Mid Valley Megamall

Mid Valley Megamall
Location Seputeh, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Coordinates 3°7′5″N 101°40′36″E / 3.11806°N 101.67667°E / 3.11806; 101.67667Coordinates: 3°7′5″N 101°40′36″E / 3.11806°N 101.67667°E / 3.11806; 101.67667
Opening date 20 November 1999
Developer IGB Group
Management Mid Valley Megamall
Owner IGB Group
No. of stores and services 430
No. of anchor tenants 5
Total retail floor area 158,000 m²
No. of floors 5 (Excluding car park)

Mid Valley Megamall is a shopping mall in Mid Valley City, Kuala Lumpur. It sits at the entrance of Petaling Jaya and Kuala Lumpur. Developed by IGB Corporation, this complex was opened in 1999.

It comprises a shopping mall, an office tower block, 30 offices, and three hotels. A second mall, the Gardens Mall, is adjacent to the Megamall. The mall has 4.5 million square feet (420,000 m²) of total floor area, out of which 1.7 million square feet (158,000 m²) is leasable space. This whole area is sometimes referred to Mid Valley City.[1]

The mall draws large crowds all throughout the year partly due to the amount of shops and variety available.[2] There are many dining options available as well.[3]

It houses a 48,300 square foot (4,500 m²) convention centre and it is adjacent to a 646-room business hotel named Cititel Midvalley. A further two hotels are in the same area: The Boulevard Hotel, The Gardens Hotel and Residences. There has been a proposal to link Mid Valley Megamall and Masjid Jamek via a 5.5 km bicycle lane.

It was awarded Best Shopping Complex Award 2000 by Tourism Malaysia and Best Retail Development 2001 by FIABCI Malaysia.[4]

In recent times the mall has received a lot of media attention with events like the IT Fair, Home and Decoration Fair, The MATTA Fair being held in the Exhibition Center.[5]

The connecting bridge between Mid Valley Megamall and The Gardens, spanning the central boulevard.

It was announced that a second Mid Valley mall has been slated for 2016 in the Iskandar region of Johor Bahru.[6]

Incidents

On 30 May 2017, a fire broke out on Megamall's second floor at 8:20 pm local time. The Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department managed to put it out by 8:52 pm. A subsequent investigation traced the cause of the fire to a faulty facsimile machine.[7][8]

Transportation

Mid Valley Megamall KTM Komuter station.

The shopping center is accessible from  KB01  Mid Valley Station of Keretapi Tanah Melayu and by  KJ17  LRT Abdullah Hukum by a future connecting bridge via KL Eco City to the Gardens Mall.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Mid Valley Megamall – Mid Valley City". The Star. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Mid Valley Megamall". The Malay Mail. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Mid Valley Megamall". Timeout KL. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Propwall - FIABCI". Propwall. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "MVEC – Mid Valley Exhibition Center". MVEC. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "Mid Valley Megamall in Iskandar Johor". Astro Awani. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "Fire on second level of Mid Valley Megamall under control". The Edge Markets. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Fax machine causes fire at Mid Valley mall". The Malay Mail. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
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