Big tips here for moviegoers that live nearby with a budget, watch your movie here, because the tgv cinema here want to survive, the tickets are usually much cheaper here compared to tgv cheras selatan and tgv the mines. Venom last dance is just around the corner, i always watch movie in the morning here because it's just RM9. more importantly this cinema is still in very good condition, big screen, and big seat.
I live nearby but only go to this cinema if the movie i want to watch isn't available in GSC Ekocheras and closed down GSC Leisuremall. The escalator and elevator connecting to the upstair carpark is always broken every time i went so have to exercise climbing 5 floors of elevator stairs. Cinema surprisingly still maintained quite well.
Chester, this deadmall can be revive if the management manage to pursue Govt to open one Urban Transformation Centre (UTC) here, with the mall connected to MRT, it might just bring the crowd back here. Try imagine, a centre to serve the southern KL, particularly Batu 9, Mahkota, Kajang etc. why not ? business owner might also start to come in knowing that there will be new customers everyday.
Shopping Malls are losing their attractiveness due to the younger generations are buying more goods on-line as they are much cheaper compared to the retail outlet prices. I think its high time Mall management lowered their car park charges and retail lots rental so business can sell goods at a more competitive lower pricing. Apart from that let the Malls organized more family outing programs to attract more people going to the mall. Give them a good reason for wanting to come back and enjoyed the shopping and fun leisure times at the mall. Maybe free easy parking access with good food courts serving a variety of dishes served by owner themselves managing the food store. Plenty of fun activities at the weekend encouraging crowd participations. Lastly, make sure the W.C areas are well maintained and customers leave with a nice smile after doing their business.
even stalls on the roadside sells things with same price as in the malls.. unbelievable. and some with lower quality. why is it like that. at least if in restaurants or malls, we got aircond and comfortable tables chairs to sit
Very true. Mostly goods or items at shopping complexes are expensive. At current situation the spending power is not there anymore. With Ringgit value depreciates, imported items or products or even raw materials to make such products incl the process for making them are expensive already.
I was there in 1995 under the name of Plaza Phoenix during CNY festival .......ya , it was one of the best mall in KL city those days. I went there once and never revisited the mall ever since as I am from Subang Jaya.
I was there in the late 90s when Isetan was the anchor tenant. Sad to see many malls are dying. Govt need to halt the approval for the building malls in Klang valley. Just too many around with similar stuffs and brands not as creative as compared to Bangkok. With the online shopping trend surging, less and less ppl going to purchase at the mall....more like window shopping and having their meals. More malls are expected to close in a near future. Look at Tropicana selling off it's Tropicana Garden, a dead DStrand Mall, 3Damansara, One City, Summit, Desa Kepong,etc etc especially those with diff individual owners.
😮 So sad to see the once vibrant Phoenix Plaza has deteriorated to this Ghost Mall state ... Now this Cheras Sentral Mall needed to hire new building planners & designers to revitalize it with better exterior & interior design & layout , with easier to find & user-friendly carparks & connect it with the MRT Station with sign boards to direct foot-traffic to this Mall. Must informed all the tenants of the new plans & to ask top supermarkets , foodcourts , pharmacies , electronic retailers , mobile kioks & banks to open shops here to draw in the crowds! Thank You So Much Chester for the many Ghost Malls around KL videos that brought back so many old memories & the golden years of these once popular malls! 🙏🌷🌿🌏✌💜🕊🇲🇾🇸🇬
Thanks for the video. I only go to Cheras Sentral to park my car to MRT. I've hardly ever strolled around the mall after the lockdown. Okay so Plaza Phoenix and Cheras Sentral is like 2 different lives with pretty much the same ending. I remember during the golden (probably more like silver during my time) days of Plaza Phoenix had Fajar Hyper, Toys R US, fast food chains like Pizza Hut, and KFC (some people even reported there was even Isetan there), game arcades and audio/video stores, making the mall a good getaway for families during weekends or weeknights. The only competing mall was the much recent and fancier Leisure Mall. It started go downhill when the Fajar Hyper hypermarket closed down in the early 2000s, after that subsequently all tenants there were closed and only left Proton car dealership (where the Silka Hotel lobby located today) and a furniture store. Living nearby, I always passed through the Cheras-Kajang highway when back from school, sad to see the mall was like this. Then some time in early 2010s, news went around that the mall will start to go through a major refurbishment to become the now Cheras Sentral, with a cineplex, a hotel, and MRT station to be built directly in front of the mall (not linked, yet). Very cool, I thought. Cheras Sentral completed refurbishment, and opened around 2014. Anchors were Jaya Grocer at the basement, TGV Cinemas at level 9, UNIQLO, F.O.S., TBM, Celebrity FItness, and Moon Palace Restaurant. Notable tenants were Starbucks Coffee, niichii, Mac Studio(?), OldTown, Kenny Rogers Roasters, Subway, Caring Pharmacy, Boost Juice, Arnold Palmer, G2000, MPH, The Blues, and more. It was very lively. But it was kind of strangely short-lived. It was 2017. MRT Kajang is fully opened. Tenants in the upper floors are closing down. Jaya Grocer now changed to Hero Market. Liveliness of the mall is now only limited to basement up until the 1st floor only. The direct link to MRT Kajang was actually built much later after it's opened to public, like an afterthought. Fast forward few years, like 2018 or 2019, EKO Cheras opened nearby, just opposite of Leisure Mall. UNIQLO closed down. Most notable tenants mentioned earlier also closed down. Left only Starbucks Coffee. MR DIY newly opened in the basement to 'teman' Hero Market. And then 2020, COVID19 and lockdowns. Since then, the newly-opened MR DIY closed after 1-2 years(?), Hero Market becomes SKM Market (haven't been there since then). F.O.S. closed, The Blues closed. Fast forward today, recently the TBM had their last sale and moved to Taman Connaught (maybe CMC?), Starbucks becomes Celebrity Coffee & Cafe, a private school Kensington is opened there, gymnastics class on the ground floor, TGV Cinemas surprisingly still alive (people always go there for Indian movies, apparently), furniture stores taking up the ground floor too (like in your video), and Greenleaf Mart. Is Silka Hotel even alive anymore? There are some questionable tenants like jewellery store? Like, in this dying mall? And yeah that's it.
I used to buy a pair of 'Guess' sneakers here in the 90s. I think the problem is entrance to the mall is rather confusing due to the highway and many smaller roads circling the the building. People can see the mall clearly from the highway, they just dont know how to enter.
The only thing holding this place up is the TGV cinema. It never gets crowded there and my first choice to go for movies. The upper floor parking lots have been rented out to a used car company. They should probably renovate the whole place to accomodate more parking for MRT and used car sales.
Majority of the malls are quite dead. Too many malls in the klang valley. Most people don't visit malls now. Govt have already warn developers not to build malls many years back because there are too many malls.
@@francisboulangere7628 well it says here the govt have already warn developers, just not making sense. Anyways, any mall that becomes empty is mostly announced dead mall in Malaysia.
