| Sunshine Central | |||||||||||||
| Address: | Jalan Pisang Embun, 11500 Paya Terubong, George Town, Penang, Malaysia | ||||||||||||
| Location Town: | George Town, Penang | ||||||||||||
| Location Country: | Malaysia | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 5.3988°N 100.2874°W | ||||||||||||
| Start Date: | 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Completion Date: | 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Opened Date: | 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Owner: | Suiwah Corporation | ||||||||||||
| Top Floor: | 39 | ||||||||||||
| Floor Count: | 39 | ||||||||||||
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| Building Type: | Mixed-use complex | ||||||||||||
| Grounds Area: | 3.64ha | ||||||||||||
| Developer: | Crimson Omega | ||||||||||||
| Mapframe-Wikidata: | yes | ||||||||||||
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 15 | ||||||||||||
Sunshine Central is a mixed-use complex within George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. Situated at the suburb of Paya Terubong, the 3.64ha 39-storey complex comprises a residential tower, an office block, a hotel and a nine-storey shopping mall forming the podium. Owned by local conglomerate Suiwah Corporation, Sunshine Central was opened to the public in 2024.
Sunshine Central was envisioned on a 9acres commercial plot within the neighbourhood of Farlim, with Sunshine Departmental Store, a subsidiary of Suiwah Corporation, being proposed as the anchor tenant of the new shopping mall. Suiwah Corporation had been established in 1961 as a local retail chain operating across Penang, including stores such as Sunshine Square at Bayan Baru.[2], Sunshine Central was estimated to have a gross development value of RM300 million.[3] [4]
Construction began in 2016, with China Machinery Engineering Corporation being awarded the RM40 million contract for earthworks and piling.[5] [6] The project was completed in 2024 and trade shows were planned to mark the 50th anniversary of China's diplomatic ties with Malaysia.[7] Sunshine Central was inaugurated in October that year by Paya Terubong assemblyman and state executive councillor Wong Hon Wai.[8]
Sunshine Mall is a nine-storey shopping mall that forms the podium of the complex. It features 412 retail lots spread out over 820000square feet of net lettable area, with Sunshine Departmental Store as its anchor tenant. At the time of its launch, Sunshine Mall was slightly smaller in lettable area than Gurney Plaza and Queensbay Mall, the two largest shopping malls in George Town. Golden Screen Cinemas operates an 11-screen cinema within the mall.[9]
Sunshine Tower is an 18-storey office block equipped with a 5G-enabled data centre and a helipad. The office block is designed as an MSC-compliant building, similar to SUNTECH Tower at Bayan Baru.[10] It contains 227600square feet of net lettable area that accommodates 128 office units.[11] Citigroup occupies eight of the floors within the tower.
Sunshine Residence is a 30-storey condominium containing 270 residential units, ranging from 1342square feet to 1973square feet per unit.
Originally named Sunshine World, the 18-storey hotel was acquired by The Ascott Limited, a Singapore-based hospitality company, in 2022.[12] [13] The hotel contains 289 rooms of varying sizes and 33500square feet of convention space with a capacity of approximately 1,200.
Sunshine Central is situated at Jalan Pisang Embun within the neighbourhood of Farlim at Paya Terubong. A flyover connects the complex with Jalan Thean Teik, a thoroughfare within Farlim.
Gurney Plaza has a net lettable area of 889859square feet.[14]
Queensbay Mall has a net lettable area of 883111square feet .[15]