Atria

Atria (also known as Atria Shopping Centre) is a community shopping centre located in a serene neighborhood of Damansara Jaya. It comprises of a 4-storey shopping complex annexed with 2 3-storey car park buildings. It sits on a 22,161.02 square meters freehold land. Among its current tenants are KFC, Nando's, Giant, Big Bookstore and Guardian to name a few.Atria is strategically located nearby numerous commercial centres and amenities. There are several banks surrounding it such as Maybank and RHB Bank. Besides that, there are several education centres in the enclave, all within short walking distance from Atria, namely SMK Damansara Jaya, SK Damansara Jaya, Kolej Damansara Utama (KDU) and the Itqan Integrated Islamic School.Atria has great access to expressways such as the Damansara-Puching Expressway (LDP), Sprint Expressway (SPRINT) and North Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE). There are also public buses served by RapidKL from the shopping centre to Taman Bahagia LRT, SEA Park, Damansara Uptown and SS 2, Petaling Jaya.

Property Details

Name: Atria (also known as Atria Shopping Centre)

Address: Jalan SS 22/23, Damansara Jaya, 47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor

Completion Date: 1980s

Type: Shopping Centre

Tenure: N/A

Land Area: 22,161 sq meters

No. of Blocks: 3

No. of Storey: 4

Analysis

Possession of the building ownership has changed hands for several times before. This iconic shopping mall has been around since the 1980s, which it was initially occupied by the Kimisawa and Printempts department stores. Afterwards, the Lion Group took over the building, whereupon Kimisawa became Parkson Grand and Printempts became the Atria Shopping Centre. Then, in early 21st centuries, Lien Hoe Corporation took over Atria and the Parkson supermarket was taken over, first by Tops and later by Giant in 2005. Later, Lien Hoe sold the Atria to OSK Property Holdings for RM75,000,000 in March 2007. Upon the ownership of this iconic plaza, OSK Property has proposed to redevelop and revamp the Atria into a 33-storey office tower with a 4-level retail podium and a 3½ level basement car park. Then in January 2009, OSK Property changed its mind to redevelop this iconic mall into a retail and commercial centre. The redevelopment of Atria will comprise of a 22-storey building with a separate blocks of 12-storey buildings. It is scheduled to kick-off in the second half of 2010 with gross development value of RM1 billion. The re-development is expected to be completed by 2012. Up to this date, the developer told that the redevelopment of Atria is still in the planning stage.As larger shopping malls appear, Atria seemed to lose its appeal and attraction. People are more interested to visit other malls such as 1-Utama Shopping Centre, Tropicana City and The Curve to name a few, which most are located mere minutes away from Atria. Nowadays, the Atria seemed to be a neighborhood mall servicing houses and offices surrounding it.