This mall is very unfortunate although on opening in 1995 and its reopening in 2014, there are many respectable tenants. In 1995, there's Malaysia's 2nd Isetan and there is a Toy R'Us too. Then there's also KFC, Pizza Hut amd MPH. There's even a 2-hall cineplex there. There are also plans to open a rooftop themepark but it failed. It went downhill from there esp after Fajar Hypermarket closed and the only tenant left is a Proton showroom at where the current Silka Hotel lobby is. When they reopened in 2014, they managed to pull in Uniqlo, Guardian, WongKok, Jaya Grocer, Subway, TGV, TBM Electrical, Celebrity Fitness, Old Town, Starbucks....just to name a few. Then slowly it dying.......and today it is what you filmed. Luckily Silka Hotel managed to take about 40% of the mall space else it would be even larger.
@@szehoong, yes. After so many changes, i think everyone should know the answer that is not going to be any changes because of the permanent surroundings. SMiLE 😃
The deadest mall in KL is Metromall adjoining the Chan Sow Lin Station. It is completely 100% dead, yet still open. There are shops on ground floor facing outside are open. These are mostly convenience and barber shops. The interior is 100% dead. Rents are as low as RM2 psf. It's weird to visit this place.
@@envitech02 True for Metro mall. I even suggested to Chester to do a video on this. This mall is directly linked to Chan Sow Lin lrt. Its meant to be indoor pasar malam concept but the idea did not take off.
I was there formerly known as Phoenix Plaza in 1996. It was a jolly shopping complex at that time. It was the largest mall in cheras. To revive the shopping mall, the management has to be very creative and daring to take risk,
Last visit is in 2016. Still remember visiting TBM at the top floor and the crowded supermarket. Right now, from the outside its looks dead. But inside look worse than i expected. Such sad situation as i have good memories here
Problem is on the layout. Shoppers unable to circle around the floors and have to turn back to proceed to other stores on the same floor during 2014-2018. Difficult access to parking floors. Used to be a regular customer of the old Jaya Grocer. Thought that the MRT opening would help Cheras Sentral Mall, but the opposite happened.
Thanks for sharing. I’ve been living in that area for nearly 30 yrs and I was there during the first day of opening. It is sad to see a mall with numerous geographic advantages end up like this. ( surrounding by more than 30 Tamans but still failed to get the traffic of visitor .. what a disgrace) Some people said is because of Feng Sui. Lmao. Here’s my observation for past 30yrs on this mall.. the failure due to 1. mgmt 2. Parking lot - poorly design (causing massive bottleneck during peak period - Eg:CNY)
Really dont understand Cheras Leisure is still surviving when this mall is just nearby. The location of the mall is a issue. Secluded at the corner of nowhere and just right beside the highway, the building itself look so unwelcoming. I don't like the design of the building. I remember you need to circle around just to get to the car park. From outside, the building look like a old fashion 80s 90s building. Resources wasted. Every corner of the building is dark and the ceiling is so low.
Can try to visit pavilion damansara mall😂 I think Almost around 60% shops open but possibly will not be crowded on night weekdays. Oh ya the empty crowded place is at DC mall on weekend. Coz most of the time they open on working day only. U can go both mall to explore
When i first came to this mall , it really reminds me of one stop midlands park centre, Penang . The flow and the designs of this mall is almost similar . I don’t really like the flow and designs of the mall . You have to walk the entire floor just to get to one place. Definitely outdated & this is why nobody does that concept anymore. Even that mall in penang had the same fate as cheras mall.
I think around the year of 95-96.. I used to work at pizza hut in this mall after my college hours, racing Daytona in the arcade with my fellow housemates and always the place to go for CD games and VCD. This video brings back old memories I still remember during my days living in Cheras Tmn Len Seng.
Back in the days, this mall was known as Plaza Pheonix. About the "ghost" part, yes, it appeared in a malay lamguage youtube Channel Top 5 Malaysia, where this mall was mentioned of spooky encounter.
Wow, what a big difference 5 years make (last I came was end of 2019), during that time there was still Uniqlo @ the ground floor, oldtown white coffee & subway @ LG and a handful of retails scattered throughout each floor.. moved out from Cheras area since the pandemic and never returned, though such a shame to see none of these outlets survived.. :(
Been here in the 90s...Plaza Pheonix. Started dying when the traffic lights in front of the mall was terminated resulting in cars from kl or pj cannot easily access. Downhill all the way after that. Did have a short-lived comeback but the weird design of the escalators was a real put off. It was so difficult to move between floors. Now with online shopping and the new Eko Cheras near by this ghost mall should just be redeveloped into condominiums. Near to mrt can sell with crazy price 😂
I use to park my car here. Completely dead except for the people who park there for the MRT. Dont know why its dead, because literally next Mrt station is taman mutiara which has ekocheras and leisure mall. Last time i went, leisure mall still doing good. I guess because the malls are too near with each other? Back then around 2019 before covid, i use to go to the basement floor. There are literally only 2 shop there which is mr diy and subway. And near the back entrance is Guardian. I love going to that Guardian because there is a lot of cosmetics to choose from that other guardians would already sold out. I also went to the TGV upstairs and theres less than 10 people watching. But now as a woman, i somehow dont feel safe anymore going to this kind of deserted mall 😄
Plaza Phoenix... so sedih 😢 I worked part time at MPH bookstore there during uni days. I could not last long because of the distance between Bangi and Cheras. Sweet memories.
I came in late 2021 to see after invited to see a traditional Chinese reflexologist there. Already most of the stores were empty. I could just park at any lot outside the mall without paying. The reflexologist asked why I wasn't working that day. I had to remind him it was a Sunday. That's how dead the place was. I also visited the place when it was Phoenix Plaza in the early 2000s. Also dying at the time. Do a video on the Strand in Kota Damansara. That's another mall that's fallen to the wayside.
This mall was developed by the Huang Family from Kuching. They financed the Mall by selling most of the upper floors during the era when owning a retail lot is considered good investment. At that era Sungei Wang was flourishing and strata retail lot is a new class of property investment along with flated factory. The rest is history when the management do not have full control of the Mall.
this mall used to be one of the largest mall in Malaysia when it open (i believed 2+ to 30 yrs bck)....when it open Isetan is one of the anchor tenant (2nd Isetan after Lot 10) located inside the mall when it used to be known as Phoenix Plaza 7 to 8 yrs back I used to worked under Cheras Sentral mall, during tht time is not tht bad shape & u had tenant like Uniqlo, TGV, Starbucks , TBM & Grocery mall n Moon Space restaurant .... Majority of the spaces now is owned by a Property Developer which had brought majority of the space over but still U had some smaller lots which is still individual owned ... at one stage the single largest owner do want to demolish the mall to make way fr residential usage is sad to see the current stage now ...
Thanks. I am a Singaporean when I am young I always go holiday plaza and another newer mall shopping like buy VCD game etc those days JB is a must go every weekend. Very sad after watching your video JB got so many malls most turn out to be ghost town 😢😢😢… Singaporean like shopping especially JB shopping. Before Covid I also like to go sutra mall via 2nd causeway Tuas nice mall .. thanks for the great video I will Continue watch more of your video
Wah...still not knocked down yet like Stadium Shah Alam. There is a reason why Speedmart and KK mart are doing well. People want convenience. And they dont like jams.
The issue with this mall is that most of the units are privately owned so there is no way the mall can be revived by the mangement like other malls. The management cannot control most of the retail units since they are not the owner. The other issue is with the circulation of this mall which is not very appealing.
