Sunway Putra Mall, previously known as The Mall or Putra Place, is a

shopping mall A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a North American term for a large indoor shopping center, usually anchored by department stores. The term "mall" originally meant a pedestrian promenade with shops along it (that is, the term was used to refe ...

located along Jalan Putra in

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. It is situated across the street from the

Putra World Trade Centre World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur, formerly known as Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC; ms, Pusat Dagangan Dunia Putra), is a convention and exhibition centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The venue is sprawled over 1.70 million square feet with 235,000 ...

(now WTC KL) and the Seri Pacific Hotel.

History

The complex, known as "The Mall" at that time, was built by Metroplex Holdings Sdn. Bhd. (MHSB) and opened on 12 June 1987 by

Mahathir bin Mohamad Mahathir bin Mohamad ( ms, محاضير بن محمد, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; ; born 10 July 1925) is a Malaysian politician, author, and physician who served as the 4th and 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia. He held the office ...

, the fourth

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at the time, who personally buried a

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that will be unearthed after a

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, in 2087. The capsule contains a message written by Mahathir and is addressed to the citizens of the future. At the time, The Mall was the largest shopping centre in Malaysia and was built to attract more shoppers from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur. It was built at cost of RM289 million and it was launched by a light show. The complex once had Malaysia's first

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store which operated from the mall's opening in 1987 until 1997 before its bankruptcy in Japan. In March 2011, Putra Place, which consists of The Mall, Legend Hotel (now known as Sunway Putra Hotel) and an office block, was acquired by Sunway REIT under

Sunway Group Sunway Berhad () () or Sunway Group is a Malaysian conglomerate company. It was formed following a merger between Sunway City Berhad (SunCity) and Sunway Holdings Berhad on 23 August 2011. Sunway Holdings Incorporated Berhad commenced operati ...

for RM513.94 million in a public auction and they spent RM307 million in refurbishment costs. The refurbishment started in May 2013 and reopened as "Sunway Putra Mall" on 28 May 2015. Sunway Putra Mall repositioned itself as an urban-chic lifestyle mall and houses 300 outlets.

Public transit

Sunway Putra Pedestrian Walkway (220714) 10

A pedestrian bridge that connects

PWTC LRT station PWTC LRT station is a light rail transit (LRT) station in Kuala Lumpur that is served by the Ampang Line and Sri Petaling Line. PWTC stands for "Putra World Trade Center", which was the former name of the World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur. The Wor ...

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, Seri Pacific Hotel, Putra Bus Terminal and Sunway Putra Mall is made available to allow commuters and pedestrians to move with ease. The mall also has sufficient parking lots to cater for the shoppers and office workers around this area
Sunway Putra Mall parking rate

References

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* Shopping malls in Kuala Lumpur Shopping malls established in 1987 1987 establishments in Malaysia Sunway Group {{Malaysia-mall-stub