The West Edmonton Mall (WEM) opened its doors in September 1981 and has expanded three more times to become the largest mall in the world until 2004. It is now the 5th largest mall with the largest 2 in China and the following ones in Philippines and Dubai respectively. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Edmonton_Mall The WEM is a destination [...]
West Edmonton Mall Interiors - showing the Santa Maria
The West Edmonton Mall (WEM) opened its doors in September 1981 and has expanded three more times to become the largest mall in the world until 2004. It is now the 5th largest mall with the largest 2 in China and the following ones in Philippines and Dubai respectively. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Edmonton_Mall
The WEM is a destination shopping centre with amusement parks, Waterpark, Sea Lion Rock, Movie theatres, a Recreation Centre, ice rink in addition to the shopping facilities. What has happened to this Shopping Mall? I visited this mall.
At first glance, the activity of the mall was uneven and at times unusual. The activity was concentrated around phases 2 and 3. Phase 1 and 4 were particularly quiet. Secondly, it was the second or upper floor that was busier than the ground floor. The interior looks dated and tired; not in keeping with the times.
The leading brand names are not in this Mall. The second tier or lower brands are present. This is a reflection of the significance of this Mall of the major brands. It is not a major mall.
There are a number of themed areas – Bourbon Street (for food), Europa Boulevard (shops) and Chinatown. Europa Boulevard has European styled Buildings for shops but in the centre alley, there is a tacky Putt and Play golf course which is totally incongruous. Bourbon Street and Chinatown are both busy. Europa is not busy.
West Edmonton Mall - Entrance 50 - The source of Energy for the Mall.
Sources of energy: On the ground floor, the only source of energy is Door 50. This supplies the energy to the parts of the building in phase 2 and 3. The other doors are blocked by the multi-storey car parks.
On the Second floor, there are more sources of energy but only in the phase 2 and 3. This is most prominent in the Chinatown area.
West Edmonton Mall - Chinatown Entrance
The owners of the mall have been given permission to extend the mall by building over entrance 50. This will restrict the flow of energy to the Mall.
In my opinion, once this extension is built, this will be the start of the slow death of the Mall.
(c) Copyright – Dr Michael Oon. All Rights Reserved Worldwide 2011.
The Dome is located at the end of the Greenwich Peninsula in South East London. It was to hold an exhibition to celebrate the 3rd millennium from 1st January to 31st December 2000. The project and exhibition was subject of considerable controversy as it failed to attract the number of visitors anticipated with recurring financial [...]
The O2 Arena with new buildings marked “A”.
The Dome is located at the end of the Greenwich Peninsula in South East London. It was to hold an exhibition to celebrate the 3rd millennium from 1st January to 31st December 2000. The project and exhibition was subject of considerable controversy as it failed to attract the number of visitors anticipated with recurring financial problems. The project cost was about GBP 800 million.
The original exhibition and associated complex have since been demolished but the Dome still exists and is the key feature of the O2 Arena.
The O2 Arena was the phoenix emerging from the debris of the Millennium experience. It has been transformed to an entertainment district which includes an indoor arena (with a capacity of about 20,000 people), a music club, multi-screen cinema with bars and restaurants. The most important point of the O2 Arena is that it has become an extremely successful entertainment hub for London with regular performances of major artists from all parts of the world.
So, what has made the difference from the feng shui perspective?
The Millennium Dome on the Peninsula with the blue arrows showing the flow of the river. The red arrows show the direction of energy towards and away from the Dome. Image from Google Earth.
In the original Millennium Dome, the land was undeveloped and the energy (red arrow on left) from the river could flow directly to the Dome (left side). But as the river flowed away from the Dome, it also pulled away energy from the Dome (red arrow on the right).
As there was no settled energy at the Millennium Dome, the project did not work.
The Changes with the O2 Arena
The O2 Arena with the new buildings marked “A”.
With the O2 Arena, they have constructed new buildings (marked A; see lower image) and this impedes the outflow of the energy. In other words, the buildings (marked A) holds the energy around the O2 Arena.
Buildings marked “A“ stop the outflow of the energy at the O2 Arena.
The main difference in the exteriors between the Millennium Dome and the O2 Arena is the presence of the buildings. These buildings are vital to the holding of the energy at the site.
This is the difference between success and failure – the holding of energy at the site.
(c) Copyright – Dr Michael Oon. All Rights Reserved Worldwide 2011.
“They are the most expensive Apartments in the World – and the men who dreamt them up – the Candy Brothers, say they are the finest. Yet four years after this glittering £1 billion London landmark went on sale, nearly one in three flats remains unsold. And only a handful of buyers have moved in!” [...]
Google Earth Image of One Hyde Park Building
“They are the most expensive Apartments in the World – and the men who dreamt them up – the Candy Brothers, say they are the finest. Yet four years after this glittering £1 billion London landmark went on sale, nearly one in three flats remains unsold. And only a handful of buyers have moved in!”
The Sunday Times Magazine, 20th November 2011
When this project was announced some 6 years ago, I thought to myself. This apartment is in the most expensive and prestigious area of London. There is a strong market for property of this class as this depends on the international market who perceive London as a heaven of stability. It is next to Hyde Park which is one of the main sources of energy for London. It will sell irrespective of the economic climate unless the feng shui was really bad.
I never had a closer look at the apartments except made the comment that it was too large for the site.
A few weeks ago, I received an e-mail inviting me to view this building which indicated that there were still apartments available for sale. Therefore, In a trip to London, I had a quick look at the building. On Sunday, I saw an article in the Sunday Times Magazine which prompted me to prepare this blog.
Description of Building.
One Hyde Park consists of 4 separate blocks. The North side of the building faces Hyde Park and the south side faces Knightsbridge. The main entrances are from the South or Knightsbridge side. (see Google earth image)
An Entrance to One Hyde Park Apartments
Image 2 shows one of the many entrances to the building. Although this looks really modern, in feng shui terms, as there is such a narrow band of energy going in. The building will have strong “highs” or good times but strong “lows” or bad times.
Image 3 show the back of the building – the side that faces Hyde Park. There is only one entrance that faces the park the North West side where there is a chauffeur pickup entrance. There are thick bushes there for privacy purposes but this prevents the energy from getting to the building through this entrance.
One Hyde Park Apartment Building - the side facing Hyde Park
There are no other entrances facing Hyde Park. Therefore, there is no energy from the Park getting to the building.
Am I surprised with the number of remaining units in this building? No. There is no energy going into the building. It is my understanding, there is a healthy market in this class of property from international purchasers.
Well. It will take quite a long time for the remaining empty units to be sold irrespective of how much work the estate agents put in.
(c) Copyright – Dr Michael Oon. All Rights Reserved Worldwide 2011.