If I recall, this mall's retail lots are individual title, it is hard to get those owners who has moved on to re-rent or transfer ownership so the mall want to fix rejuvenate also cannot
A friend who ran an outlet there in its Pheonix Mall days went bankrupt. The feng shui was out and at that time the developer was Metroplex and a daughter of the owner was in charge. They called her the dragon lady as she was very proud, arrogant and looked down on others. Many tenants had issues with her. Another friend ran Toysrus and told me the same thing. This place was damned from the get go. I lived in Cheras all my life, I'm almost 70 now so I know the area well
My third months in KL visiting surprisingly old Malls look similar almost every old malls. If not mistaken my last visit at this mall was during 100 Yen or Daiso since the late ninety. From Taman Desa Old Klang Road.
Went there around 2018 to watch movie. I’d argue the cinema is the only good thing there. Even back then there weren’t many shops open, fnb choices was very limited. Although there is Mrt now, most people still drive when they go to mall, this is where I think is lacking. The turn to access the mall is not very friendly la iirc. If you miss it you’ll need to go further to turn back, and just near the u turn further down the road is ekocheras mall and leisure mall, which is more happening.
Thanks for sharing. Your videos are slowing gaining traction as I mentioned earlier. Your subcriptions will grow eventually. Please keep up the good work. If you run out of dead mall content, you can always continue sharing videos like the dead residential area or town, restaurants or businesses, hotel etc. I am interested to know the dead or true side of Malaysia economy. Thanks again.
Thank you for the encouragement. Those other topics are in my planning too. Since I do this on my spare time alone, it will take some time before I run out of dead malls in Malaysia.. LOL
Wow Phoenix Plaza! Last went there by bus from Lebuh Ampang back in 1995/96 to buy some discounted music album cassette. Remember having to cross the busy road as they were no bridge the last time.
The mall became my favorite almost 20 years ago (when I still living in Kuala Lumpur) and at that time, this mall was busy and always visited by people. There are restaurants in the mall and I like the nyonya restaurant. There are many boutiques in it. I was very surprised to see this video. The mall looked quiet and different from 20 years ago when I was in Kuala Lumpur. Now, I'm back to my hometown - Penang.
nv heard of this mall ever...quiet well kept n looks ol skool presentable!a bit like a typical singaporean mall...ghost ah?everywhere also got ghost la...incl pavillion n klcc...
the last time I went to this mall when it was still Plaza Phoenix. after that, never been to this mall yet. Sad to see this mall is dying. KL has too many malls. Hope this mall could be demolished and the land repurposed for something else
Hi Chester. If you have'nt made a video about 1 Shamelin mall, could you do it? I want to hear your thoughts and opinion regarding that mall. Thank you.
It's such a Beautifully Renovated Mall !! It's sad that it has come to this Dormant Non Active State !!! I went there for a wedding held in one hall next to the Theater five Years ago !! Sad sad state !!!
The problem with this guy is the awkward location, it is not accessible unless by car / MRT from Taman counnaught nor maxim nor from Taman mutiara area nor from alam damai either. You can’t walk shit from those places compared to eko Cheras and leisure mall. On the other hand, if you arrive by MRT….where else u can go once u are done? You can’t walk safely anywhere to the other places. Not without crossing highways. The only reason why I would come here is only if the attractive tenants were here and of course TGV. If they want to salvage what is left of Cheras sentral, they can repurpose as badminton courts and sports like you said. This is the best choice as the location rarely matters for this kind of business. But strata is gonna be an issue halfway too.
If want to revive this mall, need to revive the shop lot outside as well. Actually this mall can be marketed properly if required, but can't make good money. If you want to make good money, this will be hard.
I really think it's due the location..! it's a hassle to go there by driving a big round to reach it.. Parking wise is also another problem.. As suggested above.. I really think any kinda government agencies office.. ie, UTC, POS Malaysia, JPJ, Immigration office and so on would revives the mall.. also online shopping hub too..! tx for the vid..
Most malls looks abandoned because our malls sells stuffs from china. Now with online shopping, china sells directly to customers. So the middleman segment gets cut, stuffs becomes much cheaper, considering times of inflation n lower purchase power as well. The retail relevance globally has been replaced by logistics too. It will continue that way, so malls has to makes necessary changes to reflect times. Maybe the mall management can try creating a center of unique attraction for their mall. Indoor games, open theatre etc then rent the outlets to smaller ones with same theme, fnbs, gifts and handcraft shops.
Best quiet cinema in KL - most times get whole hall to yourself. Reason mall died (I heard) is tenants were allowed to buy their lots outright so there was zero co-ordination and planning for retail layout. It's a group of individual lots rather than a mall run retail complex
In the 90s there used to be isetan, Toys r us, Pizza hut but one by one moved out. It used to be called Plaza Phoenix. Used to take my kids to play at the arcade. Competing mall is Leisure Mall not far from here. Many horror stories lah but dont know if they are true. Last time came here few years ago to the Cinema to watch Crazy Rich Asians. Lol!
Ah.....im 35....i used to come here with parents during my younger days....like my entire childhood before 8 years old...i used to come here often.....
In Malaysia, successful business is always killed by the government. If no one knows anything about the mall, that means the management of it does not dare to talk about it. . I love this mall. It was known as Phoenix Plaza then. The supermarket in its ground floor was hyper then. Though there is an MRT station in this mall, but the main road was killed by the government. One is not able to go to the Plaza anymore from the main route.
Plaza Phoenix. Last visited when doing my matriculation back in 2001. We don't bother going there because Leisure Mall was nearby and a lot more attractive.
I remember the ramp to go to the upper levels car park was too steep. But it was during my childhood while riding a manual car, so my perspective might be warped
It has been refurbished 1-2 years ago for Kensington international school. had seen some students there. And lower ground floor has been used to offer gymnastics classes
7:51 to add to my earlier comment, maybe it doesn't really matter that there's MRT connection or other public transport or closeness to major highway. People have to want something to buy. My opinion: lazada and shopee already killed retail. Multi-storey malls are on the way out. Maybe failing Multi-storey malls should be torn down and replaced with single storey strip malls.
Masa kecil dulu tahun 95-96 selalu gi KFC dgn Toys"R"Us kat sini. Naik bas mini or Intrakota je. Tapi bila dah sekolah menengah dah pandai pergi Sg. Wang, tak datang sini dah.
Imo..doesnt matter what connected to the mall..if its empty no one would come..and central management is ok..they can control everything much more better..i think someone suggest to open UTC..which is a very good idea as the mall is connected to MRT station
I was here for the first time many years ago when it was still Plaza Phoenix. Very lively mall, almost full occupancy. Second time in 2019, about 40% occupancy. I had coffee at Starbucks located near entrance. Third time was in April last year, 10% occupancy. Starbucks already closed and replaced by a pub. TBM was still open and few cafes scattered here and there (7:05 green furniture at Level 1 and 7:30 orange chair at Level G). I went to watch movie at TGV cinemas at Level 9. Super cheap ticket so I told them to shut up and just take my money hahahaha. My suggestion for your next ghost haunted malls would be The Strand 👻
Previous name was Phoenix plaza..notorious for parking and location. Next was the management..looks grand, but emptiness...literally emptiness. Free parking policy can save the business. Try market research on the Lotus...doing successful.
i was working there back in 2015-2019, when the mall start rebrand and reopening in 2013 from plaza phoenix era,2013-2016 was a good year. the reason why the mall start to decline is because of velocity/mytown opening somewhen in 2016,and it start getting worst when eko cheras start to open ..
