Lotus's E-Gate Penang (GPS: 5.37789, 100.31526), at 1 Lebuh Tunku Kudin 1, 11700 Gelugor, Penang, It originally openeded in November 2004 as Tesco Penang, becoming the first hypermarket on Penang Island. It occupies a piece of freehold land in the Udini neighbourhood along the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway, near the Tunku Kudin Interchange. The building has 275,000 sqft of lettable area and 1050 car parking bays.
The anchor tenant is the Tesco hypermarket which occupies the 2nd floor of the three-storey building. The car park occupies the ground and first floor, which also has lettable area for other tenants including Courts, Popular Bookshop, KFC, McDonalds, Pizza Hut, The Chicken Rice Shop, Cosway, 600cc, among others.
The Lotus's Penang building was constructed by IJM Properties. It was sold to Quill Capita Trust for RM132 million in May 2008.
Lotus's Penang may be entered from Jalan Tunku Kudin, if coming from George Town, as well as from the Jelutong Expressway, if coming from the south and the Penang Bridge. For public transport, Rapid Penang Bus No. 206 goes between from Lotus's Penang to Weld Quay Ferry & Bus Terminal.
Free Tesco shuttle service is available plying the following route:
Tesco - Jelutong BP Petrol Station - Hotel Grand Continental - Prangin Mall - Komtar Bus Terminal - Transfer Road - Chulia Street - Weld Quay Ferry & Bus Terminal - Chulia Street - Penang Road - Prangin Mall - Komtar Bus Terminal - Hotel Grand Continental - Jelutong BP Petrol Station - Tesco.
There are 3 services from Weld Quay to Tesco on Sundays to Thursdays, at 2:00 pm, 5:00 pm and 8:30 pm, and the return trip at 3:30 pm, 7:00 pm and 10:00 pm. On Fridays and Saturdays there are 4 services, at 1:00 pm, 4:00 pm, 7:30 pm and 10:30 pm from Weld Quay to Tesco, and the return trip at 2:30 pm, 6:00 pm, 9:00 pm and 12:00 midnight.
If you are seeking private guided tours of Penang, message Penang Tour Guides at penangtourguides@gmail.com and enquire with them.
Buy, rent or sell properties in Penang
Do you have a property for sale or to rent out? Are you looking to buy or rent a property? Get in touch with me. WhatsApp me (Timothy Tye) at 012 429 9844, and I will assign one of my property agents to serve you. I will choose the agent for you, according to your property needs. So when you message me, provide me some details of what you need, whether to sell, to buy, to rent or to rent out, and what type of property, is it condo, apartment, house, shop, office or land.
Looking for information on Penang? Use this Map of Roads in Penang to zoom in on information about Penang, brought to you road by road.
About this website
Dear visitor, thank you so much for reading this page. My name is Timothy Tye and my hobby is to find out about places, write about them and share the information with you on this website. I have been writing this site since 5 January 2003. Originally (from 2003 until 2009, the site was called AsiaExplorers. I changed the name to Penang Travel Tips in 2009, even though I describe more than just Penang but everywhere I go (I often need to tell people that "Penang Travel Tips" is not just information about Penang, but information written in Penang), especially places in Malaysia and Singapore, and in all the years since 2003, I have described over 20,000 places.
While I try my best to provide you information as accurate as I can get it to be, I do apologize for any errors and for outdated information which I am unaware. Nevertheless, I hope that what I have described here will be useful to you.