Sunday, December 30, 2007

One Utama ... Christmas and Rainforest

I like One U ... to me this is still the benchmark mall in the retail landscape of Malaysia, despite newer malls such as Pavilion KL, The Gardens Midvalley, Sunway II, and AEON Bukit Tinggi Klang. Its Christmas season ...


Interesting facts from Wikipedia ...
1 Utama is a popular shopping mall in Bandar Utama, a suburb in the northern part of Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.
The Original Wing, comprising the retail precincts of Centre Court and Courtyard as well as Jusco deparmental store and supermarket, was opened in 1995. It is operated and developed by ÆON Co. (M) Bhd., the operator of Jusco chain of stores.
The New Wing, comprising the retail prescints of Promenade, Rainforest, Highstreet and Oval as well as Entertainment Zone, U-Parkson and Giant is operated and developed by Bandar Utama City Centre Sdn Bhd.

There is a great deal of dispute over whether the name of the mall is "One Utama" or "1 Utama". A recent press release by the management (Bandar Utama City Centre Sdn. Bhd.) states that the official name is 1 Utama Shopping Centre and not "One Utama" or "1-Utama". This move was meant to limit the confusion of its name, although either one of the mentioned names are easily understood and cannot be confused because of their same meaning.
1 Utama is also popularly known as "One U" for short or sometimes as "O U".

What's Rainforest? ...

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