🛍️ Major Shopping Malls in Johor Bahru - Overview & Comparison


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Bus J15 Mid valley to jb sentral

Bus J21 Maximum fare from Hub Permas Jaya to JB Sentral is RM 2.70 (go to aeon permas jaya and opp Renaissance Johor Bahru Hotel)


Maximum fare from SOGO Mid Valley to JB Sentral is RM 1.70.




🏢 1. The Mall, Mid Valley Southkey (5227.KL)

Location: 1, Persiaran Southkey 1, Southkey, 80150 Johor Bahru

Attached Hotel: 🏨

St. Giles Southkey Hotel
575 rooms

28th floor

(shares parking, flat RM5/day for hotel/event guests)

Cinema: 🎬 GSC Cinema (Level 3 - Mezzanine)

🛋️ 18 Halls

🎟️ 1,686 Seating Capacity


Anchor Tenants:

🛍️ SOGO (Levels G, 1, 2)

🧰 Harvey Norman (LG level)


Events: Mid Valley Exhibition Centre (Level 3)

Parking:

🅿️ 5,000 Bays

💳 Cashless: Credit/Debit/Touch 'n Go


Accessibility:

📍 Near Eastern Dispersal Link (EDL), Tebrau Highway, Jalan Bakar Batu

🚗 5-min drive from JB CIQ / Causeway


Shortcuts:

🛣️ Kampung Bakar Batu to Permas Jaya




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🏢 2. Paradigm Mall Johor Bahru (5338.KL)

Location: Jalan Skudai, Taman Bukit Mewah, 81200 Johor Bahru

Opening: 2017

Attached Hotel: 🏨 Hyatt Place Johor Bahru

Cinema: 🎬 GSC Cinema (Level 7)

🛋️ 16 Halls

🎟️ 2,137 Seating Capacity (largest in Johor)


Anchor Tenants:

🛒 Village Grocer (premium supermarket)

🛍️ Parkson (200,000 sq ft)


Parking: Multi-level

Claim to Fame:

🏢 Larger than Singapore’s VivoCity (1.5 mil sq ft)

🏙️ Integrated with residential and commercial units


Shortcuts:

From Taman Ungku Tun Aminah via Jalan Danga Sutera utama

🚗 6-min drive from





🏢 3. KSL City Mall

Opened: December 2010

Net Lettable Area (NLA): 775,000 sq ft

Occupancy Rate: Over 90%

Adjacent Hotel: 868-room hotel (opened April 2012)

Occupancy Rate: ~70% in 2013, increased to ~75% in 2014





Location: Taman Abad, Johor Bahru

Nearby Hotels: 🏨 KSL Hotel, 🏨 Holiday Villa, 🏨 Novotel Johor Bahru

Cinema: 🎬 GSC Cinema

🛋️ 8 Halls

🎟️ 1,378 Seating Capacity


Inside this mall:

🏪 Lotus’s Supermarket


Claim to Fame:

🛏️ 3 Major hotels


KSL Hotel,
Novotel Hotel,
Holiday Villa Hotel,
New York Hotel,
Grand Paragon Hotel ,
Crystal Crown hotel


within walking or driving distance!




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🧾 Additional Info

IGB REIT (5227): Owns Mid Valley Megamall & The Gardens; potential injection of Mid Valley Southkey into the REIT still pending.

WCT Holdings Bhd (9679):

Paradigm Mall JB developer; received approval to list Paradigm REIT (5338) (Mar 2025).


KSL (5038.KL)




Paradigm REIT Initial Portfolio:

Bukit Tinggi Shopping Centre: 1,000,950 sq ft (GLA)

Paradigm Mall PJ: 680,177 sq ft (NLA)

Paradigm Mall JB: 1,291,165 sq ft (NLA)




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### 🔄 Quick Comparison Table

Mall	Opening Year	Cinema Halls	Cinema Capacity	Attached Hotel	Parking Bays	Anchor Tenants
Mid Valley Southkey	23 April 2019	18	1,686	St. Giles Southkey Hotel	5,000	SOGO, Harvey Norman, Exhibition Hall
Paradigm Mall JB	2017	16	2,137	Hyatt Place JB	Multi-level	Parkson, Village Grocer
KSL City Mall	2010	8	1,378	850 rooms KSL Hotel	-	Lotus's, various retail outlets

