2014-06-15

Asia’s most fun experiential shopping mall Taroko Caoya Road Kaohsiung Groundbreaking!
Taroko Development joined hands with Gao Shi Government and Gao Jie to create a new international landmark to drive the tourism industry in South Kaohsiung

Taroko Fiber (1432) set foot in commercial real estate, turned to invest in the subsidiary Taroko Development, the first development project “Taroko Caoya Road” to see the potential of Kaohsiung tourism and retail development, invested more than NT$ 4 billion to build the world’s only experiential “sports and theme entertainment shopping center”, bringing together shopping, catering, sports, parent-child, entertainment, cultural and creative, leisure, vacation… All the fascinating elements have officially broken ground today (June 15) and are expected to be completed and grandly opened by the end of 2015! This development project is the land lease agreement of Gaojie South Machine Factory jointly signed by Taroko Development and Kaohsiung Municipal Government and Kaohsiung MRT Company, and the strategic alliance between Taroko Development and Japan’s Suzuka Circuit Park to build Asia’s most fun “experiential shopping center” – “Taroko Caoya Road” next to Kaohsiung MRT Station R4A, which is not only the largest base development project next to the MRT station in Taiwan, but also will become a new landmark of Kaohsiung tourism in the future, and is estimated to attract more than 12 million people to visit Caoya Road every year in the future. It will bring consumers an international level and a new shopping experience!

The base covers an area of 8.7 hectares, the largest base development project next to the MRT station in Taiwan!

The construction base of “Taroko Caoya Road” is located in the MRT South Machinery Factory in Qianzhen District, Kaohsiung City, with a land area of 8.7 hectares (26,400 pyeong), of which 1/3 is the area of Suzuka Circuit Park, the remaining 2/3 is the area of shopping center, and the floor area of the commercial building is about 33,000 pyeong, which will have three floors above ground and one floor underground, and create a spacious and comfortable space in a low-density manner.
“Taroko Caoya Road” investment of more than NT$ 4 billion, the estimated construction period is 18 months, the target is officially completed in December 2015 and start operation, will be stationed in 250~280 stores, the current investment progress has exceeded 50%, locked in the import of American popular leisure, fast fashion, life 3C, sports and outdoor leisure and other industries, the development of the most advantageous commodity portfolio of Caoya Road.

Asia’s most fun experiential shopping mall, driving the development of tourism in South Kaohsiung!
Exclusive introduction of Japan’s Suzuka Karting Circuit, with the most luxurious carousel in Taiwan appearing on the outdoor European Style Avenue!

Positioned as “Asia’s most fun experiential shopping mall”, “Taroko Caoya Road” is the first shopping mall in Taiwan where you can pre-check-in, and is bound to become a new landmark for Kaohsiung tourism, increasing Kaohsiung’s international visibility, and is estimated to attract more than 12 million visitors to Caoya Road every year in the future, bringing consumers an international and new shopping experience! At the same time, it has also created more than 5,000 employment opportunities for Kaohsiung, helping young people to return to Kaohsiung to show their talents, and providing new choices for Kaohsiung citizens to enjoy their high-quality leisure and consumption life.
“Taroko Caoya Road” has obtained the only overseas authorization of Suzuka International Circuit, and has built a 10:1 scaled-down version of the “Mini Suzuka Karting Track” with a total length of 600 meters in Taiwan, attracting consumers to experience the thrill of international wind racing with a figure-8 track and three-dimensional cross-realistic professional track! In addition to the exciting “Mini Suzuka Karting Track”, there is also the “Suzuka Kart Park” for parent-child fun, providing an interactive car theme park, a number of realistic driving experiences and riding facilities, bringing parents and children the most joyful and meaningful rest environment through fun and education.
“Taroko Caoya Road” carefully designed a 2,000 pyeong large water dance music fountain at the entrance of the shopping mall, so that consumers can feel the beautiful style of music and gentle breeze accompanied by the fountain water dance as soon as they step on the entrance square of Caoya Road, and break through the closed pattern of the existing shopping malls to create a new “outdoor European style street”, creating a spacious and comfortable “fashion shopping corridor” space with low-density development! It also has the largest and most exquisite five-cycle carousel in Taiwan, a carousel that can be ridden by up to 88 people at the same time, and a unique light rail sightseeing tram imported from Los Angeles, USA, leading the industry and creating a more amazing and irresistible leisurely shopping atmosphere!

Sponsor the training resources of Kaohsiung Xingren Middle School baseball team of NT$ 500,000, and share with Caoya, symbiosis and common prosperity!

In line with the intention of giving back to the local area, it specially integrates the resources within the Taroko Group to provide free practice time for the fairway of the Daluge Baseball Softball Fraternity Hall, as well as practice bats and special bats for competitions, a total of NT$ 500,000 worth of training resources, to “Kusanagi Light – Xingren National High School Baseball Team” as a weekday player training purpose, hoping that this youth baseball team that dominates Asia and the third in the world We can achieve even better results in the next races!
In the future, Taroko Caoya Road will also actively and continuously interact with the local Caoya to create a more pleasant and livable living environment and future development with local residents, and coexist, symbiosis and common prosperity with Caoya!

 Taroko Development Co., Ltd
Taroko Development is a 100% shareholding subsidiary of listed company Taroko Fiber, established on November 16, 100, the main business is commercial real estate development, and currently launched the “Da Luge Caoya Road” development project located in Kaohsiung MRT South Machinery Factory, which is the company’s first representative work to enter commercial real estate.

Suzuka Circuit
MOBILITYLAND Co., Ltd., a comprehensive entertainment facility operated by MOBILITYLAND Co., Ltd., Japan’s first international official track, opened in 1962 and has been established for more than 52 years. The founder of Suzuka Circuit is Mr. Soichiro Honda. Located in Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture, Japan, with a total length of 5,807 meters, it is the longest track in Japan and is recognized as a difficult technical track. Since 1987, it has been the designated venue for the Japan branch of the Formula 1 Series, and the famous Suzuka Eight-Hour Endurance Race has been held here for 37 years. In addition, it is also the current World Touring Car Championship, SUPER GT and Formula Japan and other major races, which is the most representative and important track in Japan.