When pendemic happen I stopped visiting mall. That time e-curve was under renewal and the curve is still buzzing even though it seems like not able to keep up against 1u.

Fast forward 2 years + later after we lift restrictions during Raya I decide to visit the place. I was expecting maybe a little run down but still would be an ok mall.

Holy crist the place is so dead there is barely anything left worth visit. Almost all the food stall closed. E-curve sealed. No decoration, no event. Everything bare minimum and even if some stall still operate their inventory shrunk so bad it's worst then 2 years before.

Wth happened to the mall? I use to categorize mall for survey purpose and this was one of the A+ mall before the pendemic. Now this look so bad under its almost down to a F class mall.

Very sad and shocked. Anyone live nearby and often visit can shed some light on what happened?

1 dead, build another 10.

Lel. The curve. Used to be so happening in the mid noughties. Laundry bar, the apartment. That entire row I think only TGIF survived.

Still much better than neighbouring malls atria and 3 damansara.

This post has been edited by Mr Mercedes: May 13 2022, 08:18 PM

Have you took any photo while you are inside? Wanna see the deadness because I haven't been there since 2013

Curve, not straight

Which one is dead? The curve or cineleisure? Or both. Haven’t go since MCO 1.0

what happen? 1U happened. that's what happen, why go curve when 1U is just 5 mins away?

Unfortunately I was kind of shell shocked at that time and was in a hurry to even think of taking photos. Only some comfort to know the uncle pianist still play around borders.

going to ikea bypassing ecurve from MRT is really scary weh

Both.

It's part of my job to survey the health of malls around the state so I can recommend client options base on my findings. I do this with my own initiative even though atm I am not required to so I don't have to run multiple place when I need to. Me do this for work not for fun.

what are u talking about? I went there on the first day of raya and everywhere so many people. Want to cari makan also susah since everywhere full and the only restaurant that is not full is dome.

taip panjang2 what happen apa?

mall under renovation la

Edit: Salah tempat

This post has been edited by grape sunset: May 13 2022, 08:39 PM

meanwhile ikea

Went there during puasa week. Really shocking to see the current situation of the mall.

Lucky the Lego store still okay.

Pee to show dominance.

one drillz also tarak,.. open thread pulak,..

Haaa ...😱😱😱 Are you okay. Sure or not. Only few month ago I saw all deserted. All shop close.. nly 1Utama looks better.

Ppl prefer Ikano Mall much more due to walking distance convenience nearer to Ikea.

E-curve sealed meaning all doors closed? No tenant in e-curve anymore? Manhattan fish market, and all shops kicked out?

carpark 1u murah bang

Didn't eCurve cease operation?

If they shut down e-curve then how the MRT passenger go to the curve?

Wow I never walk across the bridge from Ikea anymore. So that's what it has become.

After some digging, yes, e-curve perma shut down back in march 2021. The food section I think besides dome others all tapau liao, gym also gone, the bar also gone. Idk if tgi is still alive or not, I was walking from the 2nd floor and I see many shop tapau and empty.

Kinda sad sia, it use to be my hangout spot with model amois back a few years ago. Now it looks like russia invaded the place like that. Super dead.

ecurve gone case, curve on life support, its basically a neighbourhood mall, nothing inside tbh except for a few nice restaurants, the shops there sucks and level 1 onwards is pretty much like a ghost mall, dont know how those shops still can survive there

it used to be the hangout place during the mid to late 2000s, remember when curve had NYE celebrations fireworks and 1u didnt have, ppl all flooding curve mall for NYE celebrations, now its being held at 1u instead

Basically Boustead doing a shitty job as a mall operator

the curve coin also not doing well

owai...

Even before the pandemic it was already dying la

still exists ah? haven't been there since 2017 kek

- borders from 2 floors cut to 1
- bubba gump bungkus long time ago
- johnny rockets also bungkus
- TGIF pretty dead
- Italianese also pretty dead
- sakae sushi also bungkus already

Little Penang also closed. Regular there before pandemic.

