IOI City Mall

IOI City Mall is a shopping mall located in Sepang District, Selangor, Malaysia, which was developed by IOI Properties Group Berhad and opened in November 2014.[1] It is positioned as a "mid-upper-class mall" to draw about 1.8 million people from the southern corridor of Putrajaya, Cyberjaya, Kajang, Bangi, Seri Kembangan, Serdang, Puchong, Bukit Jalil and Subang Jaya.[2]

IOI City Mall
IOI City Mall west entrance
Alternative namesIOI Putrajaya, ICM
General information
StatusCompleted (Phase 1 & 2)
TypeShopping mall
Architectural styleContemporary, Modern
LocationIOI Resort City, Lebuh IRC
Town or citySepang, Selangor
Country Malaysia
Coordinates2°58′12″N 101°42′54″E
Current tenants
OpenedNovember 20, 2014 (2014-11-20)
RenovatedAugust 25, 2022 (2022-08-25)
CostRM 2 billion
Renovation costRM 300 Million
OwnerIOI Properties
Technical details
Size8,840,000 sq ft (821,000 m2)
Floor area2,500,000 sq ft (230,000 m2)
Awards and prizesFIABCI-Malaysia Property Award 2016
Known forWinner of Retail Company
Other information
Number of stores700+
Number of anchors13
Parking16,600
Website
www.ioicitymall.com.my

The second phase of the mall opened in 25 August 2022, making as the largest shopping mall in Malaysia surpassing 1 Utama, as well the largest mall in Southeast Asia and second largest mall in the world.

Features

IOI City Mall contains 2,500,000 sq ft (230,000 m2) of retail space for both phases, with over 650 stores catering to people living in southern Klang Valley without having to go to capital city Kuala Lumpur.

The Phase 1 of IOI City Mall opened in November 2014 with a net lettable area of 1,500,000 sq ft (140,000 m2) across three levels with 350 tenants,[2][3] including Parkson department store, Thai-based supermarket Lotus's (which is formerly Tesco), top favorite fashion brands like Adidas, Cotton:On, H&M, Victoria's Secret and Charles & Keith, variety of F&B stores from fast food like KFC, Marrybrown, and McDonald's to restaurants and cafes like The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Kyochon and K Fry, as well home improvement stores like HomePro and Harvey Norman. The Phase 1 section of the mall also features the District 21, a post-apocalypse themed recreational park; Icescape Ice Skating Rink, a large Olympic-sized ice skating rink; IOI City Farm, an edutainment exhibition space with an “indoor living planet” concept and Golden Screen Cinemas with GSC Maxx and 4DX halls.

The Phase 2 of IOI City Mall opened in August 2022, adding additional net lettable area 1,000,000 sq ft (93,000 m2) and over 300 new retail stores including AEON department store (currently the supermarket section opened in 12 January 2023 while the department store will be open by first quarter of 2023), Japanese retail brands like Nitori, Best Denki and Jonetz by Don Don Donki, luxury brands like Coach New York and Tory Burch, new restaurants and cafes such as Kenny Hills Bakers, Din by Din Tai Fung, Jollibee, Taco Bell and more, fitness centre Believe Fitness, multi-purpose sports hall with badminton and futsal courts known as IOI Sports Centre, IOI Grand Exhibition Hall, Proton Premium Outlet, and Golden Screen Cinemas expansion branch featuring Malaysia's first IMAX hall with Laser Projection, GSC BIG, Play+ & ONYX hall.[4]

IOI City Mall 2 atrium in August 2022, days after its opening.

Access

Car

IOI City Mall is located near the South Klang Valley Expressway (SKVE) South Klang Valley Expressway with over 16,600 parking bays provided. Despite the mall is branded to situate in administrative capital Putrajaya, it is actually located in Sepang district of Selangor while Putrajaya itself located 9km from the mall. From Kuala Lumpur International Airport, the mall is accessible 35km and reachable within 30 minutes.

Rail

The nearest rail stations to serve IOI City Mall are  KB05  Serdang KTM and  PY34  UPM MRT station, however the mall is no longer providing shuttle bus since 2020 (including from the  KB06   KG35  Kajang station).

Bus

IOI City Mall is accessible via the local bus T 523  by KR Travel & Tours from Putrajaya Sentral,  KB05  Serdang KTM station and Lebuh Pudu bus hub in Kuala Lumpur, as well the free smart bus SPG 04  by Smart Selangor MPSepang from Taman Seroja Bandar Baru Salak Tinggi and Hospital Serdang. All the bus routes stop at the terminal hub located in P3 floor of Phase 1, which is shared with the motorcycle parking.

See also

References
  1. Low, Christina (24 November 2014). "New mall to liven up Putrajaya". The Star Online. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  2. Lam, Jian Wyn (28 November 2014). "IOI City Mall aims for two million visitors per month". The Edge Financial Daily. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  3. "About IOI City Mall". IOI City Mall. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  4. "IOI City Mall will be Malaysia's biggest retail mall in 2022".
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