Global Harbor () is a large

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. It opened on 5 July 2013. The mall is located at 3300 North

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, near Jinshajiang Road, in the Putuo District of Shanghai. It is attached to Jinshajiang Road Station (on

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, Line 4, and Line 13) via an underground entrance. It has a floor area of 480,000 square meters. The shops are located on six levels (two of them basement levels), with an underground parking level below. Twin

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s rise above the mall, which can be seen through the glass roof. In the evening they are lit with computer-controlled animated multi-coloured lighting on the surface of the outer walls. The interior style, with its extravagant

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design elements, has been noted for its resemblance to the

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, United Kingdom. Both shopping malls were designed by the same architects,

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is located close to the Global Harbor mall to the southwest. Beyond that southwest is

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File:Global Harbor at night (red towers).JPG File:Global Harbor at night (blue towers).JPG File:Global Harbor at night (multi-coloured towers).JPG File:Atrium of Global Harbor, Shanghai.JPG, An atrium in Global Harbor

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Global Harbor website
2013 establishments in Shanghai Shopping malls established in 2013 Shopping malls in Shanghai Skyscrapers in Shanghai {{Mall-stub

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