I remember before pandemic I wrote a lengthy email to management regarding their mall white gating and actually expect them to survive compare to other place.

Never expected them to flip over so bad.

Yes. E-curve was dying even before pandemic. The Curve was still ok though. Haven't been there long time eventhough I stay nearby. Maybe go visit soon.

Still got Zeus Coffee

Tell me except those giant malls like mvalley, spyramid, pavillion... Which mall is not dead??

Don't forget 1u giant mall too.

I think only suria klcc can survive cos its central.

Haven't been to nu sentral in a long time so not sure about the shops there.

edit: and I expected starling to do better than 3 damansara and atria. Don't know who approve so many neighbourhood malls so nearby 1u.

This post has been edited by delon85: May 14 2022, 06:22 AM

Tbh Johnny rockets memang tak patut buka pun. Burger macam apa ntah.
Tapi sayang Bubba gump tutup. Thanks to naza stupidity

Yes live nearby 10 mins away... the mall dead long ago.. where have u been? Just out from gua..😢😢😢

Anyway nobody goes that mall anymore except ikea other than that all dead la...

Yet we are developing more shopping malls instead of focusing the one we already have

Must be good to be developers, just need to standby cash under table

It was as dead before mco surely it remain dead now

Had some decent clubbing place but later on heard there was a push for bigger bumiputera equity then shit hit the fan and then become a shit hole like.

Of course higher cost of living, weakening of ringgit and MCO hasten it's demise.

"saya terkejut..."

51% kills it again

How did you do your assessment? It is obvious it was a shadow of its former self.

E-curve dead, curve was ok-ish but on the way to death already. Frankly curve was supported by e-curve's cinema, ikea and tesco. When E-curve/cineleisure died, it affected traffic through curve as well. After ikano revamped, ikea customers also have little reason to go to curve except for eating.

Is that why the bazaar and crowd became mostly Malays after some time?

Overrated place to visit

i only remember Marchè Restaurant

Lol. Dont blame living cost, MCO and weakening RM lah. Its primary just the first part. You go pavilion and suria still packed like gila.

Bad management and policy....Managing a shopping mall is the same like managing a country. Short sighted policy and half bake management will bring down the shopping mall/country.
Its lucky to have Ikea, otherwise should have been gone 5 years earlier.

This post has been edited by Singh_Kalan: May 14 2022, 10:14 AM

Your definition of dead prob different from mine, atria and starling aren't as bad ...... dead mall to you maybe little traffic not many shop option, but still with some active component. maybe the mall is on a 60% occupancy. Real DEAD mall to me is occupancy is about 25% left. In this case the curve looks to me going to be abandon soon, almost like unplugging life support. Shop aren't closed, they are empty.

You share the same answer with the guy above.

U terpancut la u.

When I walk mall for survey I check for shop brands, store items, traffic flow and category. I've expected mall to shred about 20% for top mall in the city and maybe 35% for average and below average mall. This is the first mall I step on that shred almost 70% of whatever my record was before this. This means if no one take over the curve will permanently be closed and abandon in less then a year. Unless the owner willing to burn money to keep a zombie mall burning.

Yea I suspected as much.

I remember quite a number of arrogant Malay stall sellers on the pavement walk. Then I no mood go there.

Nothing of value was lost.

kanir varum, varatum

Yup I feel the Ikano revamp did it in. Used to be after IKEA you head on to curve. Now there's no need most stuff can be found in Ikano.

Went there earlier this year to check out the Borders for some things. As dead as you say but I chalked it up to not fully bukak. Looks like it's real tough times now

Curve can only survive with upper M40 and T20 ppl. Government racist want to kill off all private sector since they think it's Chinese based so now become a shit hole la.

Then when comes to Malays, Malays like to have 3 children or more, so likely Malays will focus on bare essentials namely IKEA and Tesco.

