Uni-President to Expand Hypermarket Presence; Complex Mall to Open in Tainan in 2028
Uni-President Group announced that its subsidiary (formerly Carrefour) will build a 4,000-ping complex mall in Tainan's East District. Combining retail, dining, and entertainment, it aims to adapt to changing demographics and is expected to open in Q4 2028.
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(CNA Reporter He Hsiu-ling, Taipei, 22nd) Uni-President Group announced that its subsidiary, Kang-Da Sheng-Tong Life Enterprise Co. (formerly Carrefour Taiwan), will open a new hypermarket. The site is located at the intersection of Shengchan Road and Chongde Road in Tainan City. It is planned as a 4,000-ping large-scale complex mall that combines a hypermarket, dining, and leisure entertainment. It is expected to open after completion in the fourth quarter of 2028.
Uni-President stated in a press release that Kang-Da Sheng-Tong Life Enterprise Co. held a groundbreaking ceremony this morning for the new construction project at the New City Center section base in the East District of Tainan City. Carrefour was acquired by Uni-President in 2023 and renamed Kang-Da Sheng-Tong Life Enterprise Co. this year. It currently operates 62 hypermarkets, 237 supermarkets, and 16 high-end Mia C'bon supermarkets across Taiwan.
Uni-President Chairman Lo Chih-hsien previously stated that Carrefour is currently in no rush to open new stores. Instead, they are thinking about how to give consumers "more reasons to walk in" to physical stores. Because of demographic changes, single-person households account for about one-third of the structure in Taiwan, which poses a huge impact on large hypermarkets. Consumers do not necessarily need to walk into large-format stores to shop. The company will review the positioning of its hypermarkets and supermarkets for the present and the next 10 years.
Carrefour told CNA reporters that the new mall is planned to be a 5-story above-ground and 2-story basement complex. It will not only house a hypermarket but will also integrate diverse formats such as dining and leisure entertainment.
Uni-President stated that the development of the Chongming Mall in the New City Center section of Tainan's East District is an important part of the group's layout in the lifestyle industry in the rezoned area, and a major milestone in Tainan.
The Chongming Mall is located in the core area of Tainan's New City Center section, close to the expressway, Municipal Hospital, Barclay Memorial Park, and Tainan Cultural Center. Coupled with the track economy advantage of the newly added South Tainan Station after the railway goes underground, the East District, which already has a resident population of 180,000, possesses unlimited demographic dividend potential in the future. (Editor: Chang Liang-chih) 1150422
(CNA Reporter He Hsiu-ling, Taipei, 22nd) Uni-President Group announced that its subsidiary, Kang-Da Sheng-Tong Life Enterprise Co. (formerly Carrefour Taiwan), will open a new hypermarket. The site is located at the intersection of Shengchan Road and Chongde Road in Tainan City. It is planned as a 4,000-ping large-scale complex mall that combines a hypermarket, dining, and leisure entertainment. It is expected to open after completion in the fourth quarter of 2028.
Uni-President stated in a press release that Kang-Da Sheng-Tong Life Enterprise Co. held a groundbreaking ceremony this morning for the new construction project at the New City Center section base in the East District of Tainan City. Carrefour was acquired by Uni-President in 2023 and renamed Kang-Da Sheng-Tong Life Enterprise Co. this year. It currently operates 62 hypermarkets, 237 supermarkets, and 16 high-end Mia C'bon supermarkets across Taiwan.
Uni-President Chairman Lo Chih-hsien previously stated that Carrefour is currently in no rush to open new stores. Instead, they are thinking about how to give consumers "more reasons to walk in" to physical stores. Because of demographic changes, single-person households account for about one-third of the structure in Taiwan, which poses a huge impact on large hypermarkets. Consumers do not necessarily need to walk into large-format stores to shop. The company will review the positioning of its hypermarkets and supermarkets for the present and the next 10 years.
Carrefour told CNA reporters that the new mall is planned to be a 5-story above-ground and 2-story basement complex. It will not only house a hypermarket but will also integrate diverse formats such as dining and leisure entertainment.
Uni-President stated that the development of the Chongming Mall in the New City Center section of Tainan's East District is an important part of the group's layout in the lifestyle industry in the rezoned area, and a major milestone in Tainan.
The Chongming Mall is located in the core area of Tainan's New City Center section, close to the expressway, Municipal Hospital, Barclay Memorial Park, and Tainan Cultural Center. Coupled with the track economy advantage of the newly added South Tainan Station after the railway goes underground, the East District, which already has a resident population of 180,000, possesses unlimited demographic dividend potential in the future. (Editor: Chang Liang-chih) 1150422