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which comprises soho office towers, an upscale shopping mall and a 4-star hotel. It is located in the downtown area of Subang Jaya, near

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, Wisma Consplant (formerly the HQ for oil palm giant

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Plantation) and the Subang Jaya railway station. The building is categorized into four sections, notably Empire Soho, Empire Tower, Empire Hotel and Empire Shopping Gallery. Empire Shopping Gallery and Empire Hotel were opened in 2010.

Empire Shopping Gallery

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(now Galeries Voir), Jaya Grocer, ESH,

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, Popular Bookstore, and

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serve as the junior anchor tenants in the mall. There is a wide variety of dining restaurants such as

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, La Bodega, Italiannies, The Social, Marutama Ramen, Pasta Zanmai, Rakuzen and Serai among others.

Empire Hotel Subang

Empire Hotel Subang is a 4-star business hotel with 198 rooms. It is 13-storeys high and consists of a multi-purpose convention hall, a few restaurants and a cafe.

2011 explosion

On 28 September 2011, an explosion occurred at the mall at 3:45am. The fire department believed that the explosion was caused by a

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. The mall reopened on 15 November 2011 after almost two months of repairs and further safety measures were taken. Four people were injured in the incident and many luxury cars were damaged. Some damage was also seen at Wisma Consplant located opposite the mall.

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