Berjaya Times Square
Berjaya Times Square, as seen at the Jalan Pudu-Jalan Imbi crossroad.
Facts and statistics
Location	Imbi, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Opening date	October 2003
Developer	Berjaya Group
Management	Berjaya Group
Owner	Berjaya Group
No. of stores and services	1000+
No. of anchor tenants	4 (Metrojaya, Cold Storage, Borders Group and Golden Screen Cinemas)
Total retail floor area	700,000 m²
No. of floors	13 (mall area)

Berjaya Times Square KL is a building containing a huge shopping centre and two five star hotels located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was opened on October, 2003 by the then Prime Minister of Malaysia,YAB Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohammad. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 422 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1467 × 2082 pixel, file size: 1. ... Imbi is a main places in Kuala Lumpur. ... Nickname: Motto: Maju dan makmur (English: Progress and Prosper) Location in Malaysia Coordinates: , Country State Establishment 1857 Granted city status 1974 Government  - Mayor (Datuk Bandar) Datuk Abdul Hakim Borhan From 14 December 2006 Area  - City 243. ... 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for October, 2003. ... Berjaya Group Berhad (KLSE: BJGROUP) is one of the most diversified conglomerates in Malaysia and is headed by Tan Sri Dato Seri Vincent Tan Chee Yioun. ... Berjaya Group Berhad (KLSE: BJGROUP) is one of the most diversified conglomerates in Malaysia and is headed by Tan Sri Dato Seri Vincent Tan Chee Yioun. ... Metrojaya is a popular retail company in Malaysia which offers items at a medium-to-high rate. ... Tim Wright is a British musician most famous for his work in video game soundtracks such as Wipeout. ... Borders Group (NYSE: BGP) is an international bookseller based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. ... Golden Screen Cinemas is the largest chain of cinemas in Malaysia. ... Gross leasable area (GLA) in the retail development industry is a term applied to shopping malls, lifestyle centers, outlet malls and other retail centers to indicate the amount of floor space available to be rented. ... Nickname: Motto: Maju dan makmur (English: Progress and Prosper) Location in Malaysia Coordinates: , Country State Establishment 1857 Granted city status 1974 Government  - Mayor (Datuk Bandar) Datuk Abdul Hakim Borhan From 14 December 2006 Area  - City 243. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

It is tagged as the "world’s largest building ever built in a single phase", with 7.5 million square feet (700,000 m²) of built up floor area. It is set to become an international landmark offering shopping, luxury accommodation, business, food and abundant entertainment.

Currently, it has space for more than 1000 retail shops (of which many are vacant), 1200 luxury service suites, 65 food outlets to suit many tastes and entertainment attractions such as Asia’s largest indoor theme park, Cosmo's World and Malaysia’s first-ever IMAX 2D & 3D theatre which is located on the 10th Floor. In April 2005, Borders Group opened its first franchise store here. Currently, the store is the largest Borders store in the world. Other popular stores include Metrojaya, which is a multi-level major department store, and many more. Cosmos World is an indoor theme park located in Berjaya Times Square, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ... IMAX theatre at the Melbourne Museum complex, Australia BFI London IMAX by night IMAX dome in Guayaquil, Ecuador IMAX Theater in SM Mall of Asia, Philippines IMAX (short for Image Maximum) is a film format created by Canadas IMAX Corporation that has the capacity to display images of far... Borders Group (NYSE: BGP) is an international bookseller based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. ... Metrojaya is a popular retail company in Malaysia which offers items at a medium-to-high rate. ...

The Kuala Lumpur Monorail's Imbi station is linked to the building by a footbridge. The Kuala Lumpur monorail system in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, opened 31 August 2003, and serves 11 stations running 8. ... Imbi Monorail station is located above Jalan Imbi, Kuala Lumpur just outside Berjaya Times Square and Plaza Berjaya. ...

However of late, the centre has become something of a white elephant and is not a popular destination for the locals. The stores are somewhat unattractive. In addition, the indoor theme park has been commonly labelled as "cheesy". Many in Kuala Lumpur think of the project as a big disappointment compared to other established shopping centres such as 1Utama or Midvalley Megamall. 1 Utama is a popular shopping mall in Bandar Utama, a suburb in the northern part of Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. ... Mid Valley Megamall KTM Komuter station. ...

History

Originally,the land was belonged to the millionaire and philanthropist Mr Cheong Yoke Choy before the World War 2.His massive bungalow once stood proudly until the entire land was purchased by Berjaya Group Tan Sri Vincent Tan for the developement of the current Berjaya Times Square. Berjaya Group Berhad (KLSE: BJGROUP) is one of the most diversified conglomerates in Malaysia and is headed by Tan Sri Dato Seri Vincent Tan Chee Yioun. ...

Trivia

Berjaya Times Square was the first location that teams of The Amazing Race Asia 1 had to visit and complete a task of abseiling from the 8th floor of the mall. The Amazing Race Asia 1 is the first season of the reality television game show The Amazing Race Asia. ... Australian rappel demonstrated at a dam in Norway In British English, abseiling (from the German abseilen, to rope down) is the process of descending on a fixed rope. ...

See also

• Times Square
• Penang Times Square

For other uses, see Times Square (disambiguation). ... Penang Times Square is an upcoming shopping centre and commercial centre which is currently under construction at George Town, Penang. ...

External links

• Official site
• Berjaya Times Square Hotel, KL

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Under construction:	Pavilion Kuala Lumpur • Penang Global City Centre
Construction suspended:	Plaza Rakyat
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