Danga City Mall Explained

Danga City Mall
Location:	Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
Opening Date:	1996 (as The Best World) & 31 August 2008 (as Danga City Mall)
Closing Date:	1998 (as The Best World) & 1 July 2018 (as Danga City Mall)
Architect:	Shopping mall
Floor Area:	93,000 m^2
Floors:	7
Parking:	1200 lots

Danga City Mall, previously known as The Best World, was a shopping mall in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. Danga City Mall has an area of 1000000square feet and up to 500000square feet nett lettable space on 7 levels.^[1]

History

The shopping mall was originally opened in 1996 as The Best World but later closed in 1998 due to 1997 Asian financial crisis. After 10 years, it was re-opened as Danga City Mall on 31 August 2008. Later in 2009, it added an expo centre next to the mall to boost the numbers of patrons. However, in July 2018, the mall was closed again for renovation^[2] that never started.

Transportation

The shopping mall is accessible by Causeway Link bus route S1.^[3] There used to be a KTM Intercity halt here when it was reopened in 2008 but was abandoned and is no longer in use. ^[4]

See also

• List of shopping malls in Malaysia

Notes and References

1. News: IMCE tawar 3,000 jawatan kosong di Danga City Mall, Sabtu ini. Utusan Malaysia. 22 April 2010. ms. 17 October 2015. 15 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180515115105/http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2010&dt=0422&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Johor&pg=wj_04.htm. dead.
2. Web site: Johor Bahru Danga City Mall Will be Closed for Renovation in July 2018 . 4 April 2018. Johor Now. 28 May 2018.
3. Web site: S1 - Route Station Details. Causeway Link. 3 April 2018.
4. Web site: Danga City Mall Railway Halt • RailTravel Station .