# Danga City Mall

Johor Bahru, Malaysia · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-60345c2c87` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/malaysia/johor-bahru-danga-city-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-60345c2c87.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-60345c2c87.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-60345c2c87

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | closed | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | Closed mall (renovation never started) | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1996 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Closed | 2018 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_opened**: “The shopping mall was originally opened in 1996 as The Best World” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danga_City_Mall
- **year_closed**: “in July 2018, the mall was closed again for renovation that never started” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danga_City_Mall
- **after_notes**: “in July 2018, the mall was closed again for renovation that never started” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danga_City_Mall
- **status**: “in July 2018, the mall was closed again for renovation that never started” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danga_City_Mall
- **levels**: “on 7 levels” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b
- **gla_sqft_before**: “up to 500,000-square-foot (46,000 m2) nett lettable space” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b

## Timeline

- 1996: Opened as The Best World
- 1998: Closed due to 1997 Asian financial crisis
- 2008: Reopened as Danga City Mall
- 2009: Added expo centre
- 2018: Closed for renovation that never started

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Danga City Mall, previously known as The Best World, was a shopping mall in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. Danga City Mall has an area of 1,000,000-square-foot (93,000 m2) and up to 500,000-square-foot (46,000 m2) nett lettable space on 7 levels.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danga_City_Mall

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_opened — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danga_City_Mall

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Danga City Mall, Johor Bahru, Malaysia." Record m-60345c2c87, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/malaysia/johor-bahru-danga-city-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_johorbahrudangacitymall,
  title = {Danga City Mall, Johor Bahru, Malaysia},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/malaysia/johor-bahru-danga-city-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-60345c2c87, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.