35 | Our Expansion Our Year | Under Construction IKEA Batu Kawan Construction workers clocked a total of 8.6 million hours as we expanded and improved our Opens in Penang, March 2019 businesses in the last financial year. Supported by our architects, engineers and project managers, our work sites have won national praise for achievements in safety while our new This destination IKEA store is going up in buildings stand out for sustainable design. Penang, the economic centre of Northern Malaysia. IKEA Batu Kawan will anchor a regional shopping centre and create a meeting place in up-and-coming Aspen Vision City, a walkable community that will include condos, shop houses, a school, parkland and more. The store's sustainable features have already earned it a Gold stamp of approval from the Green Building Index. Megacity Opening in phases, Bangkok Building upon the high visitation and success of Megabangna, we are now developing a modern community that includes hotels, office towers, residential and other types of real estate. A Megacity where 250,000 people will one day work, shop, live and play. Safety is our Priority We make health and safety of people on our sites a top priority. We linked together with our lead contractors to train more than 8,500 people across the region in our TOPPEN Shopping Centre work methods and, last year, all four of our Opens in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, 2019 construction sites exceeded 1 million Toppen is the Swedish word for ‘super’ or ‘high point.’ The name suits a centre clocked hours without recording a serious that will be crowned by a rooftop with community gardens, alfresco eateries, a injury. That was a milestone we celebrated! water park and a sport zone. With more than 71,000 square metres of leasable IPC Construction Safety Day area, the centre will be fully integrated with IKEA Tebrau. The plan made a big splash with media and close to 200 retailers when we unveiled our plans. 36