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  • Sisma Auto opens Volvo showroom in Bukit Bintang

    Sisma Auto opens Volvo showroom in Bukit Bintang

    The Volvo brand just got a new shot-in-the-arm with Sisma Auto, Volvo Car Malaysia’s newly appointed authorised dealer, officially opening its city centre showroom at Menara Worldwide on Jalan Bukit Bintang.

    Located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur’s premier residential and commercial district, the showroom is set to offer a touch of Swedish luxury to the Golden Triangle by featuring a luxurious retail environment influenced by Scandinavian design, known also as Volvo Retail Experience (VRE).

    “VRE is designed to reflect our Scandinavian-inspired values of calm with cleans lines that exude a cool and refreshing visual exterior appeal whilst the interior offers customers a warm and inviting feeling,” said Lennart Stegland, managing director of Volvo Car Malaysia.

    Sisma Auto managing director Syed Khalil Syed Ibrahim added that the new showroom would help enhance the visibility and awareness of Volvo’s latest range of highly acclaimed luxury cars.

    “We are very proud to be associated with Volvo, a brand that is clearly on the ascent after releasing an amazing range of new models from the XC90 to the new S90 T8 Twin Engine. With this new showroom, we hope to bring the Volvo experience closer to those who live or work in the city,” he said.

    Volvo owners who reside or work in the vicinity could also enjoy a premium ownership experience, a signature of Sisma Auto. The new showroom will feature Sisma Auto’s Concierge Service, which offers home or office vehicle pick-up and drop-off for customers.

    In conjunction with the opening of this new showroom, Sisma Auto is offering customers purchasing any new Volvo model from them, a chance to win an all-expense paid trip to Sweden.

    The new Sisma Auto Volvo Bukit Bintang showroom is located on Ground Floor, Menara Worldwide, 198 Jalan Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur. Its opening hours are from 9am till 7pm, Monday to Friday and from 10am till 5pm on Saturday and Sunday.

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  • New Bukit Bintang mall for Kuala Lumpur

    New Bukit Bintang mall for Kuala Lumpur

    Retail, entertainment and hospitality brands will feature in a planned City Centre development including a Bukit Bintang mall in Kuala Lumpur.

    “The mall will transform the retail landscape in Kuala Lumpur, catering to all shopping needs with the introduction of home-grown and new-to-market international brands,” says Eco World Development, which is part of the joint venture planning the $400 million project.

    Other signatories to the heads-of-terms agreement signed in Kuala Lumpur are BBCC Development,Mitsui Fudosan (Asia) and Zepp Hall Network. Eco World Development says the project will have an estimated gross development cost (GDC) of RM1.6 billion (US$400 million) and cover 19.4 acres (7.8ha) of mixed residential and commercial development, with UDA Holdings and the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) also as partners.

    Under the agreement, the retail mall will be owned and run through a joint-venture company, Mall JVCo.

    Phase one of the project will be a 45-storey block of strata offices and two blocks of serviced residences, comprising of 680 units, with construction to begin in the third quarter of this year.

    Mitsui Fudosan will jointly develop a 1.4 million sqft (126,000 sqm) lifestyle retail mall, while Zepp Hall is investing in a 2000-seat event hall, the first of its kind outside Japan. Zepp Hall is a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan), and its core business is running venues. Its concert hall will be in the Entertainment Block in BBCC, next to the mall.

    The project is expected to also get underway in the third quarter, and take eight to 10 years to develop. The Mall JVCo is proposed to be equally owned by Mitsui Fudosan Asia and the shareholders of BBCC.

    “This substantial investment by Mitsui Fudosan Asia represents the largest retail investment to date by the group outside Japan,” says Eco World.

    The mall will be developed under the Mitsui Shopping Park LaLaport brand, a regional mall concept conceived by Mitsui Fudosan more than 35 years ago. The concept has evolved from “a place where people gather” to “a place where people interact”.

    BBCC also signed a MoU with Ascott, a member of Singapore’s CapitaLand and the largest international serviced-residence owner-operator in the world, with more than 45,000 units in 290 properties, spanning 100 cities in 27 countries.

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