The Iran Mall, one of the largest malls in the world, cultural, and social projects in the world, is situated in northwest Tehran, Iran, by Chitgar Lake. It is the largest mall in the world by area.

The seven-story, 317,000-square-meter multipurpose building was constructed on land. Its infrastructure area is 1,350,000 square meters in the first phase, and after all the development stages are finished, it will be 1,600,000 square meters. On May 1, 2018, the first phase, which has a gross leasable area of 267,000 square meters and 708 retail units, was inaugurated.

Iran Mall was built by 25,000 people and more than 1,200 contractors. In addition to being recognized by RLI as the most anticipated retail mall in 2017 in terms of size and places for services, culture, and entertainment, Iran Mall attended Mapic for three years (from 2015 to 2017). Iran Mall has finished the longest continuous concrete pour, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Achieved between March 1 and March 6, 2018.

GLA: 1,950,000 m2

Location: Tehran, Iran

IOI Properties Group Berhad created the shopping center known as IOI City Mall, which debuted in November 2014 and is situated in Sepang District, Selangor, Malaysia. To lure about 1.8 million people from the southern corridor of Putrajaya, Cyberjaya, Kajang, Bangi, Seri Kembangan, Serdang, Puchong, Bukit Jalil, and Subang Jaya, it is positioned as a "mid-upper-class mall."

The mall's second phase opened on August 25, 2022, overtaking 1 Utama to become Malaysia's largest retail center, the largest mall in Southeast Asia, and the second-largest mall in the world.

Over 650 retailers in 2,500,000 square feet (230,000 square meters) of retail space at IOI City Mall serve residents of southern Klang Valley without requiring them to travel to Kuala Lumpur, the nation's capital.

GLA: 821,000 m²

Location: Putrajaya, Malaysia

When measured in terms of gross leasable area, South China Mall in Dongguan, China (previously New South China Mall) is the largest shopping center in the world, but in terms of total area, it comes in third overall behind Iran Mall (which has extensive non-shopping space including a musical fountain, food court, mosque, and hotel).

When South China Mall first opened in 2005, it was largely empty for more than ten years because few retailers ever signed up, earning it the moniker "dead mall." After major reconstruction and repairs, the mall started to draw tenants, according to a CNN piece from 2015, even though a sizable chunk of it was still vacant. Another story from January 2018 stated that the mall had an IMAX-style theater and theme park, and that after more than a decade of high vacancy, most retail spaces were expected to be filled soon.

In the Wanjiang District of Dongguan, a southern coastal Chinese city, the mall was constructed on former farms. Hu Guirong (Alex Hu), a billionaire in the instant noodle business, was the project's driving force. South China Mall surpassed Golden Resources Mall to become the biggest mall in the world when it first opened. Its construction is expected to cost $1.3 billion.

Utopia Part 3: the World's Largest Shopping Mall, a short film by filmmaker Sam Green about the South China Mall, had its world premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and was aired on PBS's documentary series POV.

GLA: 659,612 m2

Location: Dongguan, China

In Isfahan, Iran, there is a sizable shopping and entertainment complex called Isfahan City Center. It was among the largest malls in the world as of November 2012 and Iran's second-largest mall (behind Iran Mall). The cities of Sepahan Shahr and Baharestan, as well as the city of Isfahan, are close to the mall.

Masoud Sarrami created the mall through his company, Prestige Land Iran Co. Architect Medardo Cadiz of Cadiz International, Inc. created the mall. The Center, which was constructed in four phases, is about 465,500 square meters (5,011,000 square feet) in size and has a 5-star hotel, a mall with more than 750 stores, a museum, restaurants, airline offices, an indoor theme park with a roller coaster and bumper cars, an international financial center (IFC) and a World Trade Center (WTC), as well as an entertainment complex with seven movie theaters and a fairground.

GLA: 650,000 m2

Location: Isfahan, Iran

The SM Mall of Asia, often known as SM MoA, Mall of Asia, or MoA, is a sizable shopping center in the Philippines. It is situated in Bay City, Pasay, within the SM Central Business Park, a reclaimed land within Manila Bay, and near the southern end of Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA).

