Yup ... i agree that some shopping malls are getting lesser people....like plaza pelangi. Many tenants also shifted to newer malls. However, there are places are completely pack and crowded with people like KSL, JUsco Tebrau , City Square, TEsco, KOtaraya etc. Do drop by at these places if you want to see the booming sign.
So have you ever asked yourself why are some shopping malls getting lesser people, why are some shifting to newer malls?
Use your little brain and think, honey.
JB itself just CANNOT support that many malls. When a new one opens, people just go there and the older ones just chup lup.
Pelangi Plaza and Danga Mall was once bustling but dying immediately after City Square opened.
City Square is just next to CIQ, so will still get the day trippers coming by buses. Yet, last weekend already experienced a drop in shoppers.
Terbrau city and Aeon Bukit Indah are favorite for Singaporeans driving over. But when SG implements the new toll and JB the new VEP, you'll see a totally different story.
KSL is still new, but, except for anchor tenant Tesco and the cinemas, has few good quality shops, with most selling cheap pasar malam stuff, and you see it's mostly youngster hanging out there before/after movies. If KSL do not change its concept and just take in just any tenant, it will fail big time very soon.
Kotaraya is busy because of the bus terminal, the shop occupancy is low and not doing that well and for goodness sake, take a good look at the quality of people hanging out there.
