New RM1.5bil project to give trendy look to Puchong

Modern street mall: Tan (left) and Millennium Land senior operations manager Chua Chin Eng with a model of Millennia City.

PUCHONG: Millennium Land Sdn Bhd will embark on a RM1.5bil mixed-development project, M Square, which it is optimistic will become the new commercial centre for Puchong and turn it into a trendy township.

Located on 10.12ha, M Square comprises a 380,000 sq ft shopping mall located in the podium block below the 18-storey 255-room Hilton Garden Inn and a 2.1 million sq ft street mall comprising of 13 six-storey blocks of retail and office units.

The development will start by the third quarter this year and is targeted for completion by 2014.

Millennium Land executive director Benjamin Tan said the company also planned to build residential units targeted at the higher income group.

“Puchong is one of the fastest growing districts in Malaysia in terms of growth especially in three key areas population, monthly household income and commercialisation.

“The primary catchment in Puchong reaches an estimated 420,000 people while its secondary catchment area, some 10 minutes away, reaches some 1.2 million people,” he added.

International hotel chain Hilton Worldwide will be managing the 255-room Hilton Garden Inn Hotel set for opening in 2014. It is targeted at business and leisure travellers.

Tan said one of the project's main selling points was that when completed, it would showcase the largest street mall in the country.

“It ties in together with today's lifestyle trend with alfresco dining and outdoor live performances amid a conducive environment,” he said.

He said the project's major pull factors included its size which puts it into the regional mall category.

The size allows for a good tenant mix, and the ambience of a street mall will give it a very different feel compared to the other shopping centres.

“Our design, being modular, allows for flexibility as it does not have lift shaft in the centre like other conventional shop lots. Instead it is served by glass lifts on the exterior of the building,” he said.

“For the convenience of shoppers, every block was planned to cater to specific target markets, such as a Kids' Corner, Japanese Street and Digital Centre that can take up an entire block or a large portion of it, and by itself serves as an anchor tenant,” he added.

By The Star