I grew up in cheras and frequently going there when phoenix plaza was opened and flourishing, sad to see it was mismanaged till current state. Obviously the tenant guy in the mall can do better things like sharing of info or get featured rather than confronted you Lol, that says a bit about his mindset. Not sure why some mall managements disallow video shooting, are they not confident of people giving honest opinions? Or are there laws that i didn’t know of? If they are good enough then can be open minded no problem
Visitors going Cheras Sentral by MRT is close to impossible. They rather ride another 12 mins to TRX or 13 mins to Pavillion. Hence shopping concept is close to non revival situation..for time being.
Even the TBM electronic store is dead huh. The last time I was there, it was one of the last store still surviving alongside with a Guardian store and TGV cinema if i remember correctly. The upstairs parking is quite confusing. The escalator and elevator connecting to the car park is always broken most of the time so had to walk up and down.
Used to stay at the neighbouring hotel few for the convenience connection of this mall. But since the hotel temporary closure during pandemic, this mall is more dead.
I read an article by Al Jazeera few months ago that Malaysia has 1000 malls. They keep building new ones even though people are migrating towards online shopping. Oh btw, this mall is often frequented by gay men who can't host but want some fun time. At least that's what I was told by my friend. It's deserted and very quiet.
I used to frequent Quill City Mall last year because my office is nearby. At first I thought that mall is so dead but this mall is even worse than Quill City Mall. At Quill there’s NSK and lots of eateries at LG and G.
It’s shocking to me that it’s this state! 😱 Ive heard it was bad but didn’t know it was this bad! The last time I visited was probably at least 6-7 years ago… back then there was still the grocery shop, Starbucks, Uniqlo, Mr diy etc…… call me superstitious but really bad fengshui la this place… when I was a kid I did go to phoenix mall before I remember my mum brought me there for the arcade thing… then later there were rumors of it being haunted so we stopped visiting 😅
Last year, got Anime/Hobbies Event/Gig here. Quite a crowd came in. So, to be fair... certain event can attract traffic (mostly teenagers). To be honest... I think the downfall is because of confusing highway nearby. They just went passed it or had to make unnecessary U-Turn
the ghost story is not baseless. visitors and previous tenants have seen things in the past. in fact, if you go to 3:08 that shows the vacant lot with the pillar, pause at the frame, turn off your screen, and you will clearly see a reflection of a scary figure
I think the last time I went was it was refurbished with jaya grocer or village grocer, what a piece of wasted land with fail mall and office lots :X parking is very bad planned as well. When I first came to KL, I stay in Taman Segar, I visited this mall in 1998, bought some groceries at Fajar before, but that time already half dead, after the traffic light infront of the mall removed, it was deep dive to dead :X
Phoenix Plaza… i think many do not know this original name d… Last time i came here was before covid…. Back then hasbro was doing warehouse sales. But it was also empty lk this. No diff.
They destroyed the Feng Shui after the renovation...and the addition of flyover highway next to it further killed the Feng Shui.....sir please check out this Desa Complex in Kepong too...same fate....the flyover killed the feng shui
While on the subject of furniture retailers, I'm in the middle moving into a new apartment. I'd just been in an Ikea recently looking at things like closets, tv benches, office tables, and still I find myself checking out furniture on Lazada 😂 Maybe it depends on what the consumer is looking for, but imagine if more furniture buyers think like me 😅 I'm not worried about Ikea's future. There will always be sucker customers for that store. 😇
I remember now , in its heyday the place was bustling with activity ( in 90' of course) remember going there with friends after Leisure Mall , back then whatever mall opened people would flocked albeit in a remote place like this, nowadays people are more sensible only going to the mall that close to their house or just hypermarket that's all
Big tips here for moviegoers that live nearby with a budget, watch your movie here, because the tgv cinema here want to survive, the tickets are usually much cheaper here compared to tgv cheras selatan and tgv the mines. Venom last dance is just around the corner, i always watch movie in the morning here because it's just RM9. more importantly this cinema is still in very good condition, big screen, and big seat.
RM9 is cheap for today's standard. Feels like the rate back in to 2000s
I live nearby but only go to this cinema if the movie i want to watch isn't available in GSC Ekocheras and closed down GSC Leisuremall. The escalator and elevator connecting to the upstair carpark is always broken every time i went so have to exercise climbing 5 floors of elevator stairs. Cinema surprisingly still maintained quite well.
Last I went there, was in 2018..watched movie.
Even with a MRT station connected and no big mall near by , this mall is not running . Currently it is a ghost building.
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Change this to UTC or all-in sports centre that have gym/swimming/badminton/tennis/climbing etc. KL needs more of this.
Chester, this deadmall can be revive if the management manage to pursue Govt to open one Urban Transformation Centre (UTC) here, with the mall connected to MRT, it might just bring the crowd back here. Try imagine, a centre to serve the southern KL, particularly Batu 9, Mahkota, Kajang etc. why not ? business owner might also start to come in knowing that there will be new customers everyday.
Good idea. I dont need to travel to Pudu Raya or Kajang for UTC anymore.
Totaly agreed
See..u all miss bossque rite...
@@zambroata Nope. I just want convenience.
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Shopping Malls are losing their attractiveness due to the younger generations are buying more goods on-line as they are much cheaper compared to the retail outlet prices. I think its high time Mall management lowered their car park charges and retail lots rental so business can sell goods at a more competitive lower pricing. Apart from that let the Malls organized more family outing programs to attract more people going to the mall. Give them a good reason for wanting to come back and enjoyed the shopping and fun leisure times at the mall. Maybe free easy parking access with good food courts serving a variety of dishes served by owner themselves managing the food store. Plenty of fun activities at the weekend encouraging crowd participations. Lastly, make sure the W.C areas are well maintained and customers leave with a nice smile after doing their business.
Last time in 1995...no parking charges. Mall building owner start greedy when more patrons come to the mall and charge parking bays. 😂
@@nirfan2020 Then Leisure Mall open, everyone went there and Plaza Phoenix slowly died.
even stalls on the roadside sells things with same price as in the malls.. unbelievable. and some with lower quality. why is it like that. at least if in restaurants or malls, we got aircond and comfortable tables chairs to sit
Very true. Mostly goods or items at shopping complexes are expensive. At current situation the spending power is not there anymore. With Ringgit value depreciates, imported items or products or even raw materials to make such products incl the process for making them are expensive already.
Too many shopping malls.
I was there in 1995 under the name of Plaza Phoenix during CNY festival .......ya , it was one of the best mall in KL city those days. I went there once and never revisited the mall ever since as I am from Subang Jaya.
tat time except leisure mall, phoenix consider big mall
I was there in the late 90s when Isetan was the anchor tenant. Sad to see many malls are dying. Govt need to halt the approval for the building malls in Klang valley. Just too many around with similar stuffs and brands not as creative as compared to Bangkok. With the online shopping trend surging, less and less ppl going to purchase at the mall....more like window shopping and having their meals. More malls are expected to close in a near future. Look at Tropicana selling off it's Tropicana Garden, a dead DStrand Mall, 3Damansara, One City, Summit, Desa Kepong,etc etc especially those with diff individual owners.
