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Chin Housing Realty is a registered
estate
agency located at 1 Stop Midland, Pulau Pinang. The agency has a
strong presence in Pulau Pinang with a team of professionally
qualified and licensed negotiators, each having an extensive
knowledge of the major residential and commercial areas of Pulau
Pinang and surrounding districts.
1 Stop Midland, Pulau
Pinang
Midlands One Stop, also called One-Stop Midlands Park Centre, is a
shopping centre in Pulau Tikus, Penang. When it opened for business
in the mid 1990's, it was one of the more upmarket malls in Penang.
Its initial anchor tenant was Looking Good Departmental Store and
Supermarket. In addition, other major tenants in its early years
have included Popular Bookshop, Watson, KFC, McDonald's, Kenny
Roger's and Dave's Deli.
Midlands One Stop was severely affected by the Asian Financial
Crisis which hit the local economy in the late 1997. The impact
indirectly caused the closure of the Looking Good chain of
department stores. Since then, Midlands One Stop has been unable to
find another anchor tenant of similar calibre. Over time, the drop
in shopper traffic also caused Popular Bookshop to pull out, except
for occasions when it holds its book fairs.
One major plight is the stiff competition faced by Midlands Park
from the newer and bigger Gurney Plaza which opened in November
2001, and has since drawn away the crowd and kept it. The opening of
Gurney Paragon Mall, also in the vicinity, continued to keep the
crowd away. Even though they are targetted towards the upscale
market, it appears that mid- and lower-level market traffic in the
area is too low to fill up the gap.
Today Midlands One Stop is a shadow of its original self. It caters
to the lower end of the market, with shops offering low-priced items
as reflected in the deteriorated rental rates there. Nonetheless
occupancy remains low.
Next to the shopping mall is Georgetown City Hotel, formerly called
Berjaya Penang.
Getting to Midlands One Stop
Midlands One Stop is located on Jalan Burma opposite the Adventist
Hospital. You can take Rapid Penang Bus 101, 104 and 304 to reach
it. Bus stop is in short distance near the shopping centre.
Sources: http://www.penang-traveltips.com/midlands-one-stop.htm
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