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### ✅ Conclusion
- **Best for Cinemas Capacity **: 🎬 Mid Valley Megamall Southkey JB (Largest seating because it have 18 halls )


- **Most Convenient for Travel/Access**:
🚗 Mid Valley Southkey (Near Jb CIQ, 3 highways , Jalan Bakar Baru, Jalan Tebrau, EDL )

Bus T21
Permas Jaya <> JB Sentral


KSL City Mall have public bus

Bus F100
KSL City Mall <> JB Sentral


- **Best Hotel Integration**: 🏨 KSL City Mall (3 hotels side-by-side!)

🚧 **Note**: Always check current traffic and parking availability on Google Maps.

📍 [Google Maps: Mid Valley Southkey](https://maps.app.goo.gl/XsMzxgeHa5uGVsLu8?g_st=ac)
📍 [More info on Paradigm Mall](https://www.wct.com.my/images/projects/paradigm-mall-jb.jpg)
























🚧 Note: Always check current traffic and parking availability on Google Maps.

📍 Google Maps: Mid Valley Southkey 📍 More info on Paradigm Mall

This post has been edited by plouffle0789: Nov 25 2025, 04:59 PM

Mid Valley Southkey > IKEA > Paradigm Mall JB period

MidValley mall is the biggest? I thought it is paradigm mall. But in terms of better shopping experience midvalley is better.

first Parkson is not Parkson Holiday Plaza meh

merlin tower is the best mall in JB.

This post has been edited by plouffle0789: Yesterday, 08:55 PM

Why? What they want?

Your money




2023 March 9 video

This post has been edited by plouffle0789: Nov 8 2024, 07:36 AM

Johor Maju !!

They provide any service?

Should be massage



2023 Feb 2 video









2023 March 9 video

M snooker





Roti kosong seems nice




This post has been edited by plouffle0789: Nov 8 2024, 07:57 AM

I remember that there was more than 1 parkson in Johor for a long time

Toppen Ikea Aeon jusco?

All nearby walking distance 10mins.

midvalley southkey is nice..but they also primary targeting sinkie and not local...

Mall management or the shop inside mid valley JB?

both ba....the mall is nice mean the management is doing a good job and i think it is also necessary to attract sinkine. very crowded also especially weekend because you know sinkie come in during weekend. i sometime see fb people post they jam at the car park 2-3hours just to exit

The 5,000 parking slots in the mall also cause traffic jams.Haiz

Traffic congestion occurs mainly due to road jams outside the mall?

This post has been edited by plouffle0789: Nov 8 2024, 08:14 AM

midvalley southkey should have been in near the bridge but instead they put RF mall there

We already have JB City Square near the JB Customs.

The city area already has enough cars to cause traffic congestion.

city square should be a apartment condo or high class hotel

IGB pretty good at managing malls. They are good are getting quality tenants.

during the 2000 and 2010s, actually CS is quite important to commuters before the larger malls are built.

In fact, these days, if the merlions dont want to travel far but only day trip, CS is still the go-to place. Convenient for them.

i am curious, KSL mall still packed with ppl and jam there. Is it because cheaper items can be found there?

No. KSL items are not any cheaper compare to SouthKey. It's due to it's close proximity to causeway and the fact it has a hotel/apartment above. With so many people staying there, it's bound to be packed. But I dislike KSL. Find it messy and the last time I was there, the basement carpark rek of sewage smell.

SouthKey is the best in terms of atmosphere. However, once I got caught in jam exiting carpark due to highway jam leading to Pasir Gudang. Folks simply refuses to give way.

Paradigm is getting better but the carpark structure sucks.

It should be near many car wash and massage shops, restaurants, salons

Also KSL Hotel.

Mid Valley Southkey have many exit right?




Paradigm Mall JB has a nice bridge link connecting to Jalan Skudai and the Pusat Perdagangan Danga Utama area.

Lots of Sinkies stay and shop there. The Lotus's is always packed like sardines.
Got many makan places in and outside the mall. Monday night got pasar malam.
There's a bus that takes shoppers to ciq for RM1.50.

I stayed in the hotel quite a few times before.

If you see the picture, the actual exit only 2.

