Suria KLCC
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Suria KLCC | |
 Always Something New |
|
| Facts and statistics | |
|---|---|
| Location | KLCC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Opening date | August 31, 1999 |
| Developer | KLCC Property Holdings Berhad |
| Management | Suria KLCC Sdn. Bhd. |
| Owner | Ananda Krishnan |
| Total retail floor area | 1,500,000 square feet (139,000 m²) |
| No. of floors | 6 |
Suria KLCC is a 1.5 million sp. feet (140,000 m²) shopping complex located at the base of the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur City Centre. It is located on 6 floors, with anchor tenants Isetan, Parkson Grand, Tanjong Golden Village, Signatures Level 2 Food Court and Marks and Spencer. Suria is the native Malaysian word for Sunshine. It was opened on August 31, 1999.
It houses mostly luxury and fashionable shops, as well as cafes, restaurants, a 12 screen cinema, a concert hall, an art gallery, and a Science Discovery Centre, over 6 floors. It is almost directly underneath the Petronas Twin Towers, the 3rd tallest buildings in the world (and the tallest twin towers). It is one of Malaysia's most popular tourist destinations.
Contents |
[edit] Accessibility
Suria KLCC is accessible by a direct train link from KL Sentral via Kelana Jaya Line (KLCC LRT Station)and the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. It is accessed by 3 major roads - Jalan Ampang, Jalan P. Ramlee, and Jalan Kia Peng. It also has a dedicated taxi rank, bus stop, and copious parking space.
[edit] Tenants of Suria KLCC
[edit] Petrosains Discovery Centre
The Petrosains Centre is located on the 4th floor of Suria KLCC.
[edit] Louis Vuitton
On July 2007, Louis Vuitton opens its second store at Suria KLCC. The second store is the first opened in 10 years and it features a distinctive interior design and architecture. The new store sells ladies' shoes, bags, sunglasses and watches.
[edit] Dewan Filharmonik Petronas
Dewan Filharmonik is a concert hall in Suria KLCC. It is the home of the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. The ceiling of the hall is of acoustically transparent material. On top of this visible ceiling exists an adjustable ceiling which is acoustically reflective. This means the hall itself can be "tuned" prior to a performance, making it the biggest instrument in any orchestra holding a concert within it. The second largest instrument in the hall is a Klais pipe organ which features 4,740 pipes.
[edit] Galeri Petronas
An art gallery established in 1993 by Petronas, Malaysia’s national oil company, to support the development of arts in the country.
[edit] Isetan
The Japanese department store company Isetan has a branch in Suria KLCC. It is one of the anchor tenants of Suria KLCC taking up a vertical space of five floors equal to the height of Suria. The department store is frequented by Japanese, Korean, Singaporean tourists as well as local shoppers for the assorted types of goods and brands. Luxury goods and designer wear labels Dior, Celine, DKNY, Calvin Klein and Polo Ralph Lauren each has a store-in-store within Isetan.
[edit] Kinokuniya
The Japanese bookstore Kinokuniya has a large branch in Suria KLCC. It occupies two floors and faces the pool outside Suria KLCC. It incorporates the usual functions of a book store and also features a cafe.
[edit] Tiffany & Co.
The KLCC store is one of the locations in Malaysia opened by America's favorite jeweler Tiffany and Co, the other store is in Pavilion Kuala Lumpur. The boutique houses current jewelry collections designed by Jean Schlumberger and Elsa Pereti as well as watches and exclusive crockery set made of fine bone china.
