2017 Komtar JBCC Johor Bahru

Walked to Komtar JBCC Mall and saw beautiful decor for Hari Raya at the atrium. Lots of items are on sale - clothes, food, Hari Raya cookies etc. Surprisingly there were many shoppers here even on a Tuesday afternoon; perhaps due to the Singapore school holidays.

Komtar JBCC

Hari Raya Decor at Komtar JBCC

Streets of Permas Jaya, Johor Bahru

Here are some photos of Permas Jaya which I took while waiting along the streets. There seems to be lots of food outlets, car repairs/serving workshops and massage health centers here. I started my walk from Renaissance Hotel and slowly walking my way to MacDonald's; and walking around the small streets. You can literally covered the whole area in an hour.

If you are going to Aeon Mall, head down to MacDonald's and then walk to the back of the building where you can see busy main road. Cross the overhead bridge and you will reach the Aeon Mall's big car park. The Aeon Mall in Permas Jaya is a older, single storey mall. There is a supermarket, food court, lots of F&B outlets but limited fashion stores.

Holiday Villa Johor Bahru City Centre

There is a new 4 star hotel that is coming up next to KSL Mall and KSL hotel; it is the -
Holiday Villa Johor Bahru City Centre. The hotel website stated that the new hotel will be ready in March 2016. It is located along Jalan Dato' Sulaiman.



It is a 345 rooms hotel with restaurants, gym, infinity pool etc and specialty shops - hopefully the shops sell different products that are in KSL Mall. I took a few photos of the work in progress Holiday Villa Johor Bahru City Centre; while staying in KSL hotel. I noticed that a lot of work still need to done; not too confident that the hotel can commence operation in March 2016.





Anyway, I am looking forward to stay in the new Holiday Villa Johor Bahru City Centre when it is ready.

Video of Komtar JBCC

Took a short video of Komtar JBCC during the weekend. I liked the Marks and Spencer store over here; the toiletries and food sections have good selections of products.

Galleria Kotaraya Mall - Update January 2013

I was at Johor Bahru yesterday to buy some Chinese New Year cookies and decided to walk over to Galleria Kotaraya Mall to see the progress of this mall.

Sad to see that many of the shops in this mall were still empty. I wonder why does it take so long for the management of this mall to bring in new tenants? The food court was opened which catered for mainly Muslim food lovers. Other food outlets include Papa Roti, Pizza Hut, KFC, Subway and Secret Recipe. As I had already taken my lunch, there was practically nothing else to see,

Hopefully the management of Galleria Kotaraya mall would expedite in bringing in more tenants selling a variety of merchandise. It would be good if this mall have a large supermarket as an anchor tenant; as there is currently no decent size supermarket around this place. City Square mall has a mini grocery shop at the basement; but the variety of food items are limited.

I will try to post an update again on this mall on the second half of this year.