AEON Bandaraya Melaka Shopping Centre
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The ÆON Bandaraya Melaka Shopping Centre is located at Kawasan Bandar, Daerah Melaka Tengah, Peringgit, Malacca
, Malaysia. The anchor tenant for the jumbo-sized mall is JUSCO
.
The shopping mall
was built with the costs of about RM288 million by WCT Berhad and it has a gross built-up floor area of approximately 1358000 square feet (126,162.3 m²) with about 2,200 car park bays.As for February 2011, the mall has total 1600 car parking and 700 motor parking after renovated the parking space.
Contrary to some speculations, AEON Bandaraya Melaka is not the largest ÆON
shopping centre in Malaysia. The largest ÆON
shopping centre in the country is the AEON Bukit Tinggi Shopping Centre in Klang
, Selangor
which was built with the costs of about RM350 million with a gross built-up floor area of approximately 2100000 square feet (195,096.4 m²) with over 5,000 car park bays.
The AEON Bandaraya Melaka Shopping Centre was completed in November 2009 and was initially scheduled to open for public on 17 December 2009. However, a major fatal explosion incident at the mall has caused the opening to be deferred to 5 February 2010.
Malacca
Malacca , dubbed The Historic State or Negeri Bersejarah among locals) is the third smallest Malaysian state, after Perlis and Penang. It is located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, on the Straits of Malacca. It borders Negeri Sembilan to the north and the state of Johor to the south...
, Malaysia. The anchor tenant for the jumbo-sized mall is JUSCO
JUSCO
is the acronym for Japan United Stores Company, a chain of "general merchandise stores" and the largest of its type in Japan. The various JUSCO companies are subsidiaries of ÆON Co., Ltd.....
.
The shopping mall
Shopping mall
A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...
was built with the costs of about RM288 million by WCT Berhad and it has a gross built-up floor area of approximately 1358000 square feet (126,162.3 m²) with about 2,200 car park bays.As for February 2011, the mall has total 1600 car parking and 700 motor parking after renovated the parking space.
Contrary to some speculations, AEON Bandaraya Melaka is not the largest ÆON
ÆON
, commonly written AEON Co., Ltd., is the holding company of Æon Group. It has its headquarters in Mihama-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture.It operates JUSCO supermarkets directly in Japan.Æon is the largest retailer in Asia...
shopping centre in Malaysia. The largest ÆON
ÆON
, commonly written AEON Co., Ltd., is the holding company of Æon Group. It has its headquarters in Mihama-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture.It operates JUSCO supermarkets directly in Japan.Æon is the largest retailer in Asia...
shopping centre in the country is the AEON Bukit Tinggi Shopping Centre in Klang
Klang
Klang , formerly known as Kelang, is the royal city and former capital of the state of Selangor, Malaysia. It is located within the Klang District in Klang Valley. It is located about 32 km to the west of Kuala Lumpur and 6 km east of Port Klang...
, Selangor
Selangor
Selangor also known by its Arabic honorific, Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity") is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east, Negeri Sembilan to the south and the Strait of Malacca to the west...
which was built with the costs of about RM350 million with a gross built-up floor area of approximately 2100000 square feet (195,096.4 m²) with over 5,000 car park bays.
The AEON Bandaraya Melaka Shopping Centre was completed in November 2009 and was initially scheduled to open for public on 17 December 2009. However, a major fatal explosion incident at the mall has caused the opening to be deferred to 5 February 2010.