Mid Valley Megamall | |
Location: | Mid Valley City, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Opening Date: | as Mid Valley Megamall , Phase 2 of Mid Valley Megamall & The Gardens Mall |
Developer: | IGB Berhad |
Manager: | IGB REIT Management Sdn. Bhd. |
Owner: | IGB Berhad |
Number Of Stores: | 430 |
Floor Area: | 1700000square feet |
Floors: | Five (excluding car park) at Mid Valley Megamall Zone A, C, G, H & The Gardens Zone B, U & Premier |
Mid Valley Megamall is a shopping mall in Mid Valley City, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It sits at the entrance of Petaling Jaya and Kuala Lumpur. Developed by IGB Berhad,[1] the complex was opened in 1999.[2] The mall has garnered media attention with events like the IT Fair, Home and Decoration Fair, and The MATTA Fair being held in the Mid Valley Exhibition Centre (MVEC).[3] It was awarded Best Shopping Complex Award 2000 by Tourism Malaysia and Best Retail Development 2001 by FIABCI Malaysia.[4]
It was announced that a second mall, Mid Valley Southkey, had been slated for 2016 in the Iskandar region of Johor Bahru.[5]
On 30 May 2017, a fire broke out on Megamall's lower ground floor at 8:20 pm local time. The Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department managed to put it out by 8:52 pm. A subsequent investigation traced the cause of the fire to a faulty facsimile machine.[6] [7]
On 17 May 2023, fire broke out at the mall. The fire started from the TNB substation plant but was brought down by the firefighters in less than an hour. The incident was believed to be caused by an overheating cooling oil within the TNB substation.[8]
It comprises a shopping mall, an office tower block, 30 offices, and three hotels. A second mall, The Gardens Mall, is adjacent to the Megamall. The mall has 4500000square feet of total floor area, out of which 1700000square feet is leasable space. This whole area is sometimes referred to Mid Valley City.[9]
It houses a convention centre and it is adjacent to a 646-room business hotel named Cititel Midvalley. A further two hotels are in the same area: The Boulevard Hotel, The Gardens Hotel and Residences. There has been a proposal to link Mid Valley Megamall and Masjid Jamek via a bicycle lane.
The Mall Mid Valley Southkey, located in Johor Bahru, Johor, is the second Mid Valley branded shopping centre and opened on 23 April 2019. The mall is anchored by GSC Cinemas, SOGO, Popular Bookstore, Nitori, Sports Direct, Harvey Norman and Village Grocer.[10]
The mall is connected to the Mid Valley Station of Keretapi Tanah Melayu.
The mall is also located within walking distance from the Abdullah Hukum station. However, for many years, there was no proper connection between the station and the mall. With the completion of the Abdullah Hukum KTM Komuter station, a dedicated pedestrian bridge has been constructed to link The Gardens Mall and the station through KL Eco City.
Free shuttle bus service provided by the mall is available to and from Bank Rakyat-Bangsar LRT station, as well as Rapid KL Bus T788 which travels to and from the KL Gateway–Universiti station and MRT feeder bus T817 which travels to and from the Pavilion Damansara Heights–Pusat Bandar Damansara station.