After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 1763

Chapter 1763: The Malls (Part 1)

Another prominent manual construction around the rotunda would be the mall.

There were two being built in parallel, but they were placed on opposite sides of the territory.

One was located in the denser area surrounded by mid-rise buildings, while the other was located near the new villa areas. It was smaller, but it was much more posh.

The market for these two was a bit different, so the approach and design were a bit different, too.

They decided to make malls because of their convenience. There would still be market streets, commercial areas, entertainment streets, and so on, but they would be spread out, and it was good to have a few places where everything was there. It saved on time and effort and spread out the traffic, which would always be a win.

There were naturally different designs and approaches to these two malls, considering they catered to different markets.

The one near the West, closest to the densest residential and office spaces, would have a four-storey mall.

Its modular rentable spaces were about as big as those in shop houses, including the back-of-house space requirements, and they were lined up and arranged according to their type of store.

There would be clothing/apparel zones, services zones (like barber shops), food zones, and so on.

There was one public atrium space which could be flexibly used for performances, exhibitions, temporary markets, and so on. These would be placed on the upper floors, including a roofdeck park, to attract foot traffic all the way up, and all the stores would receive customers.

The brands here were also relatively affordable, and the low-middle class would have no problem shopping here once in a while.

Yes, they had brands, and many Alterrans with business and marketing experience definitely capitalized on that, especially on the vanity of people, especially rich aborigines.

The design was also pretty enough, but a bit simple, just aesthetic enough to be a bit prettier than the surrounding standard buildings.

The rooms and stores themselves were insulated, but the concourse had an open-air design that would mesh well with the surrounding gardens, passively attracting the people using the surrounding pedestrian streets.

On the other hand, the other mall was only two storeys with slightly bigger stores, more interior gardens, and lusher decorations. So to speak, it was just a little inferior to the Grand Hotel. Of course, the shops here catered to the super rich.

Branches of essential stores like Supermarkets and Department stores would also be placed in both malls. Their design and offerings would, of course, also reflect on the market they served.

It wouldn’t be too capitalist, nor would it be divisive. They would simply put aside the extra good quality stuff sifted through with extra effort and manpower, selling them for a few times the selling price elsewhere. They were simply making extra money by giving away bragging rights. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Each mall also had a transportation hub each, where there were accessible places people could get to their carts and bikes.

Anyway, the citizens and guests were like this, what more of the people actually responsible for building all these?

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