Biggest mall in north to be built in Prai
GEORGE TOWN: PENANG-BASED developer Belleview Group is planning to build the largest shopping mall in the northern region in Prai on the mainland.
Its managing director, Datuk Sonny Ho, said the plans were still on the drawing board but construction work is expected to begin year end on a 6ha plot in Jalan Baru.
Without revealing the project’s gross development value (GDV), he said the proposed mall would be even larger than Mid Valley Megamall in Kuala Lumpur.
While Mid Valley measured 1.6 million sq ft (149,000 sq m) in nett space, the new mall in Prai would be some 100,000 sq ft larger, he said.
“This mall will have the biggest cinema complex in the country, offering 20 screens. The cinema operator has already confirmed the number of screens with us.
“The mall will also have the biggest departmental store and hypermarket.
“We are also going to build an ice-skating rink in the building,” he said, at a press conference here recently.
Also present were Belleview sales and marketing general manager Foo Yeok Heong and Belleview group retail and commercial division senior manager Lee Beng Beng.
Belleview is the developer behind the 1st Avenue Mall here and the ongoing Aman Central mall project in Alor Star, which is set to be the largest shopping complex in Kedah’s capital when the RM1 billion GDV project wraps up by Christmas next year.
Aman Central, an eight-storey mid-market mall in Lebuhraya Darulaman, near the Alor Star Tower, will have 300 retail, food and beverage and family entertainment outlets covering over 760,000 sq ft (70,606 sq m) of space.
Ho said the Parkson Retail Group, Golden Screen Cinemas, Cosmic Bowl, WOW Karaoke Box, Brewball Sports Amusement Cafe and Holiday Planet were among the tenants who had committed to occupy the mall.
Belleview, he said, was also planning to build a new mall in Sungai Petani, Kedah, which would also be the largest shopping complex in the town.
The three malls in Penang and Kedah are expected to be completed in the next 36 months.
Belleview also held several Chinese New Year launches for its Kulim Techno-City (KTC) Phase 4A2 and Phase 2A that featured semi-detached homes, bungalows and terrace houses; and the 27-storey Moulmein Rise luxury suite and retail gallery project in Pulau Tikus, Penang.
The company also opened its RM5 million branch office and sales gallery in Alor Star.
The sales gallery is exhibiting two show units of its RM200 million Amansuri Residences project, the first luxury condominium in Alor Star, with a floor size starting from 1,248 sq ft (115 sq m) per unit.
Belleview, Ho said, would also launch its RM70 million W Residence bungalow project in the middle of this year and complete its RM600 million All Seasons Park project in Bandar Baru Air Itam (Farlim) by year end.
Source: New Straits Times
Another mall in perai???….. wonder what will happen to Megamall perai!!!! What is the need for another mall in prai area. Better build houses there since perai and seberang jaya area not much housing residential is coming up.
Hi KC,
I think this is a very good idea. We have plenty of land in mainland, we should have more development to make the place better to live in. Megamall is a different market. It’s like Komtar vs Gurney, each catering to a different market. After the mall, you would surely have more houses coming up, so don’t worry. Island property is becoming too expensive for the average people. You can’t neglect this group of people. They deserve something better other than megamall. I’d give a thumbs-up for this project!
Hi All,
Please check for yesterday press released for details plan for new 3 PG highway + undersea tunnel
http://www.penang.gov.my/index.php/ms/component/content/article/2480
Where is the exactly location for the largest shopping mall? Their ONLY state plot in Jalan Baru. Did you know how long the Jalan Baru? Please share if anybody know it.
I’m guessing the one opposite BHP Petrol Station
wow! bigger than Mid valley. hope they can well maintain and do not end up like Megamall prai…
@Unker Ho
Unker HO, isn’t the land belongs to UDA holding?
@condomana
Ya true….. with this mega project i guess Jalan Baru will get a new face lift. And the residence deserve this kind of development there.
@Unker Ho The land is in front Megamall, beside New Bob Tower.
The mall is a long shape Mall like Queensbay.
Condomana, what are you talking about. Komtar vs Gurney? Are you from mainland??? Megamall and new mall from Belleview is both located at Jalan Baru which is only 1km separated each other. Please do not mislead others with your false information..
Condomana, its best that you both with 1st avenue and Penang times square since both located along Jalan Baru. Im sure you know nothing bout this area, its best that you reserved your comment.
Condomana, its best that you compare both with 1st avenue and Penang times square since both also located along Jalan Baru. Im sure you know nothing bout this area, its best that you reserved your comment.
Where is New Bob Tower? As I know, NB Tower is at Jalan Bagan Luar, Butterworth.
Any New Bob Tower along Jalan Baru? Or are you saying they are going to relocate the New Bob Tower here?
Is there even enough land in front of Megamall to build a long shape mall?
@Where?
The land is in front Megamall & up to Taman Siakap. You can see in google map.
Oh … so it is the land across the “jalan baru” road of Megamall?
wow…GREAT news to mainland.
The property near Mega Mall should be raising soon.
Any idea where is the exact location???? Please help
It is definitely a brilliant idea to have one spectacular and outstanding mall on Penang mainland, to attract more subsequent development at it’s peripheral, rather than travelling to Penang Island to shop or entertainment in the mall like Gurney Plaza/Paragon and Queensbay. In fact, Penang Island also has Megamall quality like Komtar, Midlands One Stop, Bukit Jambul Mall……
How about the Avenue Mall at Jalan Raja Uda?
