Subang Parade 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 in

Subang Jaya Subang Jaya is a city in Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia. It comprises the southern third district of Petaling. It consists of the neighbourhoods from SS12 to SS19, UEP Subang Jaya (USJ), Putra Heights, Batu Tiga as well as PJS7, PJS9 ...

Selangor Selangor (; ), also known by its Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 Malaysian states. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east ...

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. The building has over 200 stores at a space of approximately distributed in three floors. It is located just off the Malaysian Federal Highway, and is within walking distance to

Darul Ehsan Mosque The Darul Ehsan Mosque ( ms, Masjid Darul Ehsan) is the first mosque in Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. It is located in SS 15 adjacent to the Subang Parade shopping complex. It was constructed between 1983 and 1985 to serve the then newly bu ...

, Aeon Big (formerly

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), Empire Shopping Gallery and the Subang Jaya Komuter station.

History

Subang Parade was opened in August 1988 and was the longest mall in

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when it first opened. The inclusion of a mall came from Abd Aziz Mohamed who worked in Sime UEP. In 2003, Subang Parade was sold to The Hektar Group before being resold into the Hektar

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in 2006 and became one of its shopping centres alongside Kulim Central and Central Square in

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, Wetex Parade and Segamat Central in

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, and

Mahkota Parade Mahkota Parade is a shopping mall located in Banda Hilir, Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia, which was originally established on 30 January 1994 and relaunched on 1 May 2010 after refurbishment. It was acquired by Hektar REIT (Real Estate Investme ...

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. Subang Parade has numerous facilities for fashion, food and also an arcade. The mall previously had a cinema, the SMILE-UA Cineplex but was closed in 2001. After 10 years, the mall now had its own cinema again.

MBO cinemas MBO Cinema Sdn. Bhd. ( trading as MBO Cinemas), also known as MBO for short, is a chain of cinemas in Malaysia. It is the third largest cinema chain in the country after Golden Screen Cinemas and TGV Cinemas. MBO Cinemas went into liquidation in ...

first opened in 2011. Subang Parade underwent a facelift where it was refurbished in 2016. The mall offers dedicated areas for reading. Following a partial lockdown from the

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in early 2020. Several social media posts alleged the closure of nine MPH stores nationwide including four in the

Klang Valley Klang Valley ( ms, Lembah Klang; zh, 巴生谷; ) is an urban conglomeration in Malaysia that is centered in the federal territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, and includes its adjoining cities and towns in the state of Selangor. It is con ...

. Statements from the ''

Malay Mail The ''Malay Mail'' is a newspaper in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, first published on 1 December 1896 when Kuala Lumpur was the capital of the then new Federated Malay States, making it the first daily newspaper to appear in the FMS. As of May 2014 ...

'' stated that MPH staff members confirmed that the MPH outlets in Subang Parade will close on 6 June 2020. MBO cinemas was later closed and replaced by GSC Cinemas on 17 January 2022.

References

External links

Subang Parade Official Website
{{Shopping malls in Malaysia 1988 establishments in Malaysia Subang Jaya Shopping malls established in 1988 Shopping malls in Selangor

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