Malls · Malaysia
Ampang Park
Opened 1973. Closed 2017. Redeveloped in 2023.
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This site: …http://www.ampangpark.com.my overture / http check · all sites with this15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)
This site: 6/6 openstreetmap · all sites with thisGrocery within 800 m
This site: 30 stores openstreetmap · all sites with thisRail within 800 m
This site: KJ10 KLCC openstreetmap · all sites with thisUnder 20 acres
This site: 4.5 acres extraction · all sites with thisRedeveloped
This site: …temporary recreational park extraction · all sites with thisMixed use
This site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with thisPark and open space
This site: …temporary recreational park extraction · all sites with thisRetail (continued)
This site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with thisNow
| Status | Demolishedextracted, unreviewed |
|---|---|
| Strategy | Redevelopedextracted, unreviewed |
| New uses | mixed, retailextracted, unreviewed reported |
| What is there now | temporary recreational parkextracted, unreviewed documentedsite currently serves as a temporary recreational park along with connecting walkway path to Ampang Park LRT station. |
| Retrofit year | 2023extracted, unreviewed reported |
| Redeveloper | MRT Corpextracted, unreviewed reported |
Planning
| Zoning change | MRT Ampang Park Stationextracted, unreviewed documentedMRT Corp gave two options for the strata owners: land acquisition or mutual agreement... |
|---|---|
| Entitlement year | 2015extracted, unreviewed reported |
Deals and debt
| Date | Event | Price | Parties | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Sold | — | MRT Corp ← Low Keng Huat Brothers Realty Sdn Bhd | Wikipedia |
Site context
| Transit within 800 m | KJ10 KLCC (rail); 9 bus stops within 400 mOpenStreetMap |
|---|---|
| Motorway junctions within 2 km | 1201, 1203A, Ampang, Jalan Tun RazakOpenStreetMap |
| Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m) | 6 of 6 daily needs: 30 grocers, 10 schools, 19 parks or playgrounds, 18 health, 16 civic, 136 food and drink; 0 cycleway segments, 110 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap |
| Overture Maps | place Ampang Park Shopping Centre (shopping_mall, confidence 0.63, from Overture, meta); building footprint 15,516 m²Overture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0) |
| Website and social | www.ampangpark.com.my (down or redirecting, status 500); archived 2001–2025 (Wayback) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive |
| Attention: Wikipedia page views | 82,581 since 2015; 5,381 in the last 12 months (-23% vs the prior 12); peak 2017-12 with 3,096Wikimedia |
Summary, model-written
Ampang Park opened in 1973 as Malaysia's first shopping centre. It operated until closing on 31 December 2017 and was demolished in 2018 to make way for the MRT Ampang Park Station, which opened in March 2023. The site currently serves as a temporary recreational park with a walkway to the nearby LRT station.
Why. The demolition was driven by the need to construct the MRT Ampang Park Station; the record does not cite anchor tenant losses, competition, or debt as causes.
Where it stands. The site is demolished and now a temporary recreational park under the control of MRT Corp, which acquired the property in 2015 (per the deal record).
For a planner
- Precedent: first mall in Malaysia repurposed for transit-oriented development.
- Policy tools used: zoning change for MRT station, entitlement granted in 2015.
- Open questions: timing and nature of permanent redevelopment, integration with LRT, long-term land use vision.
For a developer
- Site size: 4.5 acres.
- Control: MRT Corp (acquired 2015).
- Entitlement stage: entitlement year 2015, strategy redevelop, proposed new use mixed/retail.
- Constraints: flood, transit, and environmental context layers not detailed in record.
- Market signals: tract-level data not provided in record.
What we do not know yet
- Anchor tenant performance and competition history are not stated.
- Debt or financial distress leading to closure is not mentioned.
- Environmental constraints (flood risk, contamination) are absent from the record.
- Transit connectivity details beyond the MRT station are unspecified.
- Future permanent redevelopment plans and market demand are unknown.
- Verification status is 'draft', indicating possible unreviewed or model-extracted facts.
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Elsewhere on the web
Pages with photos
- Ampang Park Shopping Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur penang-traveltips.com
- Ampang Park LRT Station concourse 11 (211031) commons.wikimedia.org
- Level Field: Memories of Ampang Park level-field.blogspot.com
- So long, farewell: Ampang Park shuts down | EdgeProp.my edgeprop.my
- Ampang Park editorial image. Image of ampangpark, histo… dreamstime.com
- LRT,MRT, railways, tourism, management @kltransit.blogspot.c… kltransit.blogspot.com
- Resignation as Ampang Park ambles towards its end malaysiakini.com
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History and original facts
| Opened | 1973extracted, unreviewed |
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| Closed | 2017extracted, unreviewed documentedAmpang Park was closed for good after almost 45 years of operation on 31 December 2017; |
| Acres | 4.5extracted, unreviewed |
| Original developer | Low Keng Huat Brothers Realty Sdn Bhdextracted, unreviewed |
| Architect | Design Partnership, Thomas A.S. Tiang |
| Anchors | Citifoto |
| Notes | Wikipedia categories: Defunct shopping malls in Malaysia |
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Background
Ampang Park Shopping Centre, also called Ampang Park, was a shopping centre located at Jalan Ampang in Kuala Lumpur. It was the first shopping centre to be built in Malaysia. It was designed by the architect of Singapore's People's Park Complex, the Design Partnership, in conjunction with the Kuala Lumpur-based architect Thomas A.S. Tiang. The developers were the Low Keng Huat Brothers Realty Sdn Bhd. Ampang Park was closed on 31 December 2017 and demolished in 2018 to make way for the construction of MRT Ampang Park Station which opened on 16 March 2023. Further redevelopment of the former site is yet to begin and the site currently serves as a temporary recreational park along with connecting walkway path to Ampang Park LRT station.
Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.
Timeline
- 1973 opened
- 2015 demolition planned
- 2017 closed
- 2018 demolished
Sources
- Wikipedia: Ampang Park · supports: acres, after notes, original developer, status, strategy, year closed, year opened, zoning change
12 quoted sentences
The mall opened in 1973 at a cost of RM 15 million.
Ampang Park was closed for good after almost 45 years of operation on 31 December 2017;
planned for a 4.5-acre (18,000 m2) site
Developers were the Low Keng Huat Brothers Realty Sdn Bhd.
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