No denying that, especially when travelling in a group. If I go in a group of 5 folks via the public transport, back and forth to the mall and my house, it'll be double that to parking at the mall with 1 car.

The only group who will benefit are those staying there and commuting to and from work in the city.

This post has been edited by DesRed: Jul 4 2018, 09:56 AM

Another case of fake news?

On a serious note, I did not see any news article about this on the Malay Mail, The Star or even Edge Markets.

Wow, that's quite fast even though the residential blocks and its hotel part aren't complete yet.

I also just passed by there last Saturday otw to Sunway Velocity, but didn't see any banner or billboard flashing the opening dates. Didn't even see any mention of it on fb during the past week.

I see. Was expecting Ekovest to spend more on advertising its opening date by draping banners of it on the sides of this project or sth or advertise it on fb or any property-related websites (e.g. iproperty, propertyguru, edgeprop, etc.).

Reminds me a bit of Sunway Velocity when it first opened and the construction of its other components such as the Medical Centre, Education and VR2 plus the remaining two connecting bridges are still on-going. The only difference is that they're built away from the shopping mall and not on top of it.

Can walk inside already?

I thought that the barricade to the entrance is still up the last time I passed by there.

More like just lucky that the MRT Line 1 is completed before the election and MRT Line 2's construction is already underway by then. Nothing much that Tun M can do at this point. It seems like Tun M is out to axe any mega project initiated under Najib's tenure regardless of the whether it is warranted or not. Want to erase as many of Najib's legacy as he can, I guess.

This post has been edited by DesRed: Sep 12 2018, 11:48 AM

I'm just observing here. To be fair, Tun M also engaged in a number of mega projects which doesn't really benefit the rakyat that much such as the creation of Putrajaya, KLCC, KLIA and Sepang. Not to mention Proton, and now a 3rd national car.

Najib had TRX, Bandar Malaysia, Forest City, Trans Sabah gas pipeline, ECRL and HSR to name a few. Probably he (Najib) wants to become a more illustrious 'Bapa Permodenan' to outdo Tun M at the expense of the rakyat.

The way I see it, both Najib and Tun M have their egos, no doubt about that, and trying to outdo each other. And since PH won, judging by the pace and brazenness shown by the latter by going head-on against many of the projects initiated by Najib, regardless of what stage of its construction, just proves this.

According to their fb page, the person handling this account stated 18th Sept.

Plan to drive by there next weekend to see if it really is open to the public or not.

Please school me on how to improve my 'observational' skills, 'sifu'.

Sounds like we Malaysians are gravitating towards being equal partners with Singaporeans when it comes to complaining... the joys of closing the gap between each other.

Can still go to any other shopping mall in Cheras for that, not necessarily have to be this one.

Quite surprised when I saw some the pics posted at fb. Was expecting better (or at the very least, touch up the pillars and ceilings before opening it to the public) from this developer, considering that they are up against Sunway Velocity and MyTown which opened earlier with much better finishings, albeit dusty.

Gonna pay a visit to it this coming weekend.

This post has been edited by DesRed: Sep 19 2018, 10:01 AM

'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,' as they always say...

But I don't see the beauty of it for this mall, tho.

A whole new meaning to 'less is more'.

I wonder if it'll look different in a month's time, tho.

Just came back from that mall. Feels like a mall still under construction. Can see workers going in and out doing the finishing touches.

As for parking, best to go towards LG/B1 to park, but the better way to exit is from B1 coz you'll be back at the same driveway entering this mall. If you exit from LG, you'll see a crane and some construction material on the left.

I only went there for the shopping deals, but won't be coming back so soon until it is completed.

It's Village Grocer, not Jaya Grocer. But based on my visit last week, its not open yet.

Agreed. Feels like a mall still under construction. But there are some good deals being offered by some of the outlets there until the end of this month when you look at this mall's fb page, plus the parking is free for this month. If any of the deals interest you, you can drop by, but do be aware of the construction material and equipment you'll bump into at certain sections outside the mall. And also be prepared to encounter raw pillars and ceilings as what some have mentioned here.

A number of outlets such as A-Look and Extreme Leather have offered their store opening discounts, but I doubt this mall is ready to host events as of this time as its interior and exterior is still in need of touching up here and there.

Hopefully they can complete touching up the mall within this year. Felt that it should've been opened at a much later date instead of last week, imo.

Oh, I can wait for a while.

Still have Sunway Velocity and MyTown to hang out at and watch the occasional movie while waiting for this mall to be properly complete.

Must be some under the table money given to DBKL by this developer to open it to the public in this state.

Not the first time I come across this kind of arrangement. Even the shopping mall in my hometown (Miri), Bintang Megamall, was also open to the public while the construction of its basement carpark and hotel component is still ongoing 5 years ago. Ting Peck Khiing, a local business tycoon and owner of this mall, have close ties to the then Sarawak CM, Abdul Taib Mahmud (a.k.a. Pek Moh), so that's how he's able to do this.

This post has been edited by DesRed: Sep 28 2018, 09:26 AM

Since many ppl dy visited the mall when its open to the public 2 weeks back (and I'm sure many would've taken the pics and shared them social media), Ekovest doesn't have a leg to stand on if they did sth like that.

I'm sure that the top priority for them is to finish up the raw parts of the mall.

This post has been edited by DesRed: Oct 2 2018, 10:47 PM

Whoever is handling that account knows that. Just that he/she is just intentionally diverting the issue, in a creative way.