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Metrojaya

Field	Value
name	MJ Department Stores Sdn Bhd
former_name	Metrojaya Berhad
type	Private Limited Company
foundation	31 December 1974
location	3rd Floor Menara PMI, 2 Jalan Changkat Ceylon, 50200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
locations	4 department stores
70 specialty stores
industry	Retail
products	Clothing
divisions	Cape Cod, East India Company, Emanuelle, Laura Ashley, Living Quarters, Passages, Reject Shop, Somerset Bay, Zona
parent	MUI Group
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70 specialty stores

MJ Department Stores Sdn Bhd is a popular retail company in Malaysia which offers items at a medium-to-high rate. The company opened its first store at Pertama Complex, Kuala Lumpur in September, 1976, with a retail space of 18,305 sq ft (1,705 sq metres). Metrojaya's latest outlet, in Berjaya Times Square closed in December 2009, after only three years of operation. Metrojaya currently has four outlets in Malaysia namely Mid Valley Megamall, Suria Sabah, Brem Mall and LaLaport BBCC.

The Metrojaya group currently operates a chain of four department stores and more than 70 specialty stores that occupy over one million square feet of floor space, including Cape Cod, East India Company, Living Quarters, Reject Shop and Somerset Bay.

History

In 1991, Sinar Kota in Kuala Lumpur and Menara Bakti at Section 14 Petaling Jaya, which were expected to be completed by that year, were pre-leased to Metrojaya.

Retail operations

The company is principally involved in operating departmental stores and investment holding whilst its subsidiary companies are principally involved in property holding, investment holding as well as the operating of specialty stores and general merchandising stores. Metrojaya department stores offer a wide range of merchandise that cater to the needs and tastes of middle and high income groups. The group operates four department stores, one hypermarket store under the Cosmart name at the Bukit Jambul Complex in Penang and one "MJ by Metrojaya" Fashion Concept Store at The Curve in Mutiara Damansara.

The retail operations can be broadly classified as:

Ladies Department (includes apparel and accessories);
Gents Department (includes apparel and accessories);
Juniors Department (for teens and young adults);
Children Department;
Homes Department (includes kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, garden);
Cosmetics and Fragrances.

Department stores

;West Malaysia

Brem Mall, Kepong
Mitsui Shopping Park LaLaport BBCC, Bukit Bintang
Mid Valley Megamall, Kuala Lumpur - closed from 27 February 2024 to 28 August 2024 for renovation and downsizing, reopened on 29 August 2024.

;East Malaysia

Suria Sabah, Kota Kinabalu - department store closed and relocated to smaller retail lot, reopened as MJ by Metrojaya in 2023

;Closed

The Curve, Mutiara Damansara (60,000 sq ft) - closed 2021
Komtar JBCC - closed 2021
CityOne Megamall, Kuching (130,000 sq ft) - closed 2019
Plaza Merdeka, Kuching
Permaisuri Imperial City Mall, Miri

MJ Outlet

;West Malaysia

Ampang Point Shopping Centre, Ampang
Mitsui Outlet Park KLIA Sepang, Sepang

References

"Corporate and Business History".
(24 July 1991). "Retail space demand still strong". Business Times (Singapore).
(2024-02-26). "Metrojaya at Mid Valley Megamall to close for renovation from Feb 27".
(2024-09-02). "MUI Group reopens Metrojaya in Mid Valley with a new shopping experience".

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