Pavilion Kuala Lumpur is a shopping mall

Shopping mall

A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...

 situated along the Bukit Bintang

Bukit Bintang

Bukit Bintang is the name of the shopping and entertainment district of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It encompasses Jalan Bukit Bintang and its immediate surrounding areas...

 district in Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...

, Malaysia. This place was built on the site where former Bukit Bintang Girls' School

Bukit Bintang Girls' School

- Background :Bukit Bintang Girls' School opened in 1893 with Miss Betty Langlands teaching girls to read in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Formerly known as The Chinese Girls' School, BBGS gained its name after moving to its premises on Bukit Bintang Road in 1930...

, the oldest school in Kuala Lumpur that has been moved to Cheras

Cheras, Kuala Lumpur

Cheras is a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia. The township is located to the south-east of Kuala Lumpur. Cheras is also adjacent to Ampang to the north and Kajang to the south, both of which are major cities within the metropolitan area of Kuala Lumpur.-Origins:Originally,...

 as Sekolah Seri Bintang Utara on 2000. Opened on 20 September 2007, it consists of four major components: a retail mall, an office tower, two residential and a proposed hotel.

Components of the shopping mall

Pavilion Kuala Lumpur consists of six shopping precincts and a row of street-front boutiques.

Couture Pavilion

• This section is dedicated to the world's major fashion labels. Some of them are double-storey street-front flagship boutique.

Centre Court (Bintang Circle)

• The Centre Court or Bintang Circle is the main component of the shopping mall. It contains an atrium
  Atrium (architecture)
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  , several escalators and an open area that is used for several thematic events.

Connection

• Connection comprises a fitness centre
  Health club
  A health club is a place which houses exercise equipment for the purpose of physical exercise.-Main workout area:...
  
  , a karaoke
  Karaoke
  is a form of interactive entertainment or video game in which amateur singers sing along with recorded music using a microphone and public address system. The music is typically a well-known pop song minus the lead vocal. Lyrics are usually displayed on a video screen, along with a moving symbol,...
  
   room, a cinema
  Movie theater
  A movie theater, cinema, movie house, picture theater, film theater is a venue, usually a building, for viewing motion pictures ....
  
  , bistro
  Bistro
  A bistro, sometimes spelled bistrot, is, in its original Parisian incarnation, a small restaurant serving moderately priced simple meals in a modest setting. Bistros are defined mostly by the foods they serve. Home cooking with robust earthy dishes, and slow-cooked foods like cassoulet are typical...
  
  s and more.

Gourmet Emporium

• Consists of eateries and a food court
  Food court
  A food court is generally an indoor plaza or common area within a facility that is contiguous with the counters of multiple food vendors and provides a common area for self-serve dining. Food courts may be found in shopping malls and airports, and in various regions may be a standalone development...
  
  .

Home

• Consists of shops that offer products used in residential areas.

Seventh Heaven

• Consists of beauty parlours and spas
  Spa
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  .

Flagship stores

Pavilion Kuala Lumpur contains over 450 retail shops that are spread across seven levels. There are a number of double-storey flagship

Flagship

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 stores, of which some are street-front fashion boutiques which constitute the shopping mall.

Other stores

There are several fashion and luxury goods boutiques that encompass a large portion of the mall's retail floor area. Several eateries and cafés also exist in the shopping mall like fast food restaurant

Fast food restaurant

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s, coffeehouse chains

Coffeehouse

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 and a food court

Food court

A food court is generally an indoor plaza or common area within a facility that is contiguous with the counters of multiple food vendors and provides a common area for self-serve dining. Food courts may be found in shopping malls and airports, and in various regions may be a standalone development...

. Anchor stores include Parkson

Parkson

Parkson is a popular department store company in Malaysia which offers items at a medium rate. Parkson was established in 1987 as one of the largest retail chains in Malaysia at that time...

, Singaporean departmental store Tangs

Tangs

Tangs is a company that specialises in the retail market, selling goods to customers. It is based in Singapore, and owns Singapore's oldest store which has become an icon of the Singapore retail market...

, Mercato d'Marketplace, Golden Screen Cinemas

Golden Screen Cinemas

Golden Screen Cinemas is the largest chain of cinemas in Malaysia. The biggest cinema is located at Mid Valley Megamall. It houses 18 screen cinemas and has 2899 seats which is the largest in Malaysia.- History :...

 and Harvey Norman

Harvey Norman

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Accessibility

This shopping mall is accessible by several railway lines that run through the city centre.

Kuala Lumpur Monorail

Kuala Lumpur Monorail

The KL Monorail is an urban monorail system in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It opened on 31 August 2003, and serves 11 stations running with two parallel elevated tracks. It connects the Kuala Lumpur Sentral transport hub with the "Golden Triangle"...

• Pavilion Kuala Lumpur is located in close proximity to the Bukit Bintang Monorail station
  Bukit Bintang Monorail station
  Bukit Bintang Monorail station is a Malaysian elevated monorail train station that serves as a part of the Kuala Lumpur Monorail , located in Kuala Lumpur and opened alongside the rest of the train service on August 31, 2003.-Location:...
  
   and also Raja Chulan Monorail station
  Raja Chulan Monorail station
  Raja Chulan Monorail station is a Malaysian elevated monorail train station that serves as a part of the Kuala Lumpur Monorail , located in Kuala Lumpur and opened alongside the rest of the train service on August 31, 2003....
  
  .

Ampang Line

Ampang Line

The Ampang Line is one of the two lines in Kuala Lumpur Rail Transit System network operated by RapidKL Rail network. The other rail network is the Kelana Jaya Line....

• While the Ampang Line does not ply the Bukit Bintang area, interchanges to the Kuala Lumpur Monorail can be made at:
  • Hang Tuah station
    Hang Tuah station
    Hang Tuah station is a designated interchange station in the Pudu district of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, consisting of two stations that are part of two different railway-based transit systems: The Ampang Line and the Kuala Lumpur Monorail.Located on the northwestern tip of Pudu, the station is in...
    
    
  • Titiwangsa station
    Titiwangsa station
    Titiwangsa station refers to is an interchange of two train stations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia that provides services to the Ampang Line rapid transit system at one station, and the KL Monorail at another...
    
    
• interchanges to the Kelana Jaya Line can be made at:
  • Masjid Jamek station

Kelana Jaya Line

Kelana Jaya Line

The Kelana Jaya Line is a medium-capacity rail transport system and one of the three rail transit lines in the Kuala Lumpur Rail Transit System operated by RapidKL Rail network...

• While the Kelana Jaya Line does not ply the Bukit Bintang area, interchanges to the Kuala Lumpur Monorail can be made at:
  • Dang Wangi LRT station
    Dang Wangi LRT station
    Dang Wangi LRT station is an underground rapid transit station, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, part of the Kelana Jaya Line . The station was opened on June 1, 1999, as part of the line's second and latest extension, which includes the addition of 12 stations , and an underground line that the Dang...
    
    
  • Kuala Lumpur Sentral railway station

KTM Komuter

KTM Komuter

KTM Komuter is a commuter train service in Malaysia operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu . It was introduced in 1995 to provide local rail services in Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding Klang Valley suburban areas. It is popular with commuters into the city, who thus avoid being caught in road traffic...

• While the KTM Komuter does not ply the Bukit Bintang area, interchanges to the Kuala Lumpur Monorail can be made at:
  • Kuala Lumpur Sentral railway station

External links

• Official site

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