Johor Bahru City Square

Johor Bahru City Square

Johor Bahru City Square office tower from Jalan Tun Abdul Razak
Location Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
Opening date 1995
No. of stores and services 200+
No. of anchor tenants Cathay Cineplex, Popular, Uniqlo, H&M, Sakae Sushi, Sticky, Neway Karaoke
No. of floors 7 (mall area)

Coordinates: 1°27′40.3″N 103°45′51.1″E / 1.461194°N 103.764194°E

Johor Bahru City Square is a shopping centre and office building located in the Central Business district of Johor Bahru. City Square, along with Komtar, are located along the bustling main road of Jalan Wong Ah Fook.[1] Due in part to its proximity to the Johor-Singapore Causeway, City Square attracts many shoppers from Singapore.[2]

Features

The building interior consists of a seven storey mall with five levels of retail outlet space, including a thirty-six storey office block, which is divided into the lower, middle and upper zones. City Square has three floors of basement carpark. The Singapore Visitor Centre, located at level 2, was launched in 2005.

In 2000, the Mega Pavilion Cinema has been upgraded to Cathay Cineplex with new theatres at both level 5 and level 7.[3]

The pedestrian bridge which connects the City Square to JB Sentral was opened in December 2008.[4]

Business

The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation owns 70% of City Squares shares, which they bought in June 2009. The remaining shares are divided between the Johor Bahru City Council and MBJBT.[5]

Several banks including Maybank, Affin Bank and RHB Bank have opened their branches in City Square. Fast-food outlets such as McDonald's, KFC and many other retail outlets have also done so. The TOPS supermarket, previously located at Basement 1, was declared bankrupt in 2002 and Kapitan Mart took its place.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Berita: Kios Pintar KWSP Kini Di Bank RHB, Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja, retrieved 16 February 2009
  2. ↑ Travel bites: Wooing more Singapore shoppers Travel–NST Online, 2 January 2009
  3. ↑ CorporateHistory: 1990 – 2006 : A Dream Come True, Cathay Cineplexes Malaysia, retrieved 16 February 2009
  4. ↑ Revised public transport routes, JohorBuzz, New Straits Times
  5. ↑ Temasek to enter Malaysian property market Eddie Toh, Business Alert/Singapore Business Times, 3 November 2004
  6. ↑ Santa puts in an early appearance, JohorBuzz, New Straits Times

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