This post has been edited by Myk Hyn: May 14 2022, 04:52 PM

starling used to be good when it first opened, many good eateries and ppl mainly go there for meals then jalan jalan abit

but now the eateries inside alot of them closed down ledi, the only good one is the kam kee restaurant, it basically have no appeal anymore, no reason for ppl to go there now

I work here for more than 10 years and still working there. Last time alot of traffic from KD and DP people. What really killed the mall was Covid. F&B 2 years MCO cannot tahan. Most of the office crowd continued to work from home after the reopening. Even Lotus got less cars during workdays.

It's in the middle of uptown though with cinema inside. I'm surprised it's not doing well.

It's crazy to think that in that small area has 4 small neighbourhood malls. Atria, Starling, 3 Damansara and Glo.

Most of the eateries that opened when they started are still there.

The sad one is the food court, had some good stalls/brands but most moved out even before pandemic.

the one that i always frequent, nam heong and go noodle gone liao, haizz

I only know the curve got rape story when i was in high sch about a ms C. Ong. Sad case bec the rapist mcm din kena convict.

Then afterthat less car park there. All go ikea.
If visit also walk to it not park inside

Didnt know until now still bad

You got the wrong mall. It was bangsar shop complex

Also get your facts straight the Rapist was hanged



This post has been edited by diffyhelman2: May 14 2022, 05:05 PM

Curve more or less dead.

Ikano still ok but not much choices.

1U still da best. Plenty of choices.

Drill mana

I used to go there for Lego

But now 1utama also got Lego so I stop hung there

I have never reported against a fellow non, but this is my first. You made a very racist and also wrong assertion there.

he might have mistaken the case, but a murder did happen in the curve before, cause i remember as well

https://www.thesundaily.my/true-crimes/crim...stery-<--spam removed-->58801

raped and murdered in her own baby boutique at the first floor

This post has been edited by wilsonjay: May 14 2022, 05:10 PM

There was a rape and assault case in Curve as well:

https://www.thesundaily.my/true-crimes/crim...stery-<--spam removed-->58801

But in this country where race plays a big role, after canny ong case, a lot become no further action. It is what it is and I say it as it is. Nothing racing.

What’s your assessment on 3damnsara n glomac damansara? These two seem to have less than 30% occupancy.

Why both your links 404?

Mrt direct access also die 😑 don't say gov no help

You have One U, Starling, Giza and IPC surrounding it. Make your own conclusions.

The culprit related to canny ong case was punished but to be fair, but a lot of cases involving Malay were let off the hook in recent years. And im not talking bout rape.
Cases like songlap ( Popular crime), murder ( beating of the condo Pak guard), khalwat ( NAZA red sofa) all were let off the hook.

Your insinuation may be inaccurate at worst, but that doesn't mean it's false.

Google curve murder. I remember police caught a guy but no evidence had to release him. Many ppl suspect stalker. He was raped and murdered.

There was also and attempted kidnapping there. Thats why their parking lots are quite well lit and guard posts set up in several areas including the exit

But yeah Canny Ong was NOT there.

Tropicana gardens mall just down the rd got direct access mrt now also. Curve will probably be redeveloped.

This post has been edited by diffyhelman2: May 14 2022, 05:23 PM

Ahhhh laundry, so much memories with all those local band gigs

Those are class B malls, can survive but won't be pulling huge crowd. Its aiming at regular folks and not wooing high class crowd. Or above average crowd.

Haven't been there in a long time. Went for booster shot nearby so parked at Surian. Thought I'd give the curve a visit after the shot. Holy crap, shocking experience going through the MRT bypass.

It's a thread about a mall devastation but infested with racial insinuations.

Good job /k, you're living up to the reputation although many like to say 'I'm not racist'

Yea i remember this case. Her name is Goh Lee Fang. Kena rogol and murdered in Curve. Till today cant catch her murderer

And the international squash open