It is situated across the street from the Putra World Trade Centre (now WTC KL) and the Seri Pacific Hotel.

The complex, known as "The Mall" at that time, was built by Metroplex Holdings Sdn.

(MHSB) and opened on 12 June 1987 by Mahathir Mohamad, the fourth prime minister, who personally buried a time capsule that will be unearthed after a century, in 2087.

[5] At the time, The Mall was the largest shopping centre in Malaysia and was built to attract more shoppers from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur.

[7] The Mall also housed a 18,600 square-metre Yaohan outlet which opened the same year.