The Komtar Johor Baru City Centre (Komtar JBCC), a new shopping mall in the city, has targeted one million localand Singaporean shoppers a month when it is fully open by year-end.

Jcorp president and chief executive officer Datuk Kamaruzzaman Abu Kassim said more retail outlets would be open for business by then while the first Angry Birds Park in Southeast Asia, on level three, would start operations inOctober.

"Currently, only 23 new retail outlets are open and the number is expected to increase to 130 by year-end," he told reporters after accompanying Johor Menteri Besar and Jcorp chairman Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin on a visit to the complex here today.

Kamaruzzaman said the mall, which opened three days ago, would be fully completed in November and so far 90 per cent of the tenants had given their undertaking to start operations.

He said Komtar JBCC, which was redeveloped from the Tun Abdul Razak Complex (Komtar), complemented Iskandar Malaysia development in spurring economic growth, community well-being, and quality commercial services.

"With its strategic location near the Causeway, Komtar JBCC, which is part of JBCC, is set to become the city's choice shopping and entertainment centre,"he said, adding that the mall has 1,600 parking bays.