😮 So sad to see the once vibrant Phoenix Plaza has deteriorated to this Ghost Mall state ... Now this Cheras Sentral Mall needed to hire new building planners & designers to revitalize it with better exterior & interior design & layout , with easier to find & user-friendly carparks & connect it with the MRT Station with sign boards to direct foot-traffic to this Mall. Must informed all the tenants of the new plans & to ask top supermarkets , foodcourts , pharmacies , electronic retailers , mobile kioks & banks to open shops here to draw in the crowds! Thank You So Much Chester for the many Ghost Malls around KL videos that brought back so many old memories & the golden years of these once popular malls! 🙏🌷🌿🌏✌💜🕊🇲🇾🇸🇬
Too many malls. Cheras Leisure mall etc... All within close distances of each other.
@@francisboulangere7628Agreed. No amount of renovations would pull in the crowds.
Thanks for the video.
I only go to Cheras Sentral to park my car to MRT. I've hardly ever strolled around the mall after the lockdown.
Okay so Plaza Phoenix and Cheras Sentral is like 2 different lives with pretty much the same ending.
I remember during the golden (probably more like silver during my time) days of Plaza Phoenix had Fajar Hyper, Toys R US, fast food chains like Pizza Hut, and KFC (some people even reported there was even Isetan there), game arcades and audio/video stores, making the mall a good getaway for families during weekends or weeknights. The only competing mall was the much recent and fancier Leisure Mall. It started go downhill when the Fajar Hyper hypermarket closed down in the early 2000s, after that subsequently all tenants there were closed and only left Proton car dealership (where the Silka Hotel lobby located today) and a furniture store.
Living nearby, I always passed through the Cheras-Kajang highway when back from school, sad to see the mall was like this.
Then some time in early 2010s, news went around that the mall will start to go through a major refurbishment to become the now Cheras Sentral, with a cineplex, a hotel, and MRT station to be built directly in front of the mall (not linked, yet). Very cool, I thought.
Cheras Sentral completed refurbishment, and opened around 2014. Anchors were Jaya Grocer at the basement, TGV Cinemas at level 9, UNIQLO, F.O.S., TBM, Celebrity FItness, and Moon Palace Restaurant. Notable tenants were Starbucks Coffee, niichii, Mac Studio(?), OldTown, Kenny Rogers Roasters, Subway, Caring Pharmacy, Boost Juice, Arnold Palmer, G2000, MPH, The Blues, and more. It was very lively.
But it was kind of strangely short-lived.
It was 2017. MRT Kajang is fully opened. Tenants in the upper floors are closing down. Jaya Grocer now changed to Hero Market. Liveliness of the mall is now only limited to basement up until the 1st floor only.
The direct link to MRT Kajang was actually built much later after it's opened to public, like an afterthought.
Fast forward few years, like 2018 or 2019, EKO Cheras opened nearby, just opposite of Leisure Mall.
UNIQLO closed down. Most notable tenants mentioned earlier also closed down. Left only Starbucks Coffee. MR DIY newly opened in the basement to 'teman' Hero Market.
And then 2020, COVID19 and lockdowns.
Since then, the newly-opened MR DIY closed after 1-2 years(?), Hero Market becomes SKM Market (haven't been there since then). F.O.S. closed, The Blues closed.
Fast forward today, recently the TBM had their last sale and moved to Taman Connaught (maybe CMC?), Starbucks becomes Celebrity Coffee & Cafe, a private school Kensington is opened there, gymnastics class on the ground floor, TGV Cinemas surprisingly still alive (people always go there for Indian movies, apparently), furniture stores taking up the ground floor too (like in your video), and Greenleaf Mart.
Is Silka Hotel even alive anymore?
There are some questionable tenants like jewellery store? Like, in this dying mall?
And yeah that's it.
Considered not bad la, at least you can see amoii dancing for tiktok videos 😂
7:33 too bad, amoy got bf
I used to buy a pair of 'Guess' sneakers here in the 90s. I think the problem is entrance to the mall is rather confusing due to the highway and many smaller roads circling the the building. People can see the mall clearly from the highway, they just dont know how to enter.
The only thing holding this place up is the TGV cinema. It never gets crowded there and my first choice to go for movies. The upper floor parking lots have been rented out to a used car company. They should probably renovate the whole place to accomodate more parking for MRT and used car sales.
Yall lying saying Cinema is there!!????
@@Reppo80085dude it's there. Do yourself a favour, Google: TGV Cheras Sentral.
@@Reppo80085 its still there surprisingly
Majority of the malls are quite dead. Too many malls in the klang valley. Most people don't visit malls now. Govt have already warn developers not to build malls many years back because there are too many malls.
Govt is the one approving all these stewpid development
Ironically, it is the gov that approve the projects.
Exactly. It killed the mall culture & attraction. Saturated.
@@winvestman9745Ironically, it's the lobbyists that lobbied the projects.
@@francisboulangere7628 well it says here the govt have already warn developers, just not making sense. Anyways, any mall that becomes empty is mostly announced dead mall in Malaysia.
This mall is very unfortunate although on opening in 1995 and its reopening in 2014, there are many respectable tenants.
In 1995, there's Malaysia's 2nd Isetan and there is a Toy R'Us too. Then there's also KFC, Pizza Hut amd MPH. There's even a 2-hall cineplex there. There are also plans to open a rooftop themepark but it failed.
It went downhill from there esp after Fajar Hypermarket closed and the only tenant left is a Proton showroom at where the current Silka Hotel lobby is.
When they reopened in 2014, they managed to pull in Uniqlo, Guardian, WongKok, Jaya Grocer, Subway, TGV, TBM Electrical, Celebrity Fitness, Old Town, Starbucks....just to name a few.
Then slowly it dying.......and today it is what you filmed. Luckily Silka Hotel managed to take about 40% of the mall space else it would be even larger.
The hotel is still around? I thought it was closed?
@@PhilipEdwardCLTan It was closed after serving as a quarantine center during the PKP days. Then it reopened I think last year or so.
@@szehoong, yes. After so many changes, i think everyone should know the answer that is not going to be any changes because of the permanent surroundings. SMiLE 😃
The deadest mall in KL is Metromall adjoining the Chan Sow Lin Station. It is completely 100% dead, yet still open. There are shops on ground floor facing outside are open. These are mostly convenience and barber shops. The interior is 100% dead. Rents are as low as RM2 psf. It's weird to visit this place.
@@envitech02 True for Metro mall. I even suggested to Chester to do a video on this. This mall is directly linked to Chan Sow Lin lrt. Its meant to be indoor pasar malam concept but the idea did not take off.
Ada hotel Ibis dekat situ.. masih beroperasi ke
Is this near that Vivo Mall?
@@AwokFit I think Days Inn operates a hotel there.
@@goodputin4324 yes
subscribed.... keep on exploring bro, from Lalaport episode until this one here, this type of revelation is a new kind of entertainment now
Thanks for the subs. Will continue to bring more videos like this
No more 1mdb, no more malls la... TRX is the new flagship & Bukit Jalil Pavilion
I was there formerly known as Phoenix Plaza in 1996. It was a jolly shopping complex at that time. It was the largest mall in cheras. To revive the shopping mall, the management has to be very creative and daring to take risk,
Even during it's Plaza Phoenix era, the mall were dead... No volume.