One from the top left, and another from the lower middle right.

Yeah, the car park got a few exit points but the actual road out of the vicinity is practically only 2.

The one on the top left, will kena block if EDL jam or the exit to bakar batu is jammed (which happen frequently enough)

The lower middle right exit, is slightly better as it got path to leave EDL section. But there is a not very big traffic light intersection there.

This MV very easy gridlock.

Paradigm problem good is it exits to one of the biggest road in JB and the entry/exit is separate. But if got problem, those inside the car park will kena teruk

This post has been edited by Blackscreamerz: Nov 8 2024, 10:09 AM

They always come to Lotus's to buy fruits,beer, Milo, rice, milk, shampoo, oats, biscuits, snacks, noodles, and sugar, right?

This post has been edited by plouffle0789: Nov 8 2024, 10:06 AM

There's only 1 exit to Woodlands via EDL to return Singapore. Other exit is not ideal and will inadvertently get caught in more jam.

Mid Valley Southkey ,owned by IGB Company, is so clever.

Don’t they have any other solutions for this issue?

Do you have any good suggestions?



Do you mean that if there's a traffic jam on Jalan Skudai, all the cars in Paradigm Mall JB won't be able to exit the car parks as well?

This post has been edited by plouffle0789: Nov 8 2024, 10:11 AM

even the map doesnt show how the traffice will slow down. Elevated path, then zoom down to P1 level, then return to ground level.

The one design the road very smart but ignore driver conditions.

The upper left road is actually a flyover into southkey.

I think they need an extra exit flyover further away. To avoid bakar batu/edl combo jam.

I forget there is a small exit to the north of EDL. But this one will be a difficult exit if bakar batu traffic volume is high.

Coming soon, the roundabout on the left of the map, will open to another side of the southkey area. It should elevate the jam a bit but those seeking for a quick path to bakar batu and edl wont be benefited much.

Both actually. If Jln Skudai too jam, paradigm mall ppl either take the taman road to escape or jam into jln skudai. But because the car park design is not very good, the jam is more likely to be internal during peak hours.

If come from JB side, then the flyover into paradigm mall is famous for jam due to the volume enter, even if jln skudai is not jam.

Toilet and tissue paper.

I often spend at least 30 minutes looking for a parking space in Paradigm Mall JB.

Usually, only level 3 has available spaces. Levels UG, G, 1, and 2 are usually full.


I think their parking spaces less than 2000.


The Hyatt Place Hotel is open now, and they share parking with the mall, right?



This post has been edited by plouffle0789: Nov 8 2024, 10:38 AM

Sunway Big Box > all

This one got MV Gardens vibe

sana go find ghost senang la.

Not sure o. Long time didnt go paradigm after MV open.

Cause paradigm wasnt that great last time when KSL is the better place.

https://www.gsc.com.my/cinema/gsc-sunway-big-box/



8 halls only.....

lol most of the malls are target for stinkaporeans

I see, so the strategic location plays a big part here. I was thinking what is so special with this KSL mall which was open in 2010 (am I right?) and still standing despite a lot of new shopping malls keep opening up.

Even our Legoland and Adventure Waterpark Desaru Coast also......

Yup, strategic location and reasonable room rates (RM180 for weekdays). You practically don't have to leave the building to buy almost anything.

This was during 2020.Covid-19 era.

Why gate 4 so special?

Like I always say, Malaysia must have the balls to build 100 fully-manned customs lanes to suck dry Singapore domestic consumption worth hundreds of billions of dollars every year.

How many loaves of bread or how many rolls of toilet paper can Singapore consume?

Why 33 million Malaysia scared of 6 million Singapore

100? Existing counters pun don't always fully manned lo.

this one is to the multi storied parking. direct access to the shopping floor but limited in spaces.

I think during covid era, also the starting year of the mall, the parking there is free on certain days and times but need to scan card to enter.

but i dont like to park there. macam parking in singapore car park.

This post has been edited by Blackscreamerz: Nov 8 2024, 10:58 AM

Well, at this rate, Johor could build the lanes and still have enough room for 10 shopping mall, 10 theme park, and even a new LRT/MRT line at jb or gelang patah area to handle all the 'Singaporean tourists'!

This post has been edited by plouffle0789: Nov 8 2024, 10:57 AM

More like they are too lazy to do it.

