Sunrise Tower, Penang Explained

Sunrise Tower
Address:Gurney Drive, 10250 George Town, Penang, Malaysia
Location Town:George Town, Penang
Location Country:Malaysia
Coordinates:5.4398°N 100.3082°W
Opened Date:1977
Top Floor:18
Floor Count:18

Sunrise Tower is an 18-storey condominium within George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. Located at Gurney Drive within the city's Central Business District (CBD), the building was completed in 1977, becoming the first condominium along the seafronting street and the tallest building in the city prior to the completion of Komtar.

History

The 18-storey Sunrise Tower was built in 1977.[1] [2] It was the first condominium to be constructed at Gurney Drive and before the completion of Komtar in 1986, was the tallest building in George Town.[3]

The building includes a commercial podium, which housed the first McDonald's restaurant in Penang in 1989.[4] The McDonald's outlet ceased operations in 2016 and shortly after, Wendy's opened its first Malaysian restaurant outside the Klang Valley within the same space.[5] [6] However, in 2019, Wendy's announced its withdrawal from the Malaysian market, resulting in the closure of the restaurant at Sunrise Tower.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018-01-10 . UPCOMING: Gurney Drive / Sunrise Towers Sdn. Bhd. . 2024-10-16 . Penang Property Talk.
  2. Web site: Sunrise Tower, George Town - SkyscraperPage.com . 2024-10-16 . skyscraperpage.com.
  3. Book: Goh, Beng-Lan . Modern Dreams: An Inquiry Into Power, Cultural Production, and the Cityscape in Contemporary Urban Penang, Malaysia . . 2018 . 9781501719196 . 163.
  4. News: Mohd Ali . Intan Amalina . 3 Aug 2016 . McDonald's branch in Sunrise Tower serves its last customer . 16 Oct 2024 . The Star.
  5. News: 21 Feb 2020 . Sunrise, sunset, swiftly fly the years . 16 Oct 2024 . The Star.
  6. News: Opalyn Mok . 4 Nov 2016 . Wendy's opens in Penang . 16 Oct 2024 . Malay Mail.
  7. News: Ashley Tang . 1 Apr 2019 . Wendy's Malaysia waves goodbye? Malaysians dismayed . 16 Oct 2024 . The Star.