I think the millions spent to refurbish the mall is taking a daring risk already by the investors.
Last visit is in 2016. Still remember visiting TBM at the top floor and the crowded supermarket. Right now, from the outside its looks dead. But inside look worse than i expected. Such sad situation as i have good memories here
funfact TBM was there and closed just 2 weeks ago. They moved to the shoplots in connaught
Shopping online are much more convenient nowadays.
True. No traffic or parking. Save money and time too.
but sometimes need to buy thing urgently.
Problem is on the layout. Shoppers unable to circle around the floors and have to turn back to proceed to other stores on the same floor during 2014-2018. Difficult access to parking floors.
Used to be a regular customer of the old Jaya Grocer. Thought that the MRT opening would help Cheras Sentral Mall, but the opposite happened.
Location weren't strategic.
Thanks for sharing.
I’ve been living in that area for nearly 30 yrs and I was there during the first day of opening.
It is sad to see a mall with numerous geographic advantages end up like this. ( surrounding by more than 30 Tamans but still failed to get the traffic of visitor .. what a disgrace)
Some people said is because of Feng Sui. Lmao. Here’s my observation for past 30yrs on this mall.. the failure due to
1. mgmt
2. Parking lot - poorly design (causing massive bottleneck during peak period - Eg:CNY)
Really dont understand Cheras Leisure is still surviving when this mall is just nearby.
The location of the mall is a issue. Secluded at the corner of nowhere and just right beside the highway, the building itself look so unwelcoming.
I don't like the design of the building. I remember you need to circle around just to get to the car park. From outside, the building look like a old fashion 80s 90s building. Resources wasted. Every corner of the building is dark and the ceiling is so low.
It was "cursed" in 1998...🤭
@@nirfan2020 What cursed ?
Mistakes by old owners too bossy
the ramp was so steep, if my childhood memory serves me right.
now they have mrt, so this shouldn't be much of an issue
Circulation of Leisure Mall is very simple and easy. The location and parking is also simple.
Can try to visit pavilion damansara mall😂 I think Almost around 60% shops open but possibly will not be crowded on night weekdays. Oh ya the empty crowded place is at DC mall on weekend. Coz most of the time they open on working day only. U can go both mall to explore
When i first came to this mall , it really reminds me of one stop midlands park centre, Penang . The flow and the designs of this mall is almost similar . I don’t really like the flow and designs of the mall . You have to walk the entire floor just to get to one place. Definitely outdated & this is why nobody does that concept anymore.
Even that mall in penang had the same fate as cheras mall.
Penang one stop.. Pun dh nyawa2 ikan.... Dh hampir2 mati
This mall is good for those who want to relax at malls minus the hassle to find parking and avoid noisy environment.
The problem is, this mall is not only dead, it offers absolutely nothing, how to relax?
If the land is developed into condo it serves to solve the housing problem.
Shoppers only patronise malls on weekends for meals only.
I think around the year of 95-96.. I used to work at pizza hut in this mall after my college hours, racing Daytona in the arcade with my fellow housemates and always the place to go for CD games and VCD. This video brings back old memories I still remember during my days living in Cheras Tmn Len Seng.
Thanks for the sharing
Back in the days, this mall was known as Plaza Pheonix. About the "ghost" part, yes, it appeared in a malay lamguage youtube Channel Top 5 Malaysia, where this mall was mentioned of spooky encounter.
Wow, what a big difference 5 years make (last I came was end of 2019), during that time there was still Uniqlo @ the ground floor, oldtown white coffee & subway @ LG and a handful of retails scattered throughout each floor.. moved out from Cheras area since the pandemic and never returned, though such a shame to see none of these outlets survived.. :(
Been here in the 90s...Plaza Pheonix. Started dying when the traffic lights in front of the mall was terminated resulting in cars from kl or pj cannot easily access. Downhill all the way after that. Did have a short-lived comeback but the weird design of the escalators was a real put off. It was so difficult to move between floors. Now with online shopping and the new Eko Cheras near by this ghost mall should just be redeveloped into condominiums. Near to mrt can sell with crazy price 😂
I use to park my car here. Completely dead except for the people who park there for the MRT. Dont know why its dead, because literally next Mrt station is taman mutiara which has ekocheras and leisure mall. Last time i went, leisure mall still doing good. I guess because the malls are too near with each other?
Back then around 2019 before covid, i use to go to the basement floor. There are literally only 2 shop there which is mr diy and subway. And near the back entrance is Guardian. I love going to that Guardian because there is a lot of cosmetics to choose from that other guardians would already sold out. I also went to the TGV upstairs and theres less than 10 people watching. But now as a woman, i somehow dont feel safe anymore going to this kind of deserted mall 😄
Plaza Phoenix... so sedih 😢 I worked part time at MPH bookstore there during uni days. I could not last long because of the distance between Bangi and Cheras. Sweet memories.
I came in late 2021 to see after invited to see a traditional Chinese reflexologist there. Already most of the stores were empty. I could just park at any lot outside the mall without paying. The reflexologist asked why I wasn't working that day. I had to remind him it was a Sunday. That's how dead the place was.
I also visited the place when it was Phoenix Plaza in the early 2000s. Also dying at the time.
Do a video on the Strand in Kota Damansara. That's another mall that's fallen to the wayside.
This mall was developed by the Huang Family from Kuching. They financed the Mall by selling most of the upper floors during the era when owning a retail lot is considered good investment. At that era Sungei Wang was flourishing and strata retail lot is a new class of property investment along with flated factory. The rest is history when the management do not have full control of the Mall.
Thanks for sharing the extra information
this mall used to be one of the largest mall in Malaysia when it open (i believed 2+ to 30 yrs bck)....when it open Isetan is one of the anchor tenant (2nd Isetan after Lot 10) located inside the mall when it used to be known as Phoenix Plaza
7 to 8 yrs back I used to worked under Cheras Sentral mall, during tht time is not tht bad shape & u had tenant like Uniqlo, TGV, Starbucks , TBM & Grocery mall n Moon Space restaurant ....
Majority of the spaces now is owned by a Property Developer which had brought majority of the space over but still U had some smaller lots which is still individual owned ...
at one stage the single largest owner do want to demolish the mall to make way fr residential usage
is sad to see the current stage now ...
Thanks. I am a Singaporean when I am young I always go holiday plaza and another newer mall shopping like buy VCD game etc those days JB is a must go every weekend. Very sad after watching your video JB got so many malls most turn out to be ghost town 😢😢😢… Singaporean like shopping especially JB shopping. Before Covid I also like to go sutra mall via 2nd causeway Tuas nice mall .. thanks for the great video I will
Continue watch more of your video
Thanks for watching. I'll probably make some time one day to go and check JB malls too
My favorite lunch place when I was working at there during year 2014-2017, sad to see it becomes like this 😢
It’s so cleaner. Cleaner than Times Square 1000x times.
Wah...still not knocked down yet like Stadium Shah Alam. There is a reason why Speedmart and KK mart are doing well. People want convenience. And they dont like jams.
The issue with this mall is that most of the units are privately owned so there is no way the mall can be revived by the mangement like other malls. The management cannot control most of the retail units since they are not the owner.
The other issue is with the circulation of this mall which is not very appealing.
