TexValley

Texvalley is an integrated textile shopping mall located in Erode, Tamil Nadu, India.[1] The foundation stone for the construction was laid on 22 January 2011 by the then Union Minister Mr.Dayanidhi Maran.[2] The mall houses both daily market shops and weekly market shops. This is an international standard Exclusive Textile Market Centre, a complete transformation from the present unorganized and unauthorized markets in Erode City limits. It completely decongest the traffic.

Texvalley
TexValley, Erode
LocationErode, Tamil Nadu, India
AddressNH-47, Cochin - Salem Highway, Gangapuram, Chithode
Opening dateAugust 2014
DeveloperErode Textile Mall Ltd.
No. of stores and services1599
Total retail floor area1,600,000 sq ft (150,000 m2)
No. of floors6
Websitewww.texvalleyindia.com

History

The Mall was proposed by the Union Ministry of Textiles (India) under the Comprehensive Power-loom Cluster Development Scheme. It was developed by a Special Purpose Vehicle named Erode Textile Mall Limited.[3]

  • The Powerloom Development and Export Promotion Council (PDEXCIL), has decided to shift their Erode Zonal office from Perundurai Road to TexValley Campus. Also, PDEXCIL has decided to open a Textile design studio in the campus.[4]

The mall
  • The main mall or daily market structure is designed to accommodate about 1599 shops in 1,150,000 sq ft (107,000 m2).[5]
  • The weekly market structure will house about 3000 outlets for wholesale sellers.
  • International Conventions and Trade Fairs are being conducted in the 150,000 sq ft (14,000 m2) space at the ground floor of the Weekly Market Centre and customised PEB Structure and is ready to conduct any trade-fairs and exhibitions.

The weekly market was opened in August 2014 and is now completely operational.[6] In the main mall, about 225 showrooms were opened.[7][8]

Texvalley organized its first trade-fair event titled The Textile and Garment Fair-2016 (TGT-2016) on 10, August 2016.[9]

Bank of India has opened one of their branch in Texvalley Weekly market building on 21 August 2017.

See also

References
  1. "Rs.450 crore textile mall coming up in Erode". the Hindu. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  2. "Maran to inaugurate Rs.145 integrated textile market in Erode". oneindia. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  3. "Integrated wholesale textile mall to fulfill textile needs". Fiber 2 Fashion. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  4. "PDEXCIL to have a design studio in the trade complex texvalley". yarnsandfibers. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  5. "1600 shops in texvalley ready to start trade". Indian retailer. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  6. "Fiber2fashion intends to digitalise Texvalley". TEA. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  7. "225 showrooms to be inaugurated in texvalley". The Hindu. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  8. "texvalley to integrate 225 wholesalers in India". Textilefuture. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  9. "TGF-2016 most popular show for Diwali collections in Texvalley". yarnsandfibers. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
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