Johor Bahru City Square
 Johor Bahru City Square Mall in 2011 | |
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| Location | Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia |
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| Address | Johor Bahru City Square Shopping Mall 106 - 108 Jalan Wong Ah Fook, 80000 Johor Bahru |
| Opening date | 1995 |
| No. of stores and services | 200+ |
| No. of anchor tenants | Cathay Cineplex, Popular, Uniqlo, H&M, Sakae Sushi, Sticky, Neway Karaoke, Kapitan Grocer |
| No. of floors | 7 (mall area) |
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, Johor, Malaysia. 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 mall, which used to have five levels, now boasts two more floors, including one with an outdoor garden, complete with a pond and a green wall. 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. In mid-2016, Cathey Cineplex was changed to mmCineplexes while the facilities still remain the same.[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 MPJBT.[5]
Several banks including Maybank, Affin Bank and RHB Bank have opened their branches in City Square. The shopping include several anchor tenants and has various clothes, shoes, bags, electronic stores. The TOPS supermarket, previously located at Basement 1, was declared bankrupt in 2002 and Kapitan Mart took its place.[6]
See also
References
- ^ Berita: Kios Pintar KWSP Kini Di Bank RHB, Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja, retrieved 16 February 2009
- ^ Travel bites: Wooing more Singapore shoppers Travel–NST Online, 2 January 2009
- ^ CorporateHistory: 1990 – 2006 : A Dream Come True, Cathay Cineplexes Malaysia, retrieved 16 February 2009
- ^ Revised public transport routes, JohorBuzz, New Straits Times
- ^ Temasek to enter Malaysian property market Eddie Toh, Business Alert/Singapore Business Times, 3 November 2004
- ^ Santa puts in an early appearance, JohorBuzz, New Straits Times