27-03-2006: 1 Utama awarded “Shopping Complex of the Year”
By Gan Yen Kuan

1 Utama Shopping Centre has won the platinum award for “Shopping Centre of the Year” in the Retail World Excellence Awards 2006–2007, the first series of trade awards to acknowledge role-model Malaysian retailers and shopping centres.

Its anchor tenant U Parkson was also awarded the “Departmental Store of the Year.”
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Haven't been to 1 Utama for quite awhile & after seeing this piece of news i went to see what the fuss was all about. Wow alot of constuction is going on in the area between the old wing & Seri Pentas TV3, there is now 2 towers there, does anyone know wats up? Anyway i tried to cover the whole shopping centre & it is huge. took lots of pics

:applause:

impressive that a huge mall is located outside of central KL infact it is outside city limits & is in PJ. I feel it is doing well becos it is located in upper middle class neighbourhoods of Bdr Utama, TTDI & all the new D'sara areas. During weekdays it doesnt seem crowded becos its so huge but weekends & holidays crowds r massive

view of new wing(actually not so new opened 2004)
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yes it is in PJ
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main entrance in new wing
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Old wing u can see the one of the new towers coming up behind
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another view of old wing & new towers
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left new wing , right old wing with connecting part inbetween over the road
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new wing & part of the overroad connecting building on the right
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view of the connecting part over the road
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enough of the outside. 1 U is shaped like a C but the bottom of the C which is the new wing is longer than the upper part which is the old wing. Sori the transparent floor directory don't turn up well
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New wing, this part is called the oval
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a hanging display
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can u spot R2D2
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the new wing has the more up market shops
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My favorite PJ mall, right after The Curve :D

gotta go and take a look of 1 U the next time i go to the Klang Valley;)

sori 4 taking up so much bandwidth, i will reduce the pic size

GSCinemas, a bowling centre & entertainment center(Cross Fire) located on top floor
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GSCinemas is in the new wing, the old wing has TGV, nice skylight
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boxoffice
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branded shops in new wing, one of the largest British India
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Delicious by Ms Read, cafe, the branch in Bangsar Village is very popular do try it out
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Brooks Brothers!, only this one store I have seen in KL
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Vincci a popular local brand
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skylight over the Oval allows sunlight in
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i hear this is a casual less expensive brand of British India
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taken fr o'Brien's sandwich bar, had my sandwich lunch here(wrappo)
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wow nice to see updates and change. It's been 2 yrs I haven't been to KL! Need to check out Cross Fire. Thanks for the pics!

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this parkson was named Department store of the year
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fancy a music or home theatre system fr Bose
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^ what lah u take couple pic..they look uncomfy there hehe

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^ love the print on the glass

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^ can see R2D2 and where's luke? :D

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^ nice screens :cool:

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^ More couples! :D

wow nice to see updates and change. It's been 2 yrs I haven't been to KL! Need to check out Cross Fire. Thanks for the pics!
u r welcome baq, didnt check out Cross fire mayb others hav

Zara's nice. I love how well-dressed the assistants are!

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what lah u take couple pic..they look uncomfy there hehe
mayb they thot i was fr KLcityhall to check that they dont hug or worse still kiss :)

^ Thankfully OneU is outside DBKL area! :D

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^ nice screens :cool:

there r alot of single plasma screens in the mall advertising the mall stores

Today's Star
Monday April 10, 2006

1 Utama is best shopping complex

By JAYAGANDI JAYARAJ
Photos by GLENN GUAN

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The Rainforest houses 110 species of trees.

GOOD business ethics, retail excellence and integrity, and attention to customer safety and satisfaction bagged 1 Utama Shopping Centre the Platinum Award for �Shopping Complex of the Year� at the recent Retail World Excellence Awards 2006-2007.

The shopping mall (new wing), which opened in 2003, won over five other contenders, including Mid Valley Megamall which won the Gold Award.

Among the winning features of 1 Utama Shopping Centre are ample parking bays, disabled-friendly amenities, good maintenance and well-lit areas with clean washrooms.

The Rainforest area, which is a conservatory that has over 100 species of flora and fauna, waterfall, koi ponds, freshwater fish aquarium and the Rainbow suspension bridge, also worked in its favour.

�The Rainforest is a bonus point. With something unique like the Rainforest, the complex offers customers much more than just a shopping experience,� said Retail World publisher and World Asia Publishing (Wap) chief executive officer Jennifer Ong.

Held once every two years, the award is endorsed by the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry together with the Malaysian Retail Association (MRA), Business Ethics Institute of Malaysia (BEIM), Branding Association of Malaysia (BAM), Persatuan Pengurusan Kompleks Malaysia (PPK), Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) and the Malaysian Retailers Chain Association (MRCA).

It is aimed at acknowledging and honouring retailers that practise good business ethics.

Ong said the judging process took about two-and-a-half months and required much legwork of the judges to fill up the score sheets.

She said good business ethics referred to professionalism in terms of business conduct between the shopping complex and its tenants.

�In the judging process, we had to establish if the shopping complex was delivering what was promised to both tenants and customers.

�The tenants must be happy and customers, satisfied. To verify this, we had various interview sessions with the management and tenants, and even conducted random chats with customers.

�Good business ethics is not a one-way relationship,� said Ong, who was one of the judges.

Meanwhile, 1 Utama Shopping Centre manager Kenny Chin said competitions such as the one organised by Wap created healthy competition among shopping complexes to improve what they offered to customers.

�We have always striven to provide a first-class environment for shopping, dining and entertainment for all visitors and we will strive to uphold this in the years to come,� said Chin.

Last year, the mall won the National Creativity and Innovation Award 2005 organised by the Malaysian Creativity and Innovation Centre.

wow the greenery there is much denser!

continuing the tour....
the connecting building between the old & new wings is built over the road and is 3 stories. its called the skybridge. External view http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d163/picaddict_1975/1U/outside8.jpg
shops & restaurants in the skybridge
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the topfloor in the bridge houses a large gym
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the old wing is still popular mainly due to the Jusco dept store & supermarket. It also has a TGV cinema. the first Ikea store was located here b4 moving to their own building in Mutiara D'sara
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jusco supermarket
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1Utama is still undergoing expansion to the mall with an added office tower & hotel ;)
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pls contribute ur pics of 1 utama to congratulate its best shopping centre award for this year :cheers:

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I like those cute and little shops;)

In order to grab the best shopping mall award in the future, 1 utama should do something for its parking lots..built an additional multy story car park for sure will lure more ppl;)

1Utama is still undergoing expansion to the mall with an added office tower & hotel ;)
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more expansion?? wow!!!! :eek2: :eek2: :eek2:

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I like those cute and little shops;)

In order to grab the best shopping mall award in the future, 1 utama should do something for its parking lots..built an additional multy story car park for sure will lure more ppl;)
yes these small shops r interesting infact the 1st shop on the left is a tatoo shop, lots of people go there 4 tatoos

The ceiling look so plain.

The ceiling look so plain.


How would ya like the ceiling to be? :?

Like the Sistine Chapel? :lol:

^^^^Yeah :righton:

^^ Too bad Michealangelo is dead long ago. Or else they could hire him to paint the ceiling. :D

Aiya..White_Sox..that would be too expensive..I think like this should be humble enough

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Aiya..White_Sox..that would be too expensive..I think like this should be humble enough

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Fremont Ave, are you kidding me? it costs a fortune my friend!!!

As long the budget is reasonable and design acceptable, y not? That LV roof is just too much.