Malls walkway is like L shape, but yes those stratified retail lots concept cannot work anymore
If I recall, this mall's retail lots are individual title, it is hard to get those owners who has moved on to re-rent or transfer ownership so the mall want to fix rejuvenate also cannot
A friend who ran an outlet there in its Pheonix Mall days went bankrupt. The feng shui was out and at that time the developer was Metroplex and a daughter of the owner was in charge. They called her the dragon lady as she was very proud, arrogant and looked down on others. Many tenants had issues with her. Another friend ran Toysrus and told me the same thing. This place was damned from the get go. I lived in Cheras all my life, I'm almost 70 now so I know the area well
My third months in KL visiting surprisingly old Malls look similar almost every old malls.
If not mistaken my last visit at this mall was during 100 Yen or Daiso since the late ninety.
From Taman Desa Old Klang Road.
Went there around 2018 to watch movie. I’d argue the cinema is the only good thing there. Even back then there weren’t many shops open, fnb choices was very limited. Although there is Mrt now, most people still drive when they go to mall, this is where I think is lacking. The turn to access the mall is not very friendly la iirc. If you miss it you’ll need to go further to turn back, and just near the u turn further down the road is ekocheras mall and leisure mall, which is more happening.
Thanks for sharing. Your videos are slowing gaining traction as I mentioned earlier. Your subcriptions will grow eventually. Please keep up the good work. If you run out of dead mall content, you can always continue sharing videos like the dead residential area or town, restaurants or businesses, hotel etc. I am interested to know the dead or true side of Malaysia economy. Thanks again.
Thank you for the encouragement. Those other topics are in my planning too. Since I do this on my spare time alone, it will take some time before I run out of dead malls in Malaysia.. LOL
Wow port lama aku ni, selalu datang sini 1998-99. Jadi begini pulak sayang betul
Wow Phoenix Plaza! Last went there by bus from Lebuh Ampang back in 1995/96 to buy some discounted music album cassette. Remember having to cross the busy road as they were no bridge the last time.
The mall became my favorite almost 20 years ago (when I still living in Kuala Lumpur) and at that time, this mall was busy and always visited by people. There are restaurants in the mall and I like the nyonya restaurant. There are many boutiques in it. I was very surprised to see this video. The mall looked quiet and different from 20 years ago when I was in Kuala Lumpur. Now, I'm back to my hometown - Penang.
really enjoy your videos about malls, there are a few sad ones, even in Kepong, like Desa complex in such a sad state.
Thank you. I'll write the Desa Complex down in my dead mall list
nv heard of this mall ever...quiet well kept n looks ol skool presentable!a bit like a typical singaporean mall...ghost ah?everywhere also got ghost la...incl pavillion n klcc...
the last time I went to this mall when it was still Plaza Phoenix. after that, never been to this mall yet. Sad to see this mall is dying. KL has too many malls. Hope this mall could be demolished and the land repurposed for something else
Hi Chester. If you have'nt made a video about 1 Shamelin mall, could you do it? I want to hear your thoughts and opinion regarding that mall. Thank you.
In due time.. But it's on the schedule
shamelin is doing ok albeit not the best, it has a lot sport centers, learning centers etc
It's such a Beautifully Renovated Mall !! It's sad that it has come to this Dormant Non Active State !!! I went there for a wedding held in one hall next to the Theater five Years ago !! Sad sad state !!!
When the mall firstly open, Isetan Japan was one of the tenant. 😂😂
Thanks for the sharing. I totally forgotten they were there
After refurbishment and when Jaya Grocer was there, it was doing very well.
How many grocers changed hands since then?
The problem with this guy is the awkward location, it is not accessible unless by car / MRT from Taman counnaught nor maxim nor from Taman mutiara area nor from alam damai either. You can’t walk shit from those places compared to eko Cheras and leisure mall.
On the other hand, if you arrive by MRT….where else u can go once u are done? You can’t walk safely anywhere to the other places. Not without crossing highways.
The only reason why I would come here is only if the attractive tenants were here and of course TGV. If they want to salvage what is left of Cheras sentral, they can repurpose as badminton courts and sports like you said. This is the best choice as the location rarely matters for this kind of business. But strata is gonna be an issue halfway too.
If want to revive this mall, need to revive the shop lot outside as well. Actually this mall can be marketed properly if required, but can't make good money. If you want to make good money, this will be hard.
I really think it's due the location..!
it's a hassle to go there by driving a big round to reach it..
Parking wise is also another problem..
As suggested above.. I really think any kinda government agencies office.. ie, UTC, POS Malaysia, JPJ, Immigration office and so on would revives the mall.. also online shopping hub too..!
tx for the vid..
Ya, currently driving in the roads can be quite confusing
Viva Home was quite dead when I last visited about 5 years ago. How is it now?
I can say 80%-90% dead
Most malls looks abandoned because our malls sells stuffs from china. Now with online shopping, china sells directly to customers. So the middleman segment gets cut, stuffs becomes much cheaper, considering times of inflation n lower purchase power as well. The retail relevance globally has been replaced by logistics too. It will continue that way, so malls has to makes necessary changes to reflect times. Maybe the mall management can try creating a center of unique attraction for their mall. Indoor games, open theatre etc then rent the outlets to smaller ones with same theme, fnbs, gifts and handcraft shops.
Can be refurbished to a function halls for weddings too
Best quiet cinema in KL - most times get whole hall to yourself. Reason mall died (I heard) is tenants were allowed to buy their lots outright so there was zero co-ordination and planning for retail layout. It's a group of individual lots rather than a mall run retail complex
Thanks for the insight sharing
In the 90s there used to be isetan, Toys r us, Pizza hut but one by one moved out. It used to be called Plaza Phoenix. Used to take my kids to play at the arcade. Competing mall is Leisure Mall not far from here. Many horror stories lah but dont know if they are true. Last time came here few years ago to the Cinema to watch Crazy Rich Asians. Lol!
Ah.....im 35....i used to come here with parents during my younger days....like my entire childhood before 8 years old...i used to come here often.....
In Malaysia, successful business is always killed by the government. If no one knows anything about the mall, that means the management of it does not dare to talk about it. .
I love this mall. It was known as Phoenix Plaza then. The supermarket in its ground floor was hyper then.
Though there is an MRT station in this mall, but the main road was killed by the government. One is not able to go to the Plaza anymore from the main route.
I think every parties have to take responsible of the mall's decline too
I'd say the competition is fierce. Remind me of Danga City Mall, Komtar and One Stop P. Pinang and Biz World JB
Plaza Phoenix. Last visited when doing my matriculation back in 2001. We don't bother going there because Leisure Mall was nearby and a lot more attractive.
I remember the ramp to go to the upper levels car park was too steep. But it was during my childhood while riding a manual car, so my perspective might be warped
It has been refurbished 1-2 years ago for Kensington international school. had seen some students there. And lower ground floor has been used to offer gymnastics classes
So what happened to the International School?
Can you do Evolve Concept Mall next? I look foreword to it.
7:51 to add to my earlier comment, maybe it doesn't really matter that there's MRT connection or other public transport or closeness to major highway.
People have to want something to buy.
My opinion: lazada and shopee already killed retail. Multi-storey malls are on the way out.
Maybe failing Multi-storey malls should be torn down and replaced with single storey strip malls.
I wish we will have ginza and osaka shopping shop/hot spots concept, paradise.
