Berjaya Times Square is a 48-storey, 203 m (666 ft) twin tower, hotel, condominium, indoor amusement park, commercial offices and shopping centre complex in Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was opened to public in 2003.
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.[5] 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.[6]
12-storey floor of retail area inside of Berjaya Times Square shopping mall.Berjaya Times Square as seen from Jalan Bulan.
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.[7]
Berjaya Times Square was officially opened by then-Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on 29 September 2003.[8] It was supposed to be opened in 1999 but delayed due to the 1997 Asian financial crisis.[9]
Debenhams opened its first store in Asia on 17 November 2003.[10]
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. However in 2016, It was shut down permanently.[11]
