AEON MALL Mean Chey stands on Hun Sen Boulevard in Phnom Penh’s Mean Chey district, approximately 5 kilometers south of the city center. Opened in 2022, it is the third property developed by AEON Mall Co., Ltd. in Cambodia and the largest in the country by gross leasable area. The mall serves a dense residential catchment that has grown rapidly as Phnom Penh’s population expanded southward along the capital’s main arterial roads.
The property offers 98,000 square meters of GLA spread across multiple levels. Its tenant mix combines an AEON-branded supermarket and general merchandise store with international fashion, food and beverage, electronics, and entertainment categories. A cinema complex and family entertainment zone occupy the upper levels. The format follows AEON Mall’s established regional shopping mall template adapted for Southeast Asian markets, where air-conditioned enclosed retail serves as both a shopping destination and a social gathering point.
AEON Mall Co., Ltd., headquartered in Chiba, Japan, is the dedicated mall development subsidiary of AEON Group, one of Asia’s largest retailers. The company operates over 170 malls across Japan and Southeast Asia. Cambodia was among the earliest markets outside Japan where AEON Mall established a presence, beginning with AEON MALL Phnom Penh in 2014. Mean Chey represents the company’s continued commitment to the Cambodian market at a time when organized retail penetration in the country remains below 15 percent.
Mean Chey’s position as Cambodia’s largest mall reflects the speed at which Phnom Penh’s retail market has matured. The city’s population, estimated at over 2.2 million, supports growing consumer demand for organized retail formats. For AEON Mall, Cambodia serves as a proving ground for expansion in frontier Southeast Asian markets where competition from established regional mall operators like Central Group or SM Prime remains limited. The property’s scale and location along one of the capital’s busiest corridors position it as a primary shopping destination for southern Phnom Penh.
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