It has a land area of 67 hectares (170 acres), a gross floor area of roughly 489,891 m2 (5,273,140 sq ft), and offers 46,647 m2 (502,100 sq ft) of floor area for conventions and social events. It is owned and developed by SM Prime Holdings, the largest mall chain owner and developer in the Philippines. A daily average of roughly 200,000 people walk through the neighborhood.

When the mall opened in 2006, it prompted the closure of a number of surrounding smaller retail centers, including the Pearl Plaza and the Uniwide Coastal Mall, both of which are situated in Tambo, Paraaque. This is altering, though, as more shopping centers and buildings with a similar design are popping up, like the Ayala Malls Manila Bay and W Mall.

GLA: 589,891 m2

Location: Pasay (Metro Manila), Philippines

Golden Resources Shopping Mall, also known as Jin Yuan, is a sizable mall that is situated close to the northwest Fourth Ring Road in Beijing, People's Republic of China. It was the biggest mall by gross leasable space when it first opened. When South China Mall in Dongguan, China, was finished in 2005, it overtook other malls as the second-largest in the world. Changchunqiao Station on Line 10 of the Beijing Subway serves as its entrance.

After 20 months of construction, the mall was finished on October 20, 2004, and it opened for business four days later. When the mall opened, the actual number of customers was far lower, as few as 20 in an hour, compared to the developer's initial forecast of 50,000 daily. The costs of the majority of the items sold within the mall at the time were much above what the majority of regular Chinese people could afford. The mall's location between the third and fourth ring roads in Beijing's sparsely populated outer suburbs made it quite difficult to reach as well.

The number of shoppers has grown significantly over the years due to the expansion of the Chinese middle class, and the mall is now very busy on weekends. Across the street, a second section of the mall opened. As Beijing's metropolitan area has grown, the mall is now bordered by a large number of apartment buildings.

Access to the mall was made easier in 2012 with the completion of the Changchunqiao station on Beijing Subway Line 10. Line 12 is a second subway line that will serve the mall; it will likely open in 2023.

GLA: 557,419 m2

Location: Beijing, China

A sizable shopping complex called CentralPlaza WestGate is situated in the city of Bang Yai, in the province of Nonthaburi, in the center of Thailand. The shopping center, which was built in the middle of the decade of 2010, is regarded as one of the biggest in the nation. The mall's commercial spaces are anticipated to cover more than 5.9 million square feet in total.

The mall is in an excellent location, right where two extremely congested national roads meet. Because of this, the shopping mall receives a lot of tourists. The shopping center has a large 12-screen movie theater as well as 3 large supermarkets. Children and adults alike love visiting the shopping center.

H&M, Uniqlo, and Charles & Keith are a few of the stores that are particularly popular, and Bonchon, Tudari, and Yogurtland are some of the restaurants. In contrast to other, more convenient retail centers, it also provides free Wi-Fi everywhere and is geared toward families with a playground on the third floor.

GLA: 550,278 m2

Location: Nonthaburi (Bangkok Metropolitan Region), Thailand

Bangkok, Thailand's CentralWorld is a shopping center and complex. The ninth-largest shopping center in the world is there. The firm Central Pattana is the owner of the complex, which has an office building and a hotel. After three years of planning and redevelopment, CentralWorld was able to surpass Siam Paragon in size in 2006 by adding 550,000 m2 (5,900,000 sq ft) of shopping mall and 830,000 m2 (8,900,000 sq ft) of complex.

The eight-story mall, which was first known as the World Trade Center, was inaugurated on 7 April 1990. The Wang Phetchabun group sold the property to Central Group in 2002, who renamed it Central World Plaza. It changed its name to CentralWorld in 2005. On land that the Crown Property Bureau has leased. Central Pattana (SET: CPN), the property development division of the Central Group, acquired the property and negotiated a brand-new, 30-year lease.

The New Year's Eve Countdown party was held in CentralWorld Square, the largest outdoor activity square in the heart of Bangkok, which has an area of 8,000 square meters. 400 fountain heads that danced were incorporated throughout the plaza.

GLA: 550,000 m2

Location: Bangkok, Thailand