Kuala Lumpur is to have a new  mall at Bukit Bintang City Centre (BBCC), on the site of the former Pudu Prison.

Bukit Bintang City Centre Development has entered into a JV with Japan’s Mitsui Fudosan Asia for the development of the Mitsui Shopping Park Lalaport mall. Covering 130,100 sqm, it will have a net lettable area of 80,000 sqm and house about 300 stores.

Construction is expected to start next year with the opening to be in 2021.