Canal City Hakata ( キャナルシティ博多 ) is a large shopping and entertainment complex in Fukuoka , Japan . Called the "city within the city," it hosts shops, cafes, restaurants, a theater, game center, cinemas, two hotels, and a canal, which runs through the complex.
17-404: Located adjacent to Fukuoka's entertainment district and between the commercial and retail core of the city, Canal City has become a tourist attraction and commercial success for Fukuoka. It is the largest private development in the history of Japan ($ 1.4 billion for 234,460 m (2.5-million sq. ft.)). The complex is built with a distinctive fanciful style, with many curving sculptures and fountains and
34-491: A precedent for Las Vegas stores. The location has the second highest sales per square foot of any mall in the nation at approximately $ 1,300 per square foot (Bal Harbour Shops is first with over $ 2,500 per square foot). The average for specialty apparel retailers, for instance, is $ 400 per square foot ($ 4,400/m ), and according to Baseline Magazine the retailer Hot Topic achieves an annual $ 619 per square foot ($ 6,660/m ). According to industry research firm RetailSails, Apple has
51-723: Is also responsible for a string of landmark urban mixed-use developments, including: Namba Parks in Osaka , Japan, awarded the Urban Land Institute Awards of Excellence: Asia Pacific, 2009; Roppongi Hills in Tokyo , Japan; Kanyon in Istanbul , Turkey and Zlote Tarasy in Warsaw , Poland. More recently the firm has designed: The Vermont, a multifamily development in Los Angeles's Koreatown ,
68-457: The Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles; he had been suffering from cancer and Alzheimer's disease . He was 75. Sales per unit area In retail, sales per unit area is a standard and usually the primary measurement of store success. The unit of area is usually square metres in the metric system or square feet in U.S. customary units . Square feet are also widely used in retailing in
85-859: The Treasure Island Casino in Vegas in 1993, the Las Vegas Fremont Street Experience in 1995 and the Bellagio in Las Vegas in 1998. The firm has developed into a major international company with key urban regeneration projects overseas, including Beursplein in Rotterdam , Netherlands, and Canal City Hakata in Fukuoka , Japan, both in 1996, as well as other projects in Japan , China and Europe . Jerde
102-659: The United Kingdom , but there are signs of a trend towards use of square meters. As of 2005 annual store sales in the range of $ 300 per square foot ($ 3,000/m ) is considered a respectable result in the United States as the national average for regional malls is $ 341 per square foot , but the target number depends on the location, the type of store and other factors. For example, the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas sets
119-642: The "Aqua Panorama" fountain. In 2017, the mall reached its peak of 17 million visitors, totaling over 300 million visitors. In 2023, the East Building was permanently closed due to slow sales. Fukuoka Jisho planned to demolish it and replace it with a luxury condominium. However, as of 2024, the building remains standing due to rising demolition costs and labor shortages. 33°35′28″N 130°24′38″E / 33.59111°N 130.41056°E / 33.59111; 130.41056 Jon Jerde Jonathan Adams Jerde , FAIA (January 22, 1940 – February 9, 2015)
136-758: The Grand Hyatt Sanya Haitang Bay Resort and Spa in Hainan, China ; Puerto Cancun Marina Town Center in Cancun, Mexico ; and Pacific City in Huntington Beach , California. Jerde was named the first recipient of the USC School of Architecture's Distinguished Alumnus award, in 1985, and became a fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1990. Jerde died on February 9, 2015, at his home in
153-521: The West, with his father, Paul, who was a peripatetic engineer for oil companies, and his mother, formerly Marion Adams. When his parents split up, Jerde lived with his mother in the Long Beach , CA area. Of his youth, Jerde told The Los Angeles Times , “My mother was an alcoholic. My father was usually away working. As a lonely kid, I collected trash items and built them into backyard constructions.” Jerde
170-490: The city of Fukuoka hardly visible, to create an atmosphere like an oasis away from the rest of the town. Canal City Hakata began construction on June 3, 1993, and opened for business on April 20, 1996. The complex was designed by The Jerde Partnership and operated by Fukuoka Jisho. With Canal City in business, areas around the complex began to see increased success as well. The nearby food markets, in decline and seeing little business, began to rebuild and rehire shops because of
187-636: The foot traffic from the mall. In 2001, the Megastore Building was renovated and renamed the South Building. In addition, the Ramen Stadium was opened, featuring a handful of Fukuoka's best ramen restaurants. In 2010, the Canal City Theater opened, followed by the East Building a year later. In 2016, Canal City Hakata celebrated its 20th anniversary with Japan's largest 3D projection mapping and
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#1732869888594204-399: The mall would lose business to centers in nearby Mission Valley as they renovated and to big box retailers , from a limited ability to capitalize on the resurgence of foot traffic on the adjacent Gaslamp District streets due to its physically being cut off behind parking garages, and from the 2010s retail apocalypse , so that by 2019 it was set to close and be converted to a workplace for
221-429: The maximal lines-of-sight to merchandise. Its fragmented spaces were finished in a variety of bright colors. The project was completed in 1985. Jerde's Horton Plaza brought 25 million visitors in its first year, and as of 2004 continued to generate San Diego's highest sales per unit area . Jerde claimed that the project also sparked nearly $ 2.4 billion in redevelopment to the surrounding area and downtown core. Later
238-526: The street grid and at the time anchored by Nordstrom , The Broadway , and J. W. Robinson's department stores; and connected to a Westin Hotel and the Balboa Theatre , resulting in an urban mixed-use center . It featured long one-way ramps and sudden drop-offs, parapets, shadowy colonnades and cul-de-sacs. Its design broke many traditional mall-design rules such as lowering ambient arousal levels and protecting
255-749: The tech industry. The Jerde Partnership was involved in the design and planning of the Los Angeles 1984 Olympics . Based on the success of both Horton and the Olympics, the firm designed Fashion Island in Newport Beach, CA in 1989, the Mall of America in Bloomington , Minnesota in 1992, the Urban Entertainment Center Universal CityWalk in Los Angeles , the pirate show and facade of
272-582: Was a graduate of the School of Architecture at the University of Southern California . After early years working at Charles Kober Associates on multiple retail projects, including Plaza Pasadena , Jerde was commissioned by developer Ernie Hahn to design the Horton Plaza shopping center in downtown San Diego . The project was a five-story outdoor retail complex, with the main passage being diagonally oriented to
289-681: Was an American architect based in Venice, Los Angeles , California, founder and chairman of The Jerde Partnership, a design architecture and urban planning firm specializing in the design of shopping malls that has created a number of commercial developments around the globe. Jerde became well known as an innovator in the design of malls and related spaces. His firm has grown into a multi-disciplinary firm with offices in Los Angeles , Orange County , California, Hong Kong , and Shanghai . Born in Alton, Illinois , he moved often from oil field to oil field, mostly in
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