The management has tried hard to manage the mall as you can see that it is still looking good
Masa kecil dulu tahun 95-96 selalu gi KFC dgn Toys"R"Us kat sini. Naik bas mini or Intrakota je. Tapi bila dah sekolah menengah dah pandai pergi Sg. Wang, tak datang sini dah.
Imo..doesnt matter what connected to the mall..if its empty no one would come..and central management is ok..they can control everything much more better..i think someone suggest to open UTC..which is a very good idea as the mall is connected to MRT station
I was here for the first time many years ago when it was still Plaza Phoenix. Very lively mall, almost full occupancy. Second time in 2019, about 40% occupancy. I had coffee at Starbucks located near entrance. Third time was in April last year, 10% occupancy. Starbucks already closed and replaced by a pub. TBM was still open and few cafes scattered here and there (7:05 green furniture at Level 1 and 7:30 orange chair at Level G). I went to watch movie at TGV cinemas at Level 9. Super cheap ticket so I told them to shut up and just take my money hahahaha. My suggestion for your next ghost haunted malls would be The Strand 👻
After SPM in 1995, i worked here at Pizza Hut😂, that yine we call this mall Plaza Pheonix..ISETAN also accupied here during tge 90s
Previous name was Phoenix plaza..notorious for parking and location. Next was the management..looks grand, but emptiness...literally emptiness. Free parking policy can save the business. Try market research on the Lotus...doing successful.
i was working there back in 2015-2019,
when the mall start rebrand and reopening in 2013 from plaza phoenix era,2013-2016 was a good year.
the reason why the mall start to decline is because of velocity/mytown opening somewhen in 2016,and it start getting worst when eko cheras start to
open ..
Thanks for the sharing
I grew up in cheras and frequently going there when phoenix plaza was opened and flourishing, sad to see it was mismanaged till current state.
Obviously the tenant guy in the mall can do better things like sharing of info or get featured rather than confronted you Lol, that says a bit about his mindset.
Not sure why some mall managements disallow video shooting, are they not confident of people giving honest opinions? Or are there laws that i didn’t know of? If they are good enough then can be open minded no problem
Some malls management are not social media friendly, they freaked out easily when they see people holding cameras.. LOL
Visitors going Cheras Sentral by MRT is close to impossible. They rather ride another 12 mins to TRX or 13 mins to Pavillion. Hence shopping concept is close to non revival situation..for time being.
Even the TBM electronic store is dead huh. The last time I was there, it was one of the last store still surviving alongside with a Guardian store and TGV cinema if i remember correctly.
The upstairs parking is quite confusing. The escalator and elevator connecting to the car park is always broken most of the time so had to walk up and down.
TBM just closed 2 weeks ago yo. They are one of the last store arounds
Lebih kurang seperti viva home, maluri.. sunyi tiada orang. Seram
Sy akan buat video Viva home juga... Lama tak pergi dah
Viva home Port tengok wayang dulu.. skang dh tutup. Sebelum jadi Viva, Ue3 mall port main bowling
@@chestercheng.realestatetak sabar nak tengok video viva home. Sebelum ni kerja kat sana, sebelum pkp/mco pun dah nyawa² ikan
@@chestercheng.realestatewow you can speak malay.. Wowwwwwww
@@goodputin4324stu*id comment
I know this mall, I always pass by this mall after getting off the MRT to go to my workplace.
Apart from opening UTC here, maybe invite a college to occupy one of the floors of this Mall.
..I saw this mall when it was being built decades ago… and I saw it fall 2 X…so sad
Well... we do sometimes go to the movies, the parking and lifts is somewhat weird, I mean the way to get to the floors, just my opinion. 😊
Used to stay at the neighbouring hotel few for the convenience connection of this mall. But since the hotel temporary closure during pandemic, this mall is more dead.
I read an article by Al Jazeera few months ago that Malaysia has 1000 malls. They keep building new ones even though people are migrating towards online shopping. Oh btw, this mall is often frequented by gay men who can't host but want some fun time. At least that's what I was told by my friend. It's deserted and very quiet.
I used to frequent Quill City Mall last year because my office is nearby. At first I thought that mall is so dead but this mall is even worse than Quill City Mall. At Quill there’s NSK and lots of eateries at LG and G.
Quill City Mall video in the process... Subs for the future video
It’s shocking to me that it’s this state! 😱 Ive heard it was bad but didn’t know it was this bad! The last time I visited was probably at least 6-7 years ago… back then there was still the grocery shop, Starbucks, Uniqlo, Mr diy etc…… call me superstitious but really bad fengshui la this place… when I was a kid I did go to phoenix mall before I remember my mum brought me there for the arcade thing… then later there were rumors of it being haunted so we stopped visiting 😅
Times have changed so much, the whole problems was severely exposed during the lock-down period
Last year, got Anime/Hobbies Event/Gig here. Quite a crowd came in. So, to be fair... certain event can attract traffic (mostly teenagers). To be honest... I think the downfall is because of confusing highway nearby. They just went passed it or had to make unnecessary U-Turn
Buat bilik sewa pun ok,
pasti meriah sedia ada.
Are you going to review Da Men? Can you review the Strand Mall as well?
Da men is half dead.
The Strand what a bad name sounds like stranded somewhere 😂
the ghost story is not baseless. visitors and previous tenants have seen things in the past. in fact, if you go to 3:08 that shows the vacant lot with the pillar, pause at the frame, turn off your screen, and you will clearly see a reflection of a scary figure
Really? Damm...
@@chestercheng.realestate haha u didnt get it?
I think the last time I went was it was refurbished with jaya grocer or village grocer, what a piece of wasted land with fail mall and office lots :X parking is very bad planned as well. When I first came to KL, I stay in Taman Segar, I visited this mall in 1998, bought some groceries at Fajar before, but that time already half dead, after the traffic light infront of the mall removed, it was deep dive to dead :X
Phoenix Plaza… i think many do not know this original name d…
Last time i came here was before covid…. Back then hasbro was doing warehouse sales. But it was also empty lk this. No diff.
They destroyed the Feng Shui after the renovation...and the addition of flyover highway next to it further killed the Feng Shui.....sir please check out this Desa Complex in Kepong too...same fate....the flyover killed the feng shui
I see, many contributing factors to this malls demise. Thanks for suggesting the Desa Complex. Will take a look in soonest time
While on the subject of furniture retailers, I'm in the middle moving into a new apartment.
I'd just been in an Ikea recently looking at things like closets, tv benches, office tables, and still I find myself checking out furniture on Lazada 😂
Maybe it depends on what the consumer is looking for, but imagine if more furniture buyers think like me 😅
I'm not worried about Ikea's future. There will always be sucker customers for that store. 😇
Sadly, nothing much can be done. I was there when TBM was the tenant. 10years ago.
Poor parking design, high charges, too many floors (too huge mall), individually owned unit and competition from nearby mall.
Yes, true
Hi I cadang baik buat one stop centre Use car mall... all in including bank ,Jpj etc.
Ya boleh juga buat used car lot
I remember now , in its heyday the place was bustling with activity ( in 90' of course) remember going there with friends after Leisure Mall , back then whatever mall opened people would flocked albeit in a remote place like this, nowadays people are more sensible only going to the mall that close to their house or just hypermarket that's all