Try tell them their KPI is tied to money collected, then we might see something different.

Is this level from the JB customs direction?

Can you see that almost all the cars in the car park on this level have Singapore license plates?

Singaporeans don't steal, rob or smuggle drugs in Malaysia since most of them are richer than us.

Malaysia should just open up our borders to Singapore so that Malaysia can benefit from Singaporeans spending their precious Singapore dollars here.

Then we can talk about 1S$ = RM 2

Kind of. Since they exit SG to EDL directly, it is the most logical way that they will enter MV directly when they exit EDL to the elevated circle lanes, into gate 4. Cause gate 4 is not on the ground level. (there is a lane that go to the basement parking at the same EDL exit mentioned here which is nearer than gate 4, but i guess SG ppl prefer to see sky).

But then, during weekend, it is also very likely to see 4 to 5 sg plats, out of 10 in basement parking.3

This post has been edited by Blackscreamerz: Nov 8 2024, 11:07 AM

There are ample of space at the basement, i always skip the upper levels and go straight for basement. Never spent more than 10 mins securing a spot, sometimes if lucky, can get one right in-front of homepro.

Nowadays ppl still walking biggest mall?tak pernat meh when the place over big?

Most people just go to the cinema or walk through one level only; they don’t usually explore all the levels.






This post has been edited by plouffle0789: Nov 8 2024, 12:10 PM

People dont want go to park. Hot and got mozzie

Walk in mall got aircond

Consider as exercising and if thirsty can buy tealive

Singapore’s population of 6.04 million includes not only citizens and PRs but also all work pass holders, domestic helpers, and construction workers.


The total number of Singapore citizens and permanent residents is just 4,184,900.

4.18 millions only.

Other than that, 1.82 million people are work pass holders or LTVP.

Not all of them will travel to Malaysia, even if we had 100 manual customs counters.

Many high-income individuals (T20) in Singapore are concerned about safety and would avoid visiting Malaysia, even if offered a free five-night stay at Renaissance Hotel Permas Jaya, free petrol, or money.

This post has been edited by plouffle0789: Nov 8 2024, 12:08 PM

Thirsty and sugar drink won't become more thirsty and tired? 😂

Klcc alone i also feel annoying as fuck imagine biggest mall 😂

1:17 outside of mall have so many parking space?









This post has been edited by plouffle0789: Nov 8 2024, 12:25 PM

Open space parking that is not connected to the mall. Usually only see tourist bus in it.

Malaysia and mall berpisah tiada

So clever....

Target singaporean customer.

More profitable to build malls than to build outdoor parks.

Shared route
From KK Super Mart Johor, Pusat Perdagangan Danga Utama ( JDGU )



to


Paradigm Mall Johor Bahru,
Skudai Hwy,
Taman Bukit Mewah,
81200 Johor Bahru



via Jalan Skudai Lama.

6 min (2.8 km)
6 min in current traffic
Avoiding highways, Avoiding tolls


1. Head southeast on Jln Pertama 1 toward Jalan Pertama
2. Turn left after BiG Project Fitness (on the left) onto Jalan Pertama

(Passby FWD insurance,Greenfield regency condo, Toyota Sales Showroom)

3. Turn right onto Jalan Skudai Lama
4. Turn left
5. Merge onto Lbh Skudai/Route 1
6. Take the Paradigm JB exit
7. Turn right onto Jln Mewah Ria 2
8. Continue straight
9. Arrive at location: Paradigm Mall Johor Bahru


For the best route in current traffic visit

https://maps.app.goo.gl/XsMzxgeHa5uGVsLu8?g_st=ac


Do you know this shorcut?


From Taman Ungku tun Aminah,not neccesaary need to use jalan skudai to paradigm mall.

Can go to the Pusat Perdagangan Danga Utama first.....

This post has been edited by plouffle0789: Nov 11 2024, 11:08 AM

not really cause i will always come from the east side of the jb. This route is more applicable for those staying in Sutera Utama and TUTA side only. Kempas side not benefited from tis.

This is KL Eco City (just beside Mid Valley KL)

I think Mid Valley Southkey JB and Paradigm Mall JB should have many flyover or interchange for easier access to the mall entrances and exits.

