The 1 Utama mall houses a tropical rainforest complete with a suspension bridge, koi pond and over 500 species of local flora. The rainforest inside the mall was grown on October 25, 2003 by extracting a Tabebuia rosea tree from the nearby forest carried into the mall then planted along with 200 other species such as Alocasia, wild banana, Johanesteijsmannia, Aglaonema and Phyllagathis to make the forest look more realistic. The rainforest opened to the public in November 2003. https://www.1utama.com.my/rainforest/ 1 Utama or One Utama is a shopping mall in Bandar Utama, Selangor, with an area of 5,590,000 square feet (519,000 m2) and containing 713 stores – making it the largest shopping mall in Malaysia and the seventh-largest shopping mall in the world. Besides a rain forest/waterfall inside a mall atrium, on one of the rooftops there is a fairly large “Secret Garden” occupying 30,000 sq ft – making it one of the largest rooftop gardens in the world and displaying 600 species of carefully nurtured, rare and tropical plants (you need to hunt all over for the one elevator that goes to it…). It was developed in secret for five years before it was opened for public viewing on 25th May 2009. Admission is free, with visiting hours from 10am-10pm every Saturday, Sunday and public holidays. 1 Utama’s 713 stores appeal to all economic strata, from department stores such as AEON, Parkson, Tangs and Isetan, to high-end international chains and multiple restaurants such as Food Republic food court, Din Tai Fung, KFC, McDonald’s, Texas Chicken and Carl’s Jr. and two cinema chains, TGV Cinemas and GSC Cinemas. This mall previously housed the first IKEA store in Malaysia, Cold Storage and MPH bookstore. Aside retail, 1 Utama offers sport amenities to the public including a bowling alley, baseball pitch, climbing wall, surfing pool and skydiving wind tunnel. As of 2019, the mall attracts more than 33 million visitors annually, with peak traffic occurring during the holiday season. The first phase of the mall, now known as the “Old Wing”, was opened in September 1995. With the increase in customer traffic and demand for retail spaces inside the mall, a second phase known as the “New Wing” was added in 2003 . An additional expansion of 592,015 square feet (55,000.0 m2) was added in 2018 with the addition of 1 Utama E. Today the mall houses multiple retail areas, restaurants, cafes, sports facilities, a rainforest, and a bus station with national and international services. Current anchor tenants of the mall include; AEON, Parkson, Tangs and Isetan. The mall formerly housed the first IKEA store in Malaysia in 1996. The mall has received several awards including Gold in EdgeProp Malaysia’s Best Managed Property Awards 2019 (retail category) and the Platinum Award for Shopping Complex of the Year in the Retail World Excellence Awards 2006/07 edition, and honored by CNN in 2014 as the fourth best shopping cities in the world. Operating Hours:
SUNDAY – THURSDAY
10:00 AM – 10:00 PM
FRIDAY – SATURDAY
10:00 AM – 10:30 PM
