Johor Bahru City Square
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 Johor Bahru City Square office tower from Jalan Tun Abdul Razak |
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| Location | Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia |
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| Opening date | 1995 |
| No. of stores and services | 200+ |
| No. of anchor tenants | Cathay Cineplex, Popular, Neway Karaoke |
| No. of floors | 5 (mall area) |
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 on Jalan Wong Ah Fook.[1] Due in part to its proximity to the Johor-Singapore Causeway, City Square attracts many shoppers from Singapore.[2] City Square is the tallest building in Johor Bahru.
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[edit] Features
The building interior consists of five storeys of shopping malls, 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 theaters 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]
[edit] 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 have also done so. The TOPS supermarket, previously located at Basement 1, was declared bankrupt in 2002 and Kapitan Mart took its place.[6]
City Square has also witnessed other major changes since 1998. Walls facing the direction immediately perpendicular to the shop where the TIMES bookshop at the fourth level was formerly located, made way in 2004-5 to facilitate the construction of additional shops. This zone of the City Square was dubbed "Cyberzone".
[edit] References
- ^ Berita: Kios Pintar KWSP Kini Di Bank RHB, Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja, retrieved February 16, 2009
- ^ Travel bites: Wooing more Singapore shoppers Travel–NST Online, 2 January 2009
- ^ CorporateHistory: 1990 – 2006 : A Dream Come True, Cathay Cineplexes Malaysia, retrieved February 16, 2009
- ^ Revised public transport routes, JohorBuzz, New Straits Times
- ^ Temasek to enter Malaysian property market Eddie Toh, Business Alert/Singapore Business Times, 3/11/2004
- ^ Santa puts in an early appearance, JohorBuzz, New Straits Times
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