Mid Valley Megamall is a shopping mall in Mid Valley City, Kuala Lumpur. It sits at the entrance of P taling 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.
The mall draws large crowds all throughout the year partly due to the amount of shops and variety available. There are many dining options available as well.
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.
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.
It was announced that a second Mid Valley mall has been slated for 2016 in the Iskandar region of Johor Bahru. Hehe
Video Mid Valley Megamall
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.
Maps Mid Valley Megamall
Anchor Tenants
- AEON
- AEON Big/AEON MaxValu Prime
- Metrojaya
- Golden Screen Cinemas
- MPH Bookstores
- Toys R Us
- Celebrity Fitness
- Brands Outlet
- PADINI Concept Store
- H&M
- UNIQLO
- Zara
- ACE Hardware
- Harvey Norman
- The Rift
Transportation
The shopping center is accessible from KB01 Mid Valley Station of Keretapi Tanah Melayu and shuttle bus service available from KJ17 LRT Abdullah Hukum.
See also
- List of shopping malls in Malaysia
References
Source of article : Wikipedia
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