Plaza Medan
July 18, 2008 by Medan Indonesia
Filed under Entertainment, Living, Medan Places, Shopping
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The Plazas, Shopping Centers in Medan
When you come to Medan, you may want to go shopping for some local food or clothing in Medan. We are listing several popular shopping spots here:
Sun Plaza Medan
This is currently the most popular shopping plaza in Medan. Sun Plaza opened in 2005, was the latest development of Malls after Indonesia Monetary Crisis in 1998. Built almost 10 years after the last development of plaza in Medan which is Medan Mall built in 1995.
Located at Jalan Zainul Arifin also known to Medan as the area of “Kampung Keling” ( Little India ) is very near to Jalan Diponegoro where many banks are located.
Sun Plaza currently filled with many choices of tenants from local, national and international chains.
Sun Plaza Tenants range from Sogo Department Store, Ace Hardware, Index Furnishings, Hyper Mart, Star Bucks, JCO Donuts, Bread Talk, Bread Life, Baskin Robbins Ice Cream, KFC, Acer Computers, Toshiba Computers, Frank & Co jewelry, Studio 21 Cinemas, Optics, Seoul Garden, Timezone, Paparons Pizza , GameSpot for gamers, Planet Sports, Kids Station for toys Sports Warehouse, BodyShop, Osim Health, Next Clothing, Pizza Hut, Nelayan Restaurant, Fountain Ice Cream among others.
Medan Fair Plaza
Plaza Medan Fair, built after Sun Plaza on the land of Medan’s previous family entertainment park “Taman Ria” at Jalan Gatot Subroto has a large shopping area. The previous plan had apartments and hotels above the mall in phase two of the development but we have not seen this developed until now.
This has more local shops without cinema but has a wide range of IT and mobile phone shops including many choices of restaurants and cafes and a Carrefour and Matahari Department Store.
Grand Palladium Mall
Grand Palladium Mall is built after Plaza Medan Fair next to Kantor Walikota ( Authority Office of Medan ) and opposite of Lapangan Benteng ( Large field for events ) This mall consist of smaller shops and boutiques including many IT and mobile phones related shops plus Matahari Department Store, TimeZone games for children, HyperMart and Cinema.
Not to forget, there is also a 5 star hotel above - The Aryaduta Hotel Medan.
Along the same road, you will also find Aston International Hotel Medan and Merdeka Walk
Medan Mall
Medan Mall built in 1995 at Jalan MT Haryono Medan was the latest development of malls before Indonesian monetary crisis in 1998.
Situated in the heart of the city with the wholesale center connected behind this mall, it is one of the busiest mall for businesses and visitors from suburbs of Medan. With many gold jewelers on the first floor, Macan Yaohan Supermarket on second, Matahari Department Store on third and fourth plus, KFC, Gramedia Book Store, Body Shop, Giordano Clothing, Polo, Batik Shop among other local shops.
The main attraction should be the wholesale kiosk right behind the mall which is connected to the mall.
Thamrin Plaza
Thamrin Plaza is an earlier plaza built around 1990s in Medan, situated a little further than the city center at Jalan Thamrin. This was the upscale plaza of Medan before the opening of Sun Plaza with the majority of the space has been taken up by Matahari Department Store, Food Court, Cinema, Kids Station, Next Clothing, BodyShop, Pizza Hut, Nelayan Restaurant and other smaller local shops.
Medan Plaza
Situated opposite of Medan Fair Plaza, Medan Plaza is located on Jalan Iskandar Muda Medan one of the earliest plaza built in Medan with many local shops selling mostly local fashion products
Plaza Millenium
Also a plaza built much earlier in Medan, Plaza Millennium is a little way out of city center at Jalan Kapten Muslim Medan. However, it is popular for its handphone center, which should be the largest in Medan for retail and wholesale since almost 85% of the retail space is filled with kiosks selling mobile phones.
Olympia Plaza
One of the earliest plaza built in 1985, Olympia Plaza located right next to Medan Mall at Jalan MT Haryono Medan now consists of mainly wholesale kiosks in the plaza. Mostly visited by businesses from out of town. Closes early, before 9 pm.
One of the first plaza built in Medan was City Plaza at Jalan Surabaya - Medan, which is now closed.
Deli Plaza Sinar Plaza Menara Plaza
Deli Grand City
This will be the latest plaza to be build in Medan. The Grand Deli City Project is taking up the space of the previous three-plaza-in-one shopping complex known as the Deli Plaza, Sinar Plaza and Menara Plaza. These plazas were the most popular shopping destination in Medan before the new Sun Plaza was built.
The Deli Grand City will house condominiums, hotels, convention and a mega mall which is currently under construction. It is still currently open with phase one under renovation.
Opposite The Grand Deli City is the JW Marriott Hotel Medan.
Cambridge Mall
Soon to be opened, Cambridge Mall is close to Sun Plaza and Medan Fair at the junction of Jalan Zainul Arifin and Jalan S.Parman Medan with 3 towers of luxury condominiums and the Grand Swiss BelHotel above the mall.
For more pictures of the buildings of Medan see Medan Pictures
Perisai Plaza
Perisai Plaza was built in 1988 at Jalan Pemuda Medan along the street where most banks are located apart from Jalan Diponegoro, a very popular plaza in Medan famous for its cinema before all the new plazas are open and Macan Yaohan Supermarket on the 4th floor. As the plaza size is limited, there are not many new developments on the plaza.
It was supposed to be refurbished into a mobile phone center in 2006 where all the shops were requested to close down for renovations but the project did not continue without any formal explanations.
Bowling in Medan
Currently, the opening area is only on the top stories for bowling and karaoke KTV. Yes, one of the only Bowling arena in Medan.
Yuki Simpang Raya
This is more of a department store than a mall as it is owned and built by the Yuki Department Store Group in Medan. The plaza is located at the junction of Jalan Sisingamaraja, right opposite the iconic Grand Mosque of Medan and Madani Hotel.
It had one of the first Mc Donalds in Medan! The majority of the shopping space is the department store itself, otherwise the main attraction is on the top floor which has a family entertainment center with many rides and kids play area. This was a popular spot for family before the newer family entertainment centers such as Timezone, Amazon and Stingers arrive Medan filling up newer malls and plaza.
If we are not wrong, there is also a bowling arena in the basement area of this mall apart from the one in Perisai Plaza.
Medan Baru Plaza
This plaza was known as Medan Baru Plaza before the Ramayana Department Store group takes over and turn it into a Department Store. Located at the Medan Baru area of Medan.
Yang Lim Plaza
Located near Thamrin Plaza in the “Asia Area” of Medan. Yang Lim Plaza was just recently built in 2007 in a modern Chinese Design Architecture. This is not a big plaza hence not a wide mixture of tenants in the plaza, mostly consists of small shops and IT stores.
Since it is not on the main road, you may easily missed this plaza. Yang Lim Plaza can be accessed from Jalan Asia and Jalan Wahidin.
Other Plaza in Medan waiting for pictures:
- Buana Plaza at Jalan Akasara Medan
- Ramayana Plaza / Supercenter at Jalan Sisingamaraja
- Istana Plaza, was taken over by Ramayana Department Store, now turned into Ace Hardware and Index Furnishing at Jalan Juanda
- Macan Yaohan Supercenter Pulo Brayan at Jalan Yos Sudarso Medan
- Macan Yaohan Sukaramai at Jalan Sukaramai Medan
