LIVAT Centre Wuxi

LIVAT Centre Wuxi (无锡荟聚), also known as LIVAT Wuxi and formerly associated with the name 荟聚·云林购物中心, is a shopping and meeting-place centre in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China. It is operated by Wuxi Ingka Shopping Centre Co., Ltd. (无锡英格卡购物中心有限公司), the Chinese arm of Ingka Centres, the shopping-centre division of Ingka Group, which also includes IKEA and Ingka Investments. The centre opened in June 2014 and was Ingka Centres' first meeting-place destination in China, with a total investment of USD 300 million and a gross floor area of 250,000 square metres. The centre is anchored by four major tenants: an IKEA store, an Auchan supermarket, a Jinyi Cinema and a Suning appliance store. Around these anchors, more than 300 domestic and international brands operate across fashion apparel, food and beverage, and leisure and entertainment. The property provides over 4,800 parking spaces and is directly connected to light rail and bus stops, with Metro Line 2's Yunlin station nearby. Its address is No. 3 Tuanjie Middle Road, Xishan District, Wuxi. LIVAT Centre Wuxi positions itself as a one-stop family destination. It offers family rooms with children's toilets, private nursing rooms and children's beds, and describes itself as a preferred one-stop parent-child complex for Wuxi families. Since opening, the centre says its customer satisfaction, tenant satisfaction and brand awareness have led market averages. Ingka Centres entered China in 2009 and is headquartered in Shanghai. In China, its meeting-place centres operate under the brand name 荟聚 (LIVAT), a Swedish word meaning "happy gathering." The company operates ten LIVAT centres in China, in Wuxi, Beijing, Wuhan, Fuzhou, Changsha, Nanning, Kunming, Hefei, Xi'an and Shanghai, as well as three LIVAT office projects in Beijing, Qingdao and Shanghai. It works strategically with IKEA and with around 3,000 brand tenants and partners. Sustainability and community engagement are part of the Wuxi centre's positioning. In November 2022, LIVAT Wuxi ran a programme with partners including the Nordic Sustainable Development Association and the Jiangsu New Energy Research Association, featuring a ten-day "Story of New Energy" exhibition, a carbon-neutrality science lecture, and workshops on upcycling and sustainable living. The centre also regularly hosts community activities such as green mall campaigns, environmental painting competitions and tree-planting events.

LIVAT Centre Wuxi is part of Ingka Centres, the shopping-centre business of Ingka Group, which also includes IKEA and Ingka Investments. Ingka Centres has more than 50 years of experience developing meeting-place centres and operates them globally under several locally known brand names. It formally entered the Chinese market in 2009 and is headquartered in Shanghai. In China, its meeting-place centres are branded 荟聚 (LIVAT), from the Swedish word meaning "happy gathering." LIVAT Centre Wuxi opened in June 2014 and was Ingka Centres' first meeting-place destination in China. The project represented a total investment of USD 300 million and has a gross floor area of 250,000 square metres. It was developed with four anchor tenants — an IKEA store, an Auchan supermarket, a Jinyi Cinema and a Suning appliance store — and more than 300 fashion, food and beverage, and leisure brands. The centre provides over 4,800 parking spaces and is directly connected to light rail and bus stops. Over time, the centre has positioned itself as a one-stop parent-child complex for Wuxi families, with dedicated family rooms, children's toilets, private nursing rooms and children's beds. It states that since opening, customer satisfaction, tenant satisfaction and brand awareness have led market averages. Community and sustainability programming has been a recurring feature. In November 2022, LIVAT Wuxi worked with partners including the Nordic Sustainable Development Association and the Jiangsu New Energy Research Association to host a ten-day "Story of New Energy" exhibition and a carbon-neutrality science lecture, alongside workshops on upcycling and kintsugi-style repair under the theme "Beauty of Reshaping." The centre also regularly organises green mall campaigns, environmental painting competitions and tree-planting events with partners. By the 2020s, Ingka Centres operated ten LIVAT centres in China — in Wuxi, Beijing, Wuhan, Fuzhou, Changsha, Nanning, Kunming, Hefei, Xi'an and Shanghai — plus three LIVAT office projects in Beijing, Qingdao and Shanghai. The company works strategically with IKEA and with around 3,000 brand tenants and partners.

• 2022

  In November, LIVAT Wuxi hosts a ten-day "Story of New Energy" exhibition, a carbon-neutrality lecture and sustainability workshops with partners.

• 2014

  LIVAT Centre Wuxi opens in June as Ingka Centres' first meeting-place destination in China, with USD 300 million total investment and 250,000 sqm gross floor area.

• 2009

  Ingka Centres formally enters the Chinese market and establishes its China headquarters in Shanghai.

One-stop family and parent-child meeting-place destination; China's leading meeting-place centre brand under Ingka Centres.

• IKEA store (anchor)

• Auchan supermarket (anchor)

• Jinyi Cinema (anchor)

• Suning appliance store (anchor)

• 300+ fashion, food and beverage, leisure and entertainment tenants

• Family rooms with children's toilets, private nursing rooms and children's beds

• 4,800+ parking spaces

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