Dataran Pahlawan Melaka Megamall
| Location | Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 2°11′26.0″N 102°15′02.6″E / 2.190556°N 102.250722°E |
| Opening date | 25 September 2006 |
| Owner | Hatten Group Sdn. Bhd. |
| Floor area | 1,500,000 square feet (140,000 m2) |
| Website | Official website |
Dataran Pahlawan Melaka Megamall (translated as Malacca Heroes Square Megamall) is a shopping mall located in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia. It was developed and is owned by Hatten Group Sdn Bhd on a 7.7 hectares site in the city, and is the biggest lifestyle shopping megamall in the state.[1][2] The mall has a gross area of 1,500,000 square feet (140,000 m2) and a net retail area of 750,000 square feet (70,000 m2).
It houses international fashion brands like Adidas, Hush Puppies, and Birkinstock, along with international and local food and beverage favourites like A&W, Mac Donalds, and Shihlin, also fine jewellery stores like Mustafa Jewellery Malaysia, Swarovski, and Wah Chan, entertainment centres, a movie cinema owned by Golden Screen Cinemas and karaoke centre.[3]
The land where the mall now stands was initially a seaside green space reclaimed from sea during the British colonial era named Bandar Hilir Park and later Heroes Esplanade (Padang Pahlawan), where the date of the independence of Malaya was announced.[4] But further land reclamation from 1974 until the early 1990s changed much of the coastline of then Malacca Town, resulting in Padang Pahlawan becoming a green space in the middle of the City.[5][6] In 2001, Malacca state government-owned company Kumpulan Melaka Berhad (Malacca Group Limited) carried out a RM60 million project to transform Heroes Esplanade into Heroes Square, as well as developing nearby commercial area.[7][8]
See also
- List of shopping malls in Malaysia
- Mahkota Parade – the adjacent shopping mall
References
- ^ "Dataran Pahlawan Melaka Megamall". malacca.ws.
- ^ "Pahlawan City makes history in Malacca". asiaone.com. Archived from the original on 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
- ^ "Hatten Group Investment". Hatten Group. Archived from the original on 2022-05-26. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
- ^ "History made at Dataran Pahlawan". New Straits Times. 27 August 2004.
- ^ "Malacca to reclaim 140 acres from sea". New Straits Times. 4 January 1974.
- ^ "Olympia Land wins reclamation project". New Straits Times. 1 July 1994.
- ^ "Treasure Hunter unearths artifacts". New Straits Times. 12 December 2002.
- ^ "Conservation efforts undermined by 'sins'". New Straits Times. 21 March 2006.
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