This post has been edited by plouffle0789: Nov 14 2024, 04:43 AM

Southkey might have that kind of space for additional flyovers.

Paradigm mall might be harder. In the first place, paradigm mall design and layout was planned decades ago before it stop for years.

TS, how much the mid valley mall management pay you for doing marketing?

RM 0

wah...... free labour

dunno southkey doing new bridges or not but I notice they doing new housing development opposite, near the flats

which is not accessible itself directly thru southkey megamall, unless jam into Bayu and go from the inner route

u can literally see the place opposite while exiting car park, but u cant access directly, if tat road is made possible, I think the jam maybe not as bad

confirm unker ts bought huge sum of IGBReit

Condo or landed house?

you mean the kampung area directly to the north of MV right? MV probably doesnt want kg ppl to flood its road.

PPR....Not exactly what you expect...

yea ard there, next to the flats

https://southkey.com.my/projects/nadi-residences/

u can see here for more info, I just noticed it yesterday

from the site it seems to have small units only, not cheap either, psf almost 600

Wont be cheap. the first 4km land from city center or causeway, is already pretty much full. Expanding to 6km to 10km, these area are considered premium now.

Technically, it should be considered as urban area. haha

yea, but as u can see from the plan, its literally next to the flats and after the kampung
I wonder would they have access road to mid valley or not

Nadi residences

1050 sq ft

3 bedroom 2 bathrooms

Nice project

This post has been edited by plouffle0789: Nov 14 2024, 12:15 PM

This is new project or the already built ? the already built that is not accessible from the highway, and need to go in from Bakar Batu...


ok I go google... the building I am talking about are the Flats, while you are talking about new development right beside the ones already built and was actually empty for quite a long time.

This Nadi Residences just opposite mid valley southkey....

Beside PPR Flat

This post has been edited by plouffle0789: Nov 14 2024, 12:15 PM

it may seem convenient, but the highway infront, jam like crazy, for all the vehicles going towards Permas Jaya and also congestion when going towards CIQ and the opposite direction is jam as crazy going towards Nasa, DatoOnn, Setia Tropika.

think of like, for Skudai at the Paradigm mall.


what is the masterplan for going into the development? if via Kampung Bakar Batu... than... you will have to see how the small road fairs.


They need at least another entry before the entrance to flyover to Midvalley, and that entrance need to have both entry and exit, so you can fly over to Southkey without being congested together with people going to Permas Jaya.



Edit: much like the Paradigm mall's entrance that can be used to go to Bukit Merah.

This post has been edited by skywardsword: Nov 14 2024, 12:15 PM

Those kampung landed houses are on very narrow roads with many sharp corners, right?

From what I know, Bus T21 (JB Sentral - Permas Jaya) needs to use this road to get to Bandar Baru Permas Jaya.

Many cars also use this road and drive very fast.


Kampung Bakar Batu

https://www.instantstreetview.com/@1.497849...Y_Lc0VYuLnqnbcw



https://www.instantstreetview.com/@1.497131...YeLhruiWFMZ1V-A



Jalan Pantai



This post has been edited by plouffle0789: Nov 14 2024, 12:27 PM

actually not this kampung I think, there is another before it
this one have to come in from suria, the jalan mostly flower

seldom ppl know tat road, its from jln Tebrau n exit Bayu permas

This is KL Eco City (just beside Mid Valley KL)

I think Mid Valley Southkey JB and Paradigm Mall JB should have many flyover or interchange for easier access to the mall entrances and exits.

https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/11/...destrian-bridge


Owing to poor planning and delays, the bridge has taken 20 years to materialise.

Since 1999, commuters have been unable to access Mid Valley KL from the Abdullah Hukum LRT Station, which sits just across the river.



Hope Southkey Mid Valley do not like Mid Valley KL,need 20 years to solve a problem...




Is Kampung Bakar Batu a shortcut from Mid Valley Southkey to Bandar Baru Permas Jaya?

This post has been edited by plouffle0789: Nov 14 2024, 12:36 PM

Google maps show this ....


Kampung Bakar Batu is a shortcut from Mid Valley Southkey to Bandar Baru Permas Jaya.


Do you know the name of the kampung?

This post has been edited by plouffle0789: Nov 14 2024, 12:36 PM