Berjaya Times Square is a 48- storey, twin tower, hotel, condominium, indoor amusement park and shopping centre complex in Bukit Bintang,

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. It was opened in October 2003 by the 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad.

Background

The development is currently the tenth largest building in the world by floor area and has also been tagged as the "world's largest building ever built in a single phase," with of built up floor area. This building consists of a 19- storey shopping mall, business offices and leisure centre with over 1,000 retail shops, 1,200 luxury service suites, 65 food outlets and entertainment attractions such as the

Berjaya Times Square Theme Park Berjaya Times Square Theme Park (formerly Cosmo's World) is an indoor amusement park on the 5th to 8th floors of Berjaya Times Square, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was conceived as the "largest indoor, all weather, all ages, entertainment destinati ...

KL Berjaya Times Square - As seen from Jalan Bulan

In April 2005,

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opened its first franchise store here, which was the largest Borders store in the world at the time. However, due to the 2010 economic downturn, it has since been downsized into a smaller operation called Borders Express. In 2016, the Borders Express store was closed. The

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's Imbi station is linked to the building by a footbridge.

History

Initially, the land belonged to the millionaire and philanthropist

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before

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. His bungalow stood there until the entire parcel of land was purchased by the

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of Tan Sri

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for the development of the current Berjaya Times Square.

References

* Silver Kris Magazine, August 2009- National Day Edition

External links

Official Berjaya Times Square website

Owner and Investor Forum

Berjaya Times Square Hotel Kuala Lumpur Website
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History

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