Star Mega Mall

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Star Mega Mall
Star Mega Mall
Location Sibu, Sarawak
Malaysia
Coordinates 2°18′17.6″N111°51′49.5″E / 2.304889°N 111.863750°E / 2.304889; 111.863750
AddressJalan Tunku Abdul Rahman
96000 Sibu, Sarawak
Opening date29 July 2011;12 years ago (2011-07-29) [1]
DeveloperDaesim Group [2]
ManagementDaesim Management Sdn Bhd. [3]
No. of stores and services100+ [1]
No. of anchor tenants 1 [2]
Total retail floor area 280,000 sq ft (26,000 m2) [2]
No. of floors3 [2]
Parking1,000 [2]

Star Mega Mall is a shopping mall located in Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia. The mall houses the first hypermarket in Sibu, Daesco Hypermarket and Departmental Store as well as the largest all-in-one shopping mall in Sarawak's Central Region. [2]

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Overview

The plan to develop Star Mega Mall started in 1998. Construction works began only in August 2007 on a 4-hectare (9.9-acre) land in Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman, about 6 km (3.7 mi) from the Sibu town centre. [2] The mall was constructed at a total cost of over RM40 million. [1]

The mall was officially declared open by then Second Finance Minister Dato Sri Wong Soon Koh in late September 2011. [1]

Tenants

Anchor tenants
Other tenants

Future expansion plan

In December 2021, Daesim Group of Companies chairman, Dato Lau Ngie Hua told journalists of early plan to build phase 2 of the mall which would accommodate more facilities such has a bigger food court, a cinema with seven halls and also more than 400 stalls. [17]

Notes

  1. ↑ Occupies the second and third floor of the mall, spanning 160,000 sqft. [2]
  2. ↑ MR. D.I.Y.'s 221st outlet. [10]
  3. ↑ The second Nene Chicken branch in Sarawak and its first drive-thru outlet in the world. [11]

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