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     Singapore's largest retail & lifestyle centre, Vivocity, to open in October 2006

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Source: www.mapletree.com.sg

　

VivoCity to Create 7000 Jobs When Open in October 2006

Tenancy reaches 80%

Full tenancy expected by Opening

VivoCity To Revitalise Singapore Retail Tourism

　

VivoCity, Singapore’s largest and most iconic retail and lifestyle destination, will create 7000 jobs when it opens for business in October 2006. It will also become the first retail and lifestyle place to help its tenants recruit and train staff. 

At the Topping Out ceremony held today to celebrate the completion of the main structure of VivoCity, Mr Edmund Cheng, Chairman of Mapletree, the developer of VivoCity said, “VivoCity is a destination place. With a diverse mix of 300 outlets spread over more than 1 million square feet of space, VivoCity will require a total of 7000 workers when we commence operations. This is a great challenge for us and our tenants. As a landlord, we are fully committed to helping our tenants recruit service staff with the right passion and attitude and train them to become VivoCity’s ambassadors.”

To support Singapore’s push to raise the service level of its retail sector, Mapletree, with support from the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA), will organise and fund the costs of a three-day Mega Job Fair to help its tenants recruit service personnel to staff their outlets in VivoCity. This Job Fair will take place from 23-25 June 2006. Staff recruited at the fair will receive training aimed at promoting service excellence. 

Mr Cheng said, “As a Singapore icon that draws both tourists from all over the world and Singaporeans from around the island, we want to raise the bar in promoting service excellence. Engaging our tenants and their staff as partners is part of our holistic approach towards setting new benchmarks as a retail and lifestyle destination. Service excellence will work hand-in-hand with the multi-experiential offerings, to establish VivoCity as a world-class destination for tourists and locals alike.”

WDA and NTUC will provide financial support, such as course fee support, absentee payroll and retention incentives to help tenants recruit, train and retain their staff.  This is the first time that WDA is joining hands with a landlord and doing a centre-specific scheme for staff recruitment and training.  Previous efforts have targeted industry sectors or companies.

　

Tenancy Level Hits 80%; Full Tenancy Expected

With the completion of the main structure, VivoCity is expecting to receive its Temporary Occupation Permit (TOP) in October this year. With six more months before its opening, VivoCity has already achieved 80% tenancy level and expects to be fully leased by the time it commences operations.

Signed-up tenants include fashion and lifestyle brands such as Tangs Department Store, Ted Baker, Pull & Bear, Gap, TopShop, TopMan, Miss Selfridge, Nichii Fashion City, Zara, Mango, Liz Claiborne, KidStyle, Coccinelle, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, Guess, Canon; as well as F&B outlets like Kim Gary HK Café, Chef’s Kitchen by Crystal Jade, Megabite, Pacific Coffee Company, and more (please see attached Fact Sheet for full list of tenants to date).

“We are pleased with the progress of our leasing programme. We are in advanced talks with other potential tenants for the balance of the space, and we expect VivoCity to be fully tenanted when we open,” says Mr Cheng.

 

VivoCity to Revitalise Singapore Retail Tourism 

The development of VivoCity will contribute to the revitalisation of Singapore as a tourism destination. With its bold iconic architecture, diverse mix of new-to-market brands and innovative concepts, as well as an exciting year-round calendar of signature events and festivals, VivoCity is set to redefine a new lifestyle experience in Singapore that is vibrant, stimulating and accessible to everyone.

In a departure from the traditional box format of many existing and upcoming retail developments in the region, internationally renowned architect, Toyo Ito has created a bold and unusual form, with fluid lines inspired by and complementing the natural landscape of the waterfront site. VivoCity is designed for a seamless shopping experience where one space leads intuitively into another and where space is not separated by floor, but is connected as one continuous experience.

To add to the experience, many of the anchor and mini anchor tenants at VivoCity are committed to introduce bold, new experiential retail and entertainment concepts that will constantly surprise and stimulate visitors with their fresh, ever changing, multi-sensory approach.

