World's 10 Largest Shopping Malls

Officially, we can now claim that 3 out of the 10 largest shopping malls in the world are located in the Island Paradise of the Philippines!! Woohoo! This is according to Forbes.com article World's Largest Malls based on leasable retail space. Remember this statistic-- our malls in the Philippines is bigger than any mall in the United States. No wonder, Filipino's national pastime is Malling. Maybe, this is one of the evidences that Philippines is now a Second World country according to President Arroyo.

Forbes.com World's 10 Largest Shopping Malls

1. South China Mall, Dongguan, China (2005, 7.1 million square feet)

2. Golden Resources Shopping Mall, Beijing, China (2004, 6 million square feet)

3. SM Mall of Asia!

4. West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (1981, 3.8 million square feet)

5. SM Mega Mall!

6. Berjaya Times Square, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ( 2005, 3.4 million square feet )

7. Beijing Mall, Beijing, China (2005, 3.4 million square feet)

8. Zhengjia Plaza, Guangzhou China (2005, 3 million square feet)

9. SM North Edsa!

10. King of Prussia Mall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (1962, 2.8 million square feet)