ODEON Cinema, one of the few remaining Art Deco-style buildings in Kuala Lumpur, will soon make way for a multi-storey retail and service apartment project. It is learned that Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has approved in principle for the project to go ahead and that the development order is in the process of being issued. However, Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Nor Hisham Ahmad Dahlan said a portion of the building’s facade would be integrated into the development. “There was a request that part of the the building’s facade with the architectural features be maintained in the new design. We cannot stop the development as it is a private building, ” he said.
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Source: Curtain closes on Odeon, permanently | The Star Online