Showtime Live Taitung

Showtime Live Taitung is a shopping and entertainment center in Taitung City, Taitung County, Taiwan. It opened to the public on July 12, 2013, following a groundbreaking ceremony held on December 1, 2011. The project was planned as a major modern retail and leisure destination for Taitung and was developed with a reported construction budget of NT$500 million. Its total floor area is approximately 13,000 square meters. The center is notable for being described as the first and largest shopping center in Taitung County at the time of its opening. Its tenant mix combines conventional shopping with entertainment and food service, reflecting the role of a regional lifestyle center rather than a narrowly focused retail store. Core occupants identified in reference material include Showtime Cinemas, Uniqlo, and a selection of themed restaurants. The cinema component gives the property an entertainment anchor, while apparel retail and dining broaden its appeal to local residents and visitors. Showtime Live Taitung forms part of the broader Showtime Live portfolio of shopping and entertainment properties in Taiwan. Other properties associated with the same naming family include locations in Taichung, Shulin, and Chiayi, although the ownership and corporate structure of the Taitung property are not specified in the available reference material. The Taitung location serves the city and surrounding county, operating in a market where a large-format integrated retail and leisure venue can function as both a shopping destination and a local attraction. Available sources provide limited information about subsequent expansions, renovations, financial performance, management, tenant turnover, or current operating details. Accordingly, the center's historical record is best documented through its development, opening, scale, and principal anchor tenants rather than through detailed corporate or financial reporting.

Showtime Live Taitung is a shopping mall and entertainment complex in Taitung City, Taitung County, Taiwan. The project was conceived as a large-scale retail and leisure destination for the county, which had comparatively limited access to modern integrated shopping centers. Its development marked an effort to combine everyday retail, dining, and entertainment within one regional venue. Construction planning reached a formal milestone on December 1, 2011, when the project held its groundbreaking ceremony. Reference material reports a planned construction cost of NT$500 million. The completed property has a total floor area of approximately 13,000 square meters, or about 140,000 square feet. This scale made it a significant commercial development for Taitung and supported a broad tenant mix rather than a single-purpose retail format. The center opened on July 12, 2013. At the time of its opening, it was characterized as the first and largest shopping center in Taitung County. Its principal anchors included Showtime Cinemas, Uniqlo, and multiple themed restaurants. These components established the venue as a lifestyle center: visitors could watch films, purchase apparel, dine, and use the property as a general-purpose social and shopping destination. Showtime Live Taitung belongs to a wider group of similarly named Showtime Live properties in Taiwan, including locations identified in Taichung, Shulin, and Chiayi. However, the available reference material does not establish the property's legal owner, parent company, operator, executive leadership, or detailed relationship to those other sites. It also does not provide a documented chronology of renovations, expansions, changes in anchor tenants, or operating results. The known history therefore centers on the property's development and opening. Its importance lies primarily in its role as an early large-format shopping and entertainment center in Taitung County and in its combination of cinema, branded apparel retail, and themed dining. Further research would be required to document its current tenant roster, ownership, management, facilities, and subsequent changes after the 2013 opening.

• 2013

  Public opening

  [1]Showtime Live Taitungen.wikipedia.org

  The shopping and entertainment center opened on July 12, 2013, with a total floor area of approximately 13,000 square meters.

• 2011

  Groundbreaking ceremony

  [1]Showtime Live Taitungen.wikipedia.org

  Showtime Live Taitung held its groundbreaking ceremony on December 1, 2011. The planned project cost was reported as NT$500 million.

A regional lifestyle and entertainment center combining cinema, apparel retail, dining, and general shopping in Taitung City.

• Cinema and entertainment

  Showtime Cinemas

  Showtime Cinemas is identified as one of the center's principal core stores. The cinema provides the property's main entertainment anchor and complements its retail and dining functions, helping position the venue as a leisure destination as well as a shopping facility.

• Apparel retail

  Uniqlo

  Uniqlo is identified as a major core tenant at Showtime Live Taitung. Its presence adds branded everyday apparel and lifestyle merchandise to the center's offer and contributes to the mall's role as a regional shopping destination.

• Food and beverage

  Themed restaurants

  The center includes various themed restaurants as part of its food-and-beverage mix. These restaurants broaden the property beyond conventional retail and support its positioning as an integrated shopping, dining, and entertainment venue.

• 2011

  Development of a large-format regional shopping centerStrategy

  Background

  The project was planned as a substantial shopping and entertainment venue for Taitung County, with a reported total floor area of 13,000 square meters and a planned cost of NT$500 million.

  Action taken

  The development proceeded to a groundbreaking ceremony on December 1, 2011, and was built around a mixed tenant model combining cinema, fashion retail, and themed dining.

  Aftermath

  The completed center opened on July 12, 2013 and was described as Taitung County's first and largest shopping center at that time.

  Planned construction cost. NT$500 million planned project cost (Project planning and development, 2011)

  Source

1. 1Showtime Live Taitungen.wikipedia.org