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Core Pacific City

Imported, unreviewedDemolishedSongshan District, Taiwan

Core Pacific City opened 2001, burned 2002, auctioned 2018, closed 2019, demolished; now vacant with unclear ownership and redevelopment plans. · summary, model-written

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Core Pacific City
Interior view of a modern multi-level shopping mall with escalators and curved architecture. · verified by a vision model. Photo: Wpcpey, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Finance and pipeline
Closed or demolished, no retrofit recordedThis site: …demolished extraction · all sites with this
On FacebookThis site: …https://www.facebook.com/104807748241905 overture · all sites with this
Website dead or redirectingThis site: …http://www.aididaTW.cn/ overture / http check · all sites with this
Place
15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)This site: 6/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this
Bike network nearbyThis site: 133 ways openstreetmap · all sites with this
Grocery within 800 mThis site: 62 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this
Rail within 800 mThis site: 南京三民 openstreetmap · all sites with this

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Now

StatusDemolishedextracted, unreviewed
documented
Core Pacific City closed on 30 November 2019 and was subsequently demolished.

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Site context

Transit within 800 m南京三民 (rail); 10 bus stops within 400 mOpenStreetMap
Motorway junctions within 2 km健康路出口, 光復南路出口, 南京東路出口, 基隆路出口OpenStreetMap
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)6 of 6 daily needs: 62 grocers, 6 schools, 68 parks or playgrounds, 37 health, 22 civic, 405 food and drink; 133 cycleway segments, 207 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Other atlas sites nearby1 within 10 km, 2 within 25 km: ATT e Life (3.8 km)computed
Overture Mapsplace 愛迪達專櫃服裝 (shopping, confidence 0.26, from Overture, meta); building footprint 7,691 m²Overture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and socialwww.aididaTW.cn (down or redirecting, status 0) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views43,390 since 2015; 2,045 in the last 12 months (-33% vs the prior 12); peak 2024-09 with 1,458Wikimedia

Summary, model-written

Core Pacific City opened as a shopping mall in Songshan District, Taipei in 2001. It suffered a major fire in 2002, was later put up for auction in 2018, closed in November 2019, and was subsequently demolished. The site remains vacant as of the record.

Why. The record does not explicitly state the reasons for closure or demolition; it notes the fire, auction, and later corruption allegations but does not link them as causes.

Where it stands. The mall is demolished and its current control is not stated in the record.

For a planner

  • Precedent: major fire in 2002 required large-scale evacuation and led to a criminal conviction.
  • Policy tool: the property was placed on public auction in 2018 with a starting bid of NT$38 billion.
  • Open question: what zoning or redevelopment plans are being considered after the demolition and the 2024 arrest of the former mayor linked to corruption allegations.

For a developer

  • Site size: not specified in the record.
  • Control: ownership transferred via auction in 2018; post‑demolition controlling entity is unknown.
  • Entitlement stage: no information on permits or approvals for redevelopment.
  • Constraints: no flood, transit, or environmental context layers are provided.
  • Market signals: no tract‑level demographic or economic data are included.

What we do not know yet

  • Exact cause of closure and decision to demolish is not stated.
  • Current landowner or controlling authority after demolition is unknown.
  • Size of the parcel and any existing structures or remediation status are missing.
  • No context‑layer data (flood risk, transit access, environmental constraints) are provided.
  • The verification status is ‘draft,’ indicating the record may still be under review.

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History and original facts

Opened2001extracted, unreviewed
Closed2019extracted, unreviewed
documented
Core Pacific City, also known as the Living Mall (Chinese: 京華城; pinyin: Jīnghuá chéng), was a shopping center in Songshan District, Taipei, Taiwan, that opened in 2001 and closed in 2019.

en.wikipedia.org

ArchitectJerde Partnership and Artech, Inc.
AnchorsMira Department Store
NotesWikipedia categories: Defunct shopping malls in Taiwan

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Background

Core Pacific City, also known as the Living Mall, was a shopping center in Songshan District, Taipei, Taiwan, that opened in 2001 and closed in 2019.

Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.

Timeline

  1. 2001 Opened in 2001.
  2. 2002 Fire at the mall required evacuation of 20,000 people.
  3. 2002 Former Core Pacific official Lin Chang-cheng convicted of arson.
  4. 2018 Core Pacific Group put up the shopping mall for auction.
  5. 2018 Auction opened to the public with initial price of NT$38 billion.
  6. 2019 Closed on 30 November 2019.
  7. 2024 Former Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je arrested in relation to corruption allegations surrounding redevelopment of the land.

Sources

  • Wikipedia: Core Pacific City · supports: status, year closed, year opened
    10 quoted sentences
    Core Pacific City, also known as the Living Mall (Chinese: 京華城; pinyin: Jīnghuá chéng), was a shopping center in Songshan District, Taipei, Taiwan, that opened in 2001 and closed in 2019.
    Core Pacific City, also known as the Living Mall (Chinese: 京華城; pinyin: Jīnghuá chéng), was a shopping center in Songshan District, Taipei, Taiwan, that opened in 2001 and closed in 2019.
    Core Pacific City closed on 30 November 2019 and was subsequently demolished.
    Core Pacific City, also known as the Living Mall (Chinese: 京華城; pinyin: Jīnghuá chéng), was a shopping center in Songshan District, Taipei, Taiwan, that opened in 2001 and closed in 2019.

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