Berjaya Times Square

Berjaya Times Square is a 48-storey, 203 m (666 ft) twin tower, hotel, condominium, indoor amusement park and shopping centre complex in Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was opened in October 2003 by the 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad.^[5]

Berjaya Times Square
Berjaya Times Square Kuala Lumpur, as seen at the Jalan Pudu-Jalan Imbi junction.
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Residentials Hotel
Architectural style	Postmodernism
Location	1 Jalan Imbi Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Coordinates	3°08′32″N 101°42′38″E / 3.142182°N 101.710605°E / 3.142182; 101.710605Coordinates: 3°08′32″N 101°42′38″E / 3.142182°N 101.710605°E / 3.142182; 101.710605
Construction started	1997
Completed	2003
Height
Roof	203 m (666 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	49 (Tower A) 48 (Tower B) 19 (Mall area
Lifts/elevators	31
Design and construction
Architect(s)	DP Architects
References
^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Berjaya Times Square, Kuala Lumpur

Main atrium of Berjaya Times Square, Kuala Lumpur shopping mall in Feb 2011.
Location	Imbi, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Opening date	October 2003
Developer	Berjaya Group
Management	Berjaya Group
Owner	Berjaya Group
Architect	DP Architects
No. of stores and services	< 1,000
No. of anchor tenants	3, (Hero Market, 7-Eleven and Berjaya Times Square Theme Park)
Total retail floor area	700,000 m^2 (7,500,000 sq ft)
No. of floors	13
Website	timessquarekl.com

Background

The development is currently the tenth largest building in the world by floor area and has also been tagged as the "world's largest building ever built in a single phase," with 700,000 m² (7,500,000 sq ft) of built up floor area.^[6] This building consists of a 19-storey shopping mall, business offices and leisure centre with over 1,000 retail shops, 1,200 luxury service suites, 65 food outlets and entertainment attractions such as the Berjaya Times Square Theme Park.^[7]

 

12-storey floor of retail area inside of Berjaya Times Square shopping mall.

 

Berjaya Times Square as seen from Jalan Bulan.

In April 2005, Borders Group opened its first franchise store here, which was the largest Borders store in the world at the time. However, due to the 2010 economic downturn, it has since been downsized into a smaller operation called Borders Express. In 2016, the Borders Express store was closed.^[8]

The Kuala Lumpur Monorail's Imbi station is linked to the building by a footbridge.

History

Initially, the land belonged to the millionaire and philanthropist Cheong Yoke Choy before World War II. His bungalow stood there until the entire parcel of land was purchased by the Berjaya Group of Tan Sri Vincent Tan for the development of the current Berjaya Times Square.^[9]

See also

• List of the world's largest shopping malls
• List of tallest buildings in Kuala Lumpur

References

1. "Berjaya Times Square Tower A". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
2. "Berjaya Times Square Tower B". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
3. . Emporis. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013.
4. "Berjaya Times Square". SkyscraperPage.
5. . Asia Travel. 12 October 2003. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
6. . VINCI Construction. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
7. . Asia Rooms. 30 October 2010. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
8. . The Star. 18 December 2005. Archived from the original on 25 April 2006. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
9. "Berjaya Times Square – World's Largest Shopping Mall Building". Burj. 6 September 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2012.

• Silver Kris Magazine, August 2009- National Day Edition

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Berjaya Times Square.

• Official Berjaya Times Square website
• Owner and Investor Forum
• Berjaya Times Square Hotel Kuala Lumpur Website