Jaya Shopping Centre to open in March next year, 80% of retail space leased

Mall will offer cinema and supermarket as well as retail units as small as 100 sq ft for rent.



Jaya Shopping Centre to open in March next year, 80% of retail space leased

The new Jaya Shopping Centre will open its doors in March 2014 and will feature a mix of retail outlets spread out over seven floors. This will include dining options, supermarket, cinema and entertainment outlets as well as sportswear, fashion, children’s toys and gifts shops. It will also offer beauty and wellness spas, electronics and gadgets shops plus a banking hall.

 

“Jaya Shopping Centre was the first trading post for many local home-grown retailers. It was at Jaya Shopping Centre where they started and had their first big break. Three decades later, many of these retailers have become retail stars. And we have the privilege of having many of them returning to Jaya Shopping Centre,” said Jaya Section Fourteen Sdn Bhd director Ismail Ani Arope.

Ismail added, “We are continuing this legacy by offering smaller units for rent as small as 100 sq ft up to 800 sq ft to passionate young retailers with their interesting and unique merchandise. Due to the compact sizes of these units which translate to affordable monthly rental charges, these young entrepreneurs may be able to manage their cash flows. We encourage young entrepreneurs who have aspirations to have a presence in a retail centre to approach our exclusive leasing agent DTZ Nawawi Tie Leung Property Consultants with their concepts.”

“As a mid-sized and mid-end neighborhood shopping centre, Jaya Shopping Centre is perfect for shoppers who have an aversion to huge malls. As a community based retail centre, we want to inspire and empower entrepreneurs to follow their passion to be part of the vibrant and connected Jaya Shopping Centre,” said Ismail.

There is a dedicated zone located on Level 4 which emphasizes fun and creativity, breaking rules of normal straight shop fronts, tiled floors and lighting in regular arrangements. According to Ismail, the shops, irregular in size and shape will become platforms for young entrepreneurs and retailers.

With 270,000 sq ft net leasable area, the new Jaya Shopping Centre offers almost the double the retail space it  had before.

Built on an island site, the shopping centre will have dedicated ingress and egress lanes built parallel to Jalan 14/17 and Jalan Dato Jamil Rais 15. The most outstanding feature of Jaya Shopping Centre is the prominent five levels of glass curtain wall facing bustling Jalan Semangat which will allow visibility and interactivity between retailers and shoppers. This vibrancy will carry through to the ground floor alfresco dining concepts, says the mall’s developer.

The “boxed-out window frame” spaces on the façade will break the monotony of a plain exterior and showcase “happenings” within.

The verandah seating space on Level 3, in the Food and Beverage zone, meanwhile, is planned to be allow tenants to add alfresco dining options.  Furthermore, the skylight, will introduce natural light into the centre and “enlarge” the internal air-space visually.

“Every design decision was made with the aim of meeting the taste, lifestyle and demographics of the new PJ generation of retailers and consumers. We want the new generation of PJ’s community to feel proud of this new retail centre and we aim to meet its reputation of being a quality lifestyle hub, shopping spot and casual hangout,” Ismail added.

“Our positioning remains– Jaya Shopping Centre will again become the favorite neighborhood shopping place; a home outside home for the PJ population who lives and works in and around PJ and will continue to create strong ties with community and the next generation,” he said.

Jaya Shopping Centre will have four levels of basement parking that can accommodate 780 vehicles.  To date, it has achieved close to 80% take up rate.

The Star, 9/10/2013