Over the years, I’ve noticed that during various construction projects at the mall, a lot more space has been made for stores, offices, and other locations. However, my concern lies with what you don’t see. Specifically, I’m troubled by the large, egg-shaped openings in the ceiling that lead up to what looks like an enclosed sunroom or awning structure, designed to let natural light into the mall. One of these is located right in front of H Mart, and I’ll include pictures to show what the area looks like.
Instead of simply finishing the ceiling with drywall, they built a sort of awning structure around the opening — and it’s absolutely filthy. It’s filled with rat droppings, dust, and other debris. While they’ve nailed down a few sticky mouse traps, they’re so covered in layers of dust that they’re clearly ineffective. Rodents are freely running around inside the drywall frame that surrounds this egg-shaped dome.
Most people don’t look up, but if you do, the sides of the dome that let in sunlight appear relatively clean. However, if you go to the top floor of the parkade, you can look through large windows and see into these hidden areas. The view is disturbing. I’ll include more photos to illustrate — there’s a similar dome above the food court, surrounded by vents, and it’s clear that these areas are never cleaned.
I honestly don’t know how this mall is passing health or safety inspections. I haven’t contacted the proper authorities yet, but I intend to. After seeing the conditions from the roof, my friends and I no longer shop there. It’s no wonder e-commerce is thriving while small stores are struggling. In fact, my ideal day would be opening a newspaper to find that all malls are shutting down in two weeks. At this point, they’ve become a liability. You can’t convince me that exposure to rodent feces and urine isn’t making people sick — not just immediately, but with long-term respiratory issues.
Looks to me they’ve taken away the ability to add photos to this, but if you like dust all over you and all over what you’re eating in the food court this is a perfect place for you to go. Godspeed.
1 year ago