Mid Valley City is a large mixed development in the

Lembah Pantai Lembah Pantai is a sub-district and parliamentary constituency in south-western Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Constituencies adjacent to Lembah Pantai are Seputeh, Segambut and Bukit Bintang. The total number of population is 148,094 as of 2020 census ...

ward in southwestern

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. The development consists of The Gardens shopping mall,

Mid Valley Megamall Mid Valley Megamall is a shopping mall in Mid Valley City, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It sits at the entrance of Petaling Jaya and Kuala Lumpur. Developed by IGB Berhad, the complex was opened in 1999. The mall has garnered media attention with even ...

and three hotels, namely the Cititel Mid Valley, The Boulevard Hotel Kuala Lumpur and the Gardens Hotels and Residences.

Background

When it was planned in the late 1980s, it was initially named ''Bandar Syed Putra'', named after

Jalan Syed Putra Jalan Syed Putra (formerly Lornie Drive), Federal Route 2 is a major highway in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was named after Tuanku Syed Putra ibni Almarhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail, Almarhum Tuanku Syed Putra ibni Almarhum Syed Hassan Jamalullai ...

Federal Route 2 that runs through the southern flank of the development. The site that was selected for the development was formerly occupied by an

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. First planned in 1991 as one of two mega retail projects in Kuala Lumpur, IGB began developing phase one of Mid Valley in mid-1992, projected to cost RM 650 million.

Accessibility

It is accessible by both road and rail transport.

Public transportation

Railway and metro

Rail transport is provided directly by

KTM Komuter KTM Komuter is a commuter rail system in Malaysia operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM). It was introduced in 1995 to provide local rail services in Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding Klang Valley suburban areas. Services were later expanded to o ...

via Mid Valley Komuter station on the . The KTM station connects directly with the eastern entrance of

. Mid Valley is also indirectly served by the and via the Abdullah Hukum station. Pedestrian access is possible via a walk from the

Robinsons Robinsons or Robinson's may refer to: Businesses Department stores * Robinsons Malls, shopping mall and retail operator in the Philippines * Robinsons, former department store chain owned by Robinson & Co. in Singapore and Malaysia * Robinson Dep ...

store in The Gardens mall, first via a bridge across the

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, then through the adjacent

KL Eco City KL Eco City, or KLEC for short, is a 25-acre integrated mixed-use development project in the city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The project is built at the site of former Haji Abdullah Hukum Village. The mixed development project is helmed by S ...

development project. A pedestrian bridge from The Gardens mall to Abdullah Hukum station has been constructed, and is opened to public since around 2019.

Buses

Mid Valley City is a stop for

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routes including 822 (to

Bangsar Bangsar is a residential suburb on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, lying about south-west of the city centre. It is part of the Lembah Pantai parliamentary constituency. Bangsar is administered by Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL), unlike ...

), T788 (to Universiti) and T817 (to

Pusat Bandar Damansara Pusat Bandar Damansara (English: Damansara Town Centre) is a township in the Segambut constituency of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The original buildings making up the township were constructed between 1981 and 1984, and were demolished in 2016 for ...

). The Gardens mall also provided shuttle bus services to

Mont Kiara Mont Kiara, often stylized as MK, is an affluent suburb at the northwest of downtown Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in the constituency of Segambut. It consists mainly of high-rise residential condominiums and office complexes which were mostly devel ...

(

Segambut Segambut is a sub-district in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The federal constituency represented in the Dewan Rakyat is Segambut (federal constituency). From the high-end condominiums of Mont Kiara and Sri Hartamas to the middle-class areas of Tam ...

), but it is restricted to Mont Kiara residents only.

Car

Mid Valley City is located at the northern end of

Jalan Klang Lama Jalan Klang Lama or Old Klang Road, Federal Route 2 is the oldest and the first major road in Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (KL), officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, is the capital city and a Federal Territories of Malaysia, fede ...

. Jalan Syed Putra, part of the Federal Highway Federal Route 2, runs through the eastern and southern boundary of Mid Valley City, with an exit after the ''Petron'' gas station.

MSC Status

Mid Valley City has been awarded MSC Malaysia Cyber Center status since 22 September 2008. Offices in the development offer competitive date center rates and high-speed broadband access.

Gallery

File:TheGardensWalkway.jpg, View of the Corridor in the Retail Gallery File:TheGardensAtrium.jpg, View of the Atrium in front of Robinson File:KL-Mid Valley.JPG, Bridge between Mid Valley Megamall and the Gardens