It is one of the earliest shopping malls in the city of Kota Kinabalu, along with the Karamunsing Complex and Wisma Merdeka.

[4][5] The development of the shopping centre building project was taken over by Sunyap Development Sdn Bhd, a local development company wholly owned by Pacific Construction Co. Ltd. from Taiwan, in collaboration with the Kota Kinabalu City Hall.

[6] The shopping centre was built on land with an area of 4.6 acres over three phases.

During the first phase and the second phase, a total of six floors were built containing a supermarket, 400 shops, 1,380 parking spaces, one floor for office use, another floor for entertainment areas such as a bowling centre, cinema, recreation centre for families.

It was inaugurated by the chief minister of Sabah Joseph Pairin Kitingan on 25 August 1990.