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Chennai's first IT mall.

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supersaiyan Original post #1
Jun 21, 2006 at 1:32 AM
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The Singapore-based Shanaya Group of companies will invest about Rs 5 billion (US$110 million) in India in various projects, including Rs 1 billion for setting-up Chennai's first IT Mall. As part of this, the group will convert the VGP Victory House, a shopping complex in Chennai, into the VGP 'Digital China Square', a joint venture between the Shanaya Group and VGP, a well-known retail chain in Tamil Nadu.

The project is estimated to cost Rs 1 billion, whereby the VGP Digital China Square would be the first IT mall in Chennai, dedicated to IT, computers and electronic products, which hitherto were not available in India. The work is expected to be completed by June 2006 and would be ready for occupation by July. The mall will have over 50 shopping outlets.

V G Santhosam, chairman, VGP Group of Companies, said: "VGP would contribute over 40,000 sq ft of space while Shanaya would bring in products from abroad, as part of the joint venture." "The Digital China Square will have a Chinese design at the front, making it a unique landmark in Chennai," said company.



yayyy finally a mall dedicated to IT is opening. soon we would be putting cpus and gpus in a shopping cart or basket.
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thunderbird.117 #2
Jun 22, 2006 at 2:56 AM
supersaiyan said:
source-*www.dqchannels.com/content/reselleralert/106061808.asp

The Singapore-based Shanaya Group of companies will invest about Rs 5 billion (US$110 million) in India in various projects, including Rs 1 billion for setting-up Chennai's first IT Mall. As part of this, the group will convert the VGP Victory House, a shopping complex in Chennai, into the VGP 'Digital China Square', a joint venture between the Shanaya Group and VGP, a well-known retail chain in Tamil Nadu.

The project is estimated to cost Rs 1 billion, whereby the VGP Digital China Square would be the first IT mall in Chennai, dedicated to IT, computers and electronic products, which hitherto were not available in India. The work is expected to be completed by June 2006 and would be ready for occupation by July. The mall will have over 50 shopping outlets.

V G Santhosam, chairman, VGP Group of Companies, said: "VGP would contribute over 40,000 sq ft of space while Shanaya would bring in products from abroad, as part of the joint venture." "The Digital China Square will have a Chinese design at the front, making it a unique landmark in Chennai," said company.



yayyy finally a mall dedicated to IT is opening. soon we would be putting cpus and gpus in a shopping cart or basket.

bangalore has a IT mall in brigade road. Way cheaper that SP road.
JGuru
JGuru #3
Jun 24, 2006 at 7:44 PM
The way to go Chennai!! So from now on the Chennai people can checkout the
latest gizmos, hardware, etc., A great visual feast for the technology lovers.
Also you can get the latest hardware stuff fast.
QwertyManiac
Jun 24, 2006 at 7:56 PM
Finally! Finally we get a AIO place for tech, but I dont think the deals are gonna be good as ritchie ... lets see :p
drgrudge
Jun 24, 2006 at 10:24 PM
Lol who cares abt deals? We want a "good shopping experience". The recent cinema malls across the country inc. Chennai proves that. Even in Ritchie, we can't find all the items under a single roof, can we?


And by the way, Actor Prashant is gonna open Gold mall in T Nagar soon.
QwertyManiac
Jun 24, 2006 at 10:30 PM
Yeah what you say is true too, its difficult at Ritchie... Whats this Gold mall, for gold?
drgrudge
Jun 24, 2006 at 11:02 PM
Yeah.. all gold related thing in a single roof. Of course, the smaller traders won't be able to put up a shop there, but still it's gonna be "big". It'll have bullion trading also.. according to Prasanth.