Dataran Pahlawan Melaka Megamall

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Dataran Pahlawan Melaka Megamall
Location Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia
Coordinates 2°11′26.0″N102°15′02.6″E / 2.190556°N 102.250722°E / 2.190556; 102.250722
Opening date25 September 2006
OwnerHatten Group Sdn. Bhd.
Total retail floor area 1,500,000 square feet (140,000 m2)
Website Official website

Dataran Pahlawan Melaka Megamall (Malacca Warrior Square) is a shopping mall located in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia. It was developed and is owned by Hatten Group Sdn Bhd on a 7.7 hectares site in the city, and is the biggest lifestyle shopping megamall in the state. [1] [2] The mall has a gross area of 1,500,000 square feet (140,000 m2) and a net retail area of 750,000 square feet (70,000 m2).

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It houses international fashion brands like Adidas, Hush Puppies, and Birkinstock, along with international and local food and beverage favourites like A&W, Mac Donalds, and Shihlin, also fine jewellery stores like Mustafa Jewellery, Swarovski, and Wah Chan, entertainment centres, a movie cinema owned by Golden Screen Cinemas and karaoke centre. [3]

The land where the mall now stands was initially a seaside green space reclaimed from sea during the British colonial era named Padang Pahlawan (Heroes Field), where the date of the independence of Malaya was announced. [4] But further land reclamation since 1974 changed much of the coastline of then Malacca Town, resulting in Padang Pahlawan becoming a green space in the middle of the City. [5] [6] In 2001, Malacca state government-owned company Kumpulan Melaka Berhad carried out a RM60 million project to transform Padang Pahlawan into Dataran Pahlawan, as well as developing nearby commercial area. [7] [8]

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