This super giant mall + Penang Premium Outlet, yeah, we need more and more malls….hope to see Penang Ikea soon.
this is good news… so that people dunnit to rush to island to shopping… but how to maintain its quality is one thing to consider. hopefully dun end up like megamall… like sunway carnival is doing great now…
Good, very close to my place…I’m stayin’ in Jalan Baru which is already starting to get congested! Make things worse…………
Are u sure this is the actual site? It looks small for a mall with larger than Mid Valley size… furthermore that area is restricted by power lines around.
@BD
The site is just beside power lines.
@100
From google map, the land size here is almost like Megamal only… the traffic here must be terrible once it’s completed.
There might be two possibility, one as mentioned by 100 and another one will be located next to the UDA project which called Frontier. There is only left 2 large piece of land which front to the main road of Jalan Baru.
Does it matter where it sits?
@condomana
condomana…. the location is really matter………. if proposed mall is beside NB tower than BD is correct. The place is going to be congested like hell
Sounds very confident about the location … just curious … where did you get the info from? Insider?
Condomana, where are you from? Seems like you are lost and yet you wanted to give your opinion. You really have no idea where are we at and seems like someone is in denial mode.
Yes……. finally there is good news. Hope they will start the construction soon. Perai will become next popular hang location…. no need to drive all the way to island
Hi kevin,
In fact, you already have a popular hang out place in Butterworth, which is Auto City. Do you think you need more hang out place?
fantastic! but they must get an irresistible anchor tenant like ikea or isetan. should have alot of natural light and gardens.
@kevin
You will be “magnetized” with radiation if you go there too often.
Hooray! Mainland will overtake island soon!
@Cool
You are out of your mind. Overtake the number of foreigners hanging
around.
high tension cable will not have radiation…
@condomana
Butterworth is a town in SPT. Autocity if not mistaken is belongs to BM, also in SPT.
@Prof
You can refer EMF to radiation.(A complex investigation about high tension
power lines was published in the ASEA-ATOM Engineering Journal POWER
(November 1987). However, the whole investigation was centered on
electromagnetic radiation.)
@Prof
Electrical appliances produce toxic electromagnetic fields (EMFs).
These fields can layer, one upon the other, creating a harmful
soup of “Radiation”.
Butterworth under SPU. Autocity, Seb Jaya, part of Perai before the river under SPT.
All electric current will produce electromagnetic wave (radiation), but it’s not proven harmful to human health.
It’s up to you to believe or not. Scientific studies confirm that radiation
protection is essential as radiation can have an adverse effect on the
body. Radiation can also affect the way a person feels mentally.
Since we are all different, we experience the effects of radiation differently.
The symptoms that can occur depend on the individual. The intensity of the
reaction to radiation also differs from one person to another.
Examples of radiation sources at home are cordless phones, computers,
energy-efficient and fluorescent light bulbs, the electrical system in the
home microwaves and wireless communication networks (Bluetooth, DECT,
WiFi).
There are three basic kinds of EMF. Magnetic fields ,Electric fields and :Radio
frequency or “RF” .
@ST
anyway, what i know is that i have been living near this high tension cables long ago. the condo that i am staying in now in island, there is a HT cable laying under the road side. dunno 100+ kV. seems like no way to avoid this in our urban life…
@ST
Ionizing radiation needs radiation protection. EMF from power lines is non-ionizing.
@Prof
Yes. If u don’t see the power lines above u like in pg island, it is below u, even nearer to u and yet invisible.
@BD
Thanks for the clarification. I did think for a while is Butterworth is belongs to SPU.
@ST
Forget about the EMF from the cabel if you don’t mind using smart phone, tablet and so on day in and day out.
@Bryan
As I mentioned it’s up to you to believe or not. If you choose to live near
to High-tension power lines, nobody is going to stop you.
Energy that is emitted from high tension power lines is way above that of
smart phone.
@ST
Prof is right. Whatever Visible is more secure than those invisble one like the lying death threat (underground cable) in island.
@ST
No where is safe whether on Island or Mainland unless you opt for loin cloth only and stay middle of the jungle.
@BD
Underground cables emit no electric field and can be engineered to
emit no magnetic fields.
Whether radiation or not, if you have a choice, why choose to live under these cable structures….:) It’s all about risk and reward. It is risky to take a flight, but the joy(reward) of visiting a foreign land outweighs the risks. It is risky to invest in stocks, but the potential returns (reward) outweighs the risks. It is risky to stay under the HT cables, and the reward is……….??????
I tot this suppose to be a leisure mall and not a place for you to stay. You will be there at most also 10 hours for those who works there. You definitely hav nth to worry bout, funny. Condomana, what is that all about. You create your own grandma story. Letz get back to the topic, will this mega mall come to live and it help to create growth in mainland instead of these science facts.
I think you mean that underground cables do emit electric field but it’s easily shielded by stones/concrete above it, right?
For its magnetic field, surely there are ways to reduce it, but does our country do this?
@BD
So which would you choose ? A housing area with overhead HT cables
which you can clearly see or the one without overhead HT cables ? I
think you should be choosing the overhead HT cables area from your
comments. The choice is yours not mine.
It’s a good news for northern region people especially those from seberang prai area, sungai petani and kulim.
Sunway carnival New Wing also in planning stage.
So, where is the exactly location?
opposite mydin??
How is this going on?
Is the ice skating rink finish construction yet?