New shopping mall - Pavilion Kuala Lumpur
Anyone who is anyone in Kuala Lumpur would be aware of the large monstrosity coming up just opposite The Westin Hotel and Starhill Gallery. I’d been watching it with interest for a while, just to see what stores will be moving into this new mall.
Today was the soft opening of The Pavilion Kuala Lumpur, a new shopping mall right in the shopping belt of Kuala Lumpur - Bukit Bintang.
I decided to pop by to take a look at what they had to offer, not really expecting anything very much. However, I was pleasantly surprised at the mix of stores they have in the mall. Right next to the usual high street stores like Giordano and Padini, you find higher end stores like Banana Republic and the Gap. Then, look harder and you’ll see the truly high end stores - Burberry, Hermes, Coach and Marc by Marc Jacobs just to name a few.
The anchor tenants are Parkson Pavilion, Tangs and Mercato. The Parkson here is unlike any other grubby Parkson store. This is a more distinguished looking one, and has a good vibe about it. I am happy to note that Tangs is making its come back to Kuala Lumpur. I liked shopping there when they were in Starhill because they had some brands not found else where. Their sales too were quite awesome. Mercato is a supermarket that manages to look classy and sophisticated - it looks like something a New Yorker would shop at. I love it!
For now, not all the stores are open and there is still a lot of renovation going on. I did find that the walkways weren’t as large or as wide as that in say, Midvalley Megamall or 1 Utama High Street. In fact, there was a bit of a Suria KLCC feel about the place. Fitting because I can see Pavilion giving Suria KLCC a run for their money.
Pavilion is smack in the middle of Bukit Bintang and with its mix of mid-high end stores, it is exactly like KLCC. In fact, just looking around, a shopper won’t have to leave the Bukit Bintang area anymore because the existing malls + Pavilion are more than sufficient to cover most if not all the brands available to the consumers, and then some.
Some brands like Khiel’s and RMK can only be found here at the Pavilion, so I can see it being the focal hub of many in time. The malls that should watch out will be Times Square and Suria KLCC. Midvalley Megamall, with the introduction of the Gardens and Isetan and Robinsons seem to be holding their own in the mid-range market.
Tomorrow, I’ll talk about how to get there and the parking so stay tuned!
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They have COACH!! I am SO excited!
Is there an LRT that goes straight into it?
PB says: Sorry to get your hopes up. Coach opens only in November. There is a Coach at KLCC though. And there is no LRT to Pavilion at all.
Oh! Another shopping mall! I am so excited… wanna go check it out - soon I hope!
PB says: Whee worth checking out!
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The wait is worth it as Coach Pavilion will be the 1st flagship opening in SEA… meaning there will be more assortment :))
PB says: Hurrah! That is great news
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All I can say is word on the street is bussines is so bad in Pavilion 40 tenants are getting together to take Pavilion to court cause of high rentals and no bussiness… I guess its not what they promised the tenants
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