Sunrise Tower, Penang

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Sunrise Tower, Penang
General information
Address Gurney Drive, 10250 George Town, Penang, Malaysia
Town or city George Town, Penang
Country Malaysia
Coordinates 5°26′23″N100°18′30″E / 5.4398°N 100.3082°E / 5.4398; 100.3082
Opened1977
Height
Top floor18
Technical details
Floor count18

Sunrise Tower is an 18-storey condominium within George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. Located at Gurney Drive within the city's Central Business District (CBD), the building was completed in 1977, becoming the first condominium along the seafronting street and the tallest building in the city prior to the completion of Komtar.

History

The 18-storey Sunrise Tower was built in 1977. [1] [2] It was the first condominium to be constructed at Gurney Drive and before the completion of Komtar in 1986, was the tallest building in George Town. [1] [3]

The building includes a commercial podium, which housed the first McDonald's restaurant in Penang in 1989. [4] The McDonald's outlet ceased operations in 2016 and shortly after, Wendy's opened its first Malaysian restaurant outside the Klang Valley within the same space. [4] [5] [6] However, in 2019, Wendy's announced its withdrawal from the Malaysian market, resulting in the closure of the restaurant at Sunrise Tower. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "UPCOMING: Gurney Drive / Sunrise Towers Sdn. Bhd". Penang Property Talk. 2018-01-10. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  2. ↑ "Sunrise Tower, George Town - SkyscraperPage.com". skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  3. ↑ Goh, Beng-Lan (2018). Modern Dreams: An Inquiry Into Power, Cultural Production, and the Cityscape in Contemporary Urban Penang, Malaysia. Cornell University Press. p. 163. ISBN   9781501719196.
  4. 1 2 Mohd Ali, Intan Amalina (3 Aug 2016). "McDonald's branch in Sunrise Tower serves its last customer". The Star . Retrieved 16 Oct 2024.
  5. ↑ "Sunrise, sunset, swiftly fly the years". The Star . 21 Feb 2020. Retrieved 16 Oct 2024.
  6. ↑ Opalyn Mok (4 Nov 2016). "Wendy's opens in Penang". Malay Mail . Retrieved 16 Oct 2024.
  7. ↑ Ashley Tang (1 Apr 2019). "Wendy's Malaysia waves goodbye? Malaysians dismayed". The Star . Retrieved 16 Oct 2024.
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