Dataran Pahlawan Melaka Megamall (translated as Malacca Warrior 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).
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| Location | Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia |
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| 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. |
| Total retail floor area | 1,500,000 square feet (140,000 m2) |
| Website | Official website |
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, 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 Padang Pahlawan (Warrior Field), 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 Padang Pahlawan into Dataran Pahlawan, as well as developing nearby commercial area.[7][8]
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edit- ^ "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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