New malls to open in Jurong and Bedok

Capitamalls Asia will open two new shopping havens next week, one on each side of the island.

On Monday, the shutters will go up at Westgate in Jurong East.

The seven-storey mall will have a net lettable area of 410,000 square feet, roughly the size of Raffles City's retail area.

The opening of the mall will also mark the return of Borders, now under the management of Popular Holdings, to Singapore. The bookstore will occupy 8,000 square feet.

The mall will have a strong Japanese flavour in its food and beverage offerings. About 30 per cent of its dine-in outlets are Japanese, including restaurants new to Singapore such as Kinoshita from Osaka, a teppan nabe (hot iron pot) restaurant, and a robatayaki grill restaurant Robata Robata.

Anchor tenant Isetan will also open its first supermarket outside Orchard road. It will include Johan Paris bakery, a popular Japanese bakery known for traditional French breads; J-Dining, which sells Western take-away meals; and Nagomi Deli, Japanese delicatessen counter.

Another anchor tenant, Samsung, will open a 6,000 sq ft Samsung Experience store - the largest in the country - which will include a bistro and a beer garden.

Westgate is directly linked to the MRT and bus interchanges, and also has a 20-storey office tower called Westgate Tower.

There are two other CapitaMalls in Jurong. Neighbouring JCube has Singapore's only Olympic-sized ice rink while IMM Building has been repositioned as the largest outlet mall in Singapore.

In the east, Bedok Mall will open on Tuesday. Comprising about 200 shops across three levels, the mall has 220,000 sq ft, the size of Junction 8.

Besides established brands such as Cache Cache, Charles & Keith, Dorothy Perkins, G2000 and Levi's, the mall will see new entrants into Singapore.

These include Sembonia, a Malaysian leather brand that is opening its flagship store, and Korean and European style women's fashion store Roem.

Popular US buffalo chicken wings franchise Wingstop will open its first Asian store here, as well as Guan Chee Hong Kong Roast, which is opening its first standalone restaurant after having found success in food courts.

Bedok Mall is directly linked to the MRT station, while a new air-conditioned bus interchange which opens next year will sit above it.

Source: 30th November 2013 Business Times

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