
Area:	250000 Square Feet
Phases :	3

Spencer Plaza, one of the biggest shopping malls in South Asia, is located on Mount Road (officially known as Anna Salai), and is one of the landmarks of the modern Chennai, Tamil Nadu state, India.

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3 See also
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[edit] History

The historical roots of Spencer Plaza goes back to British Raj, when in the year 1863-1864, the first Departmental store in the Indian subcontinent (comprising India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka), established by Charles Durant and J. W. Spencer. After few years, Eugene Oakshott shifted the departmental store to a new building, which was an example of Indian Indo-Saracenic style of architecture. The building was designed by W. N. Pogson. In the year 1983, the original building was destroyed in a fire. The present Spencer Plaza was constructed on the same site.This shopping mall is the major hang out for people of Chennai.The mall has been developed by Mangal Thirth Estate Limited. It now comprises 3 phases, named Phase I, Phase II and Phase III. Phase III is the most recently opened, . The Plaza has a number of stores dealing in goods of many major brands, as well as local brands.