Footage shows the backfilling of the former basement of a demolished shopping mall. It comes after the end of short lived Joy Plaza Shopping Mall 悅誠廣場, Sanmin District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.

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"Joy Plaza
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Joy Plaza (Chinese: 悅誠廣場) was a shopping center located in Sanmin District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The mall started trial operation on 5 June 2019, and officially opened on 3 July 2019. With a total floor area of 38,940 m2 , the mall housed 120 stores, in which the catering industry accounted for 40%. The main core stores were Eslite Life, Toys R Us and various themed restaurants. The annual revenue target for the first year was NT$ 1.5 billion. On August 31, 2022, due to impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the entire Joy Plaza has been closed.

Facilities
The overall space design of the mall was designed by a Japanese team, mainly composed of wood and planting. In the atrium of the entrance hall of Minzu Road, natural light was introduced into the building by a 100 m -long arch-shaped transparent lighting cover; beside the escalator, there were theater-style seating seats and a 15 m -high large book wall with a total of 40,000 books for reading in the mall. The surrounding trails and green plants extend all the way to the outdoor hiking area.

Location: No. 427, Minzu 1st Road, Sanmin District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Coordinates: 22°39′24″N 120°18′55″ E
Opening date: 3 July 2019
Closing date: 31 August 2022
No. of stores and services: 120
No. of floors: 3 floors above ground, 2 floors below ground
Public transit access: Aozihdi MRT station, bus stops
Website: https://www.joyplaza.com.tw"

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