Bangunan UAB (Khazanah Nasional Penang), George Town

Bangunan UAB, George Town, Penang (20 May 2023)


Bangunan UAB (GPS: 5.41554, 100.34199) is a Category II-listed historic building along China Street Ghaut in George Town, Penang. The building is within the core zone of the George Town UNESCO World Heritage Site. It houses the Penang office of Khazanah Nasional, the sovereign wealth fund of the Malaysian Government. ThinkCity, which is a subsidiary of Khazanah Nasional, has its office here.

Bangunan UAB was erected in the 1930s in the Art Deco style. It is one of two buildings flanking the Victoria Street junction of China Street Ghaut of the same design. The other is Bangunan Wawasan.

Bangunan UAB was occupied by the Indian Overseas Bank which opened in Penang in July 1937. It was the first overseas branch of the bank which was founded less than a year earlier, in November 1936. In 2016, it was renovated to become the Penang office for Khazanah Nasional, opening in June, 2016.

Bangunan UAB (Khazanah Nasional Penang) is on the Map of Gat Lebuh China, Penang

UAB Building, China Street Ghaut (25 July 2012)


Another view of Bangunan UAB (23 January 2007)

Bangunan UAB on Google Street View

Bangunan UAB, George Town, Penang (Jan 2019)