Central i-City

Central i-City is a shopping mall located in i-City, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. The mall is a joint-venture project between Thailand’s largest retail property developer Central Pattana PCL (CPN), with a 60 per cent stake, and i-City Properties Sdn Bhd (ICP), an affiliate of i-Berhad that holds 40 per cent.[5] Central i-City is CPN's first international mall.[6]

Central i-City
Locationi-City, Shah Alam, Selangor
Malaysia
Coordinates3°3′44.1″N 101°28′54.2″E
AddressNo. 1, i-City,
Persiaran Multimedia, Seksyen 7,
40000 Shah Alam
Opening date15 June 2019
DeveloperCentral Pattana
i-City Properties Sdn Bhd
ArchitectSAA Group Architects[1]
No. of stores and services365[2]
No. of anchor tenants3
Total retail floor area926,000 sq ft (86,000 m2)
No. of floors6[3]
Parking3,000[4]
Public transit access BK15  i-City LRT Station (under construction)
Websitecentral-icity.com.my

As of November 2019, the mall is the largest in Shah Alam in terms of floor area and recorded footfall of about 800,000 a month.[3] The mall also houses the largest Samsung Onyx LED cinema screen in Southeast Asia.[7]

History

The construction of the shopping mall started in January 2016, initially named CentralPlaza@i-City. The mall spans 1.5 million sq ft of gross floor area with gross development value (GDV) of RM 850 million.[5][6] The mall was expected to be opened in August 2018.[8]

The mall had its soft opening on 23 March 2019 and was officially opened by the Sultan of Selangor, HRH Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah on 15 June 2019.[9][10]

Tenants
  1. The first GoFit club in the world.[12]
  2. The 15,000th Watsons in the world and the 500th in Malaysia.[15]

Access
Rail

The mall will be connected to the  BK15  i-City LRT Station once the LRT line is completed in 2020. Free bus service is available for customers travelling to and from the  KD12  Padang Jawa KTM station.[2]

Road

The mall is accessible via Kuala Lumpur–Port Klang highway and North Klang Straits Bypass.

References
  1. "CENTRAL I-CITY". saagroup.com. SAA Group. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  2. "Central i-City Shopping Centre, Malaysia". retail-insight-network.com. Verdict Media Limited. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  3. Kaur, Sharen (23 November 2019). "Central i-City eyes over RM40m revenue in first year". nst.com.my. New Straits Times. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  4. Clarence, Vicknesh Ashley (2 June 2017). "i-City to have own lifestyle retail mall". thestar.com.my. The Star. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  5. Mahalingam, Eugene (2 July 2018). "I-Bhd plans RM3bil worth of projects". thestar.com.my. The Star. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  6. Khoo, Ethel (7 July 2019). "Thailand's CPN opens first international mall in Malaysia". theedgemarkets.com.my. The Edge Markets. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  7. Hassandarvish, Milad (21 March 2019). "TGV opens cutting edge cinema in i-City, freebies up for grabs (VIDEO)". malaymail.com. Malay Mail. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  8. "Work starts on CentralPlaza@i-City shopping mall at i-City". thestar.com.my. The Star. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  9. Saieed, Zunaira (28 February 2019). "I-Bhd posts RM58.7mil net profit in FY18". thestar.com.my. The Star. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  10. Chan, Dawn (15 June 2019). "Central i-City shopping centre opens in Shah Alam". nst.com.my. New Straits Times. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  11. Pitsinee, Jitpleecheep (18 June 2019). "CPN opens Malaysian door for Thai brands". bangkokpost.com. The Bangkok Post. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  12. "GoFit Debuts a Smart New Way to Train". Business Insider. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  13. "Pizza Hut Malaysia surpasses 400 stores, plans more". insideretail.asia. Inside Retail. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  14. "The Sneaker Street concept store in Central i-City Shah Alam". nst.com.my. New Straits Times. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  15. Mohd Zakaria, Wan Ilaika (26 March 2019). "Watsons Malaysia opens 500th store in Shah Alam". thesundaily.my. The Sun Daily. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
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