EkoCheras Mall: The MRT-Linked Heart of New Cheras, Live, Shop, Ride — All in One Stop

There is a distinctive idea embedded in the name EkoCheras Mall: the prefix Eko — from the Malay word for “echo” and also evoking ecology, economy, and eco-friendliness — combined with the Cheras district.

It is a name that promises something more than a conventional shopping centre.

According to its own branding, EkoCheras Mall is designed as “a place where nature meets technology, combining classical design with a contemporary twist.” That philosophy — integrating the natural environment with built modernity — shapes the mall’s identity, its design language, and its relationship with the surrounding Cheras neighbourhood.

Located at Batu 5, Jalan Cheras, 56000 Kuala Lumpur, EkoCheras Mall sits in the Taman Mutiara pocket of Cheras — one of the southern stretches of Kuala Lumpur’s longest and most densely populated suburban corridor.

The mall is part of the broader EkoCheras Integrated Development by Ekovest Berhad, a Bursa Malaysia-listed infrastructure and property development group.

What sets EkoCheras Mall apart from the broader landscape of Cheras retail is its direct elevated pedestrian bridge connection to Taman Mutiara MRT station — one of the most seamless MRT-to-mall pedestrian links in the Klang Valley — and its role as a retail anchor for a mixed-use urban ecosystem that includes serviced apartments, a hotel, and commercial office space.

Developer — Ekovest Berhad

Design Philosophy & Concept
“Nature Meets Technology”

EkoCheras Mall’s stated design philosophy — “where nature meets technology, combining classical design with a contemporary twist” — is more than marketing language.

In a district like Cheras, where the urban fabric is a mix of mature residential neighbourhoods, newer high-rise developments, and dense hawker culture, the mall positions itself as a modern counterpoint to the traditional neighbourhood, while still remaining rooted in it.

The architecture appears to favour clean contemporary lines with natural material references — a design direction that seeks to bring the outdoors in, through generous glazing, natural-toned materials, and spatial planning that creates visual connections between interior and exterior spaces.

The result is a mall that feels less imposing and more integrated with its surroundings than the mega-mall typology that characterises much of Greater KL retail.

The mall also features a Dedicated Food Street — a curated F&B zone that showcases the authentic flavours of Cheras. This is a deliberate acknowledgement that in Cheras — one of KL’s great food destinations — any mall that ignores the neighbourhood’s hawker and restaurant culture is missing something essential.

The Food Street concept is Ekovest’s answer to the question: how do you make a modern mall feel authentically local?

Retail Profile & Tenants

EkoCheras Mall operates daily from 10:00am to 10:00pm (Mondays to Sundays) and spans multiple levels (LG, G, 1, 2, 3). Its store directory reveals a comprehensive range of retail categories spanning 20+ classifications — reflecting a full-spectrum neighbourhood centre rather than a niche player.

The tenant mix is representative of a modern suburban neighbourhood centre: groceries (Village Grocer), fast food (A&W), casual dining (7 Cafe), kopitiam (9 Kopitiam), entertainment (Golden Screen Cinemas), fashion, health, wellness, and essential services (banks, money changers, clinics, optical, dental).

The presence of Village Grocer — mentioned in UCSI university guides as “the nearest supermarket” to the university campus — is significant: it anchors the mall’s role as a daily-needs destination for the large student and resident population in the Taman Mutiara / UCSI corridor.

MRT Connectivity
The Mall That Is the Station

🚇Direct MRT Link — Taman Mutiara Station (KG24):

The elevated pedestrian link bridge on the first floor connecting Taman Mutiara MRT station (KG24) to the mall is the single most significant feature of EkoCheras Mall’s proposition.

It is not an afterthought or a covered walkway — it is a structural, intentional integration of public transit and retail that most Klang Valley malls claim but few deliver as directly.

Taman Mutiara MRT station sits on the MRT Kajang Line — the line that since July 2017 has transformed connectivity across the entire Cheras corridor, connecting it to the city centre (Tun Razak Exchange, Maluri, Cochrane) and to Kajang in the south.

For commuters, students, and residents of Taman Mutiara, Taman Suntex, Bandar Tun Razak, and the wider Cheras area, the MRT bridge makes EkoCheras Mall as easy to reach as a bus stop — and far more comfortable.

The development also benefits from proximity to the Ekso (Cheras Toll-Free Expressway) — Ekovest’s own infrastructure contribution — which provides direct, free-flow road access within Cheras, reducing dependence on the Cheras Highway toll.

The Surrounding Area
UCSI, Taman Mutiara & Cheras South

The immediate catchment area of EkoCheras Mall is one of Cheras’s most dynamic:

Key Facts at a Glance

The MRT Mall That Earned Its Bridge

In the crowded retail landscape of Cheras — a corridor that already has Cheras Leisure Mall, Cheras Sentral, Sunway Velocity Mall, and a dozen other shopping destinations within striking distance — EkoCheras Mall needed a differentiator.

What it has is the most direct MRT-to-mall connection in its immediate area: an elevated pedestrian bridge that physically links the mall to Taman Mutiara MRT station, making it as accessible by train as any transit-oriented development in Kuala Lumpur.

That bridge — structural, covered, and designed with pedestrian flow in mind — is not a marketing afterthought.

It is an infrastructure commitment made by Ekovest Berhad, a company whose core business is building roads and highways, not just buildings.

The Ekso expressway and the MRT bridge are two sides of the same philosophy: remove the friction between people and destination. For residents of Taman Mutiara, UCSI students, Silka Cheras Hotel guests, and commuters passing through on the Kajang Line, the bridge makes EkoCheras Mall the default retail stop — not an optional detour.

The mall’s design philosophy — “where nature meets technology, combining classical design with a contemporary twist” — reflects a broader ambition: to be modern enough to attract a younger, MRT-riding demographic, while grounded enough in local Cheras culture to feel genuinely rooted in the neighbourhood it serves.

The Food Street, the Village Grocer, the 9 Kopitiam, and the Golden Screen Cinemas are all deliberate acts of localisation within a contemporary frame.

For Cheras residents and UCSI students who have watched the area transform over the past decade, EkoCheras Mall is not just a new mall — it is a sign that the neighbourhood is keeping pace with the city.