Johor Bahru City Square
 Johor Bahru City Square Mall in 2011 | |
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| Location | Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia |
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| Coordinates | 1°27′40.3″N 103°45′51.1″E / 1.461194°N 103.764194°E |
| Address | Johor Bahru City Square Shopping Mall 106 - 108 Jalan Wong Ah Fook |
| Opening date | 1999 |
| No. of stores and services | 300+ |
| No. of anchor tenants | Cathay Cineplex, Popular, Uniqlo, H&M, Sakae Sushi, Sticky, Neway Karaoke, Kapitan Grocer |
| Total retail floor area | 41,800 m2 (450,000 sq ft) |
| No. of floors | 7 (mall area), 3 basements |
| Website | www |
Johor Bahru City Square is a shopping centre and office building in Wong Ah Fook Street, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.[1]
History
The building was opened in 1999.[2] In 2000, the Mega Pavilion Cinema has been upgraded to Cathay Cineplex with new theatres at both level 5 and level 7. In 2005, the Singapore Visitor Centre was launched at the shopping mall. In December 2008, a pedestrian bridge connecting the building to JB Sentral was opened.[3] In mid-2016, Cathey Cineplex was changed to mmCineplexes while the facilities still remain the same.[4]
Architecture
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. Level 6 has an outdoor garden, pond and a green wall. The shopping mall total floors spread over an area of 41,800 m2 (450,000 sq ft) and consists of 300 retailers.
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 Iskandar Puteri City Council.[5]
The shopping mall includes several anchor tenants and has various clothes, shoes, bags, electronic stores.[6]
The shopping mall receives around 1.5 million visitors monthly.[2] Due in part to its proximity to the Johor-Singapore Causeway, City Square attracts many shoppers from Singapore.
See also
References
- ^ Berita: Kios Pintar KWSP Kini Di Bank RHB Archived 11 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja, retrieved 16 February 2009
- ^ a b https://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2005/08/15/jb-city-square-a-pride-of-2-nations/
- ^ "Current_News". 12 August 2009. Archived from the original on 12 August 2009.
- ^ CorporateHistory: 1990 – 2006 : A Dream Come True Archived 4 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Cathay Cineplexes Malaysia, retrieved 16 February 2009
- ^ Temasek to enter Malaysian property market Eddie Toh, Business Alert/Singapore Business Times, 3 November 2004
- ^ "Current_News". 12 August 2009. Archived from the original on 12 August 2009.