Mrs Lim Hwee Hua, Minister of State for Finance and Transport, who was the Guest-of-Honour at the Topping Out Ceremony, said, “The development of VivoCity signals an important new stage in the rejuvenation of Singapore as a tourism destination. It is part of Singapore’s 2015 vision to re-make, develop and transform the country into a vibrant city that is open 24 by 7 with the greatest shopping and dining experiences, one that appeals to citizens and tourists alike.”

She commended Mapletree on taking an integrated and holistic approach on its vision and execution of VivoCity. She said, “VivoCity, the HarbourFront Centre and the upcoming Integrated Resort at Sentosa, as well as upgrades for St James Power Station, Mt Faber and Sentosa are an integral part of the overall development to create a refreshing and compelling lifestyle, shopping and entertainment hub at the HarbourFront precinct.”

“VivoCity is a must-see destination for Singaporeans and visitors alike. Every aspect of VivoCity – from the location to the architecture, the retail and leisure options as well as the superb tenant mix, will offer an appealing and truly unique shopping and lifestyle experience,” added Mrs Lim.

Source: www.mapletree.com.sg

　

　

VivoCity (怡丰城) Fact Sheet

Site Area:                        960,000 sq ft

Gross Floor Area (GFA):   1.5 million sq ft

Net Lettable Area (NLA):   1.0 million sq ft

No. of Floors:                   3 storeys plus 2 basements

                                      (including a 7-storey carpark)

No. of carpark spaces:      2,179    

Construction Cost:            S$292 million

Project Development Cost: S$417 million

Commencement date of construction:  January 2004

Expected date of TOP:      October 2006

Developer:              Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd

                            丰树产业私人有限公司

Main Contractor:        Penta-Ocean Construction Co. Ltd.

 

Consultants:

Retail Development Manager:  CapitaLand Retail Limited

Design Architect:              Toyo Ito

Project Architect:              DP Architects Pte Ltd

Quantity Surveyor:            Davis Langdon & Seah Singapore Pte Ltd

Lighting Design:                L’Observatoire International

Water Feature Design:      Fluidity Design Consultants Inc.

Landscape Design:           Sitectonix

Signage Design:               Duet

Curtain Wall Design:         ARUP

Mechanical & Electrical Engineer:   Parsons Brinckenhoff Pte Ltd

Civil & Structural Engineer: Meinhardt (S) Pte Ltd

　

Event Spaces:

Level 1: North Plaza (open-air)

              A 300-metre harbour front promenade

              Central main atrium

Level 2: Open-air courtyard featuring engaging and interactive water features

Level 3: An outdoor amphitheatre

              Rooftop play pools, the area of four Olympic swimming pools

　

 

VIVOCITY TENANTS (AS AT 18 APRIL 2006)

 

Anchor Tenants:

Anchor Tenants: Golden Village, Dairy Farm Group, Tangs Department Store

　

New-to-Market Brands / Mini-Anchors:

  1. Pull & Bear
  2. Ted Baker
  3. Spain2Dream
  4. Gap
  5. Miss Selfridge
  6. Nichii Fashion City
  7. Thai Accent
  8. Kim Gary HK Café
  9. White Dog Restaurant
  10. Chef’s Kitchen
  11. Adidas

 
  1. Best Denki
  2. Toys ‘R’ Us
  3. Megabite
  4. Planet Fitness
  5. Zara
  6. Esprit
  7. TopShop
  8. TopMan
  9. Kopitiam
  10. Banquet
  11. Eu Yan Sang

 

Others:

1.        Selffix

2.        Watson’s

3.        Akashi Japanese Restaurant

4.        The Asian Kitchen

5.        Thai Express

6.        Candy Empire

7.        Chamelon

8.        GNC

9.        Nature’s Farm

10.    Unity NTUC Healthcare

11.    TS

12.    Kodak Express

13.    Bebe

14.    Mango

15.    Nautica

16.    Forever 21

17.    Watches of Switzerland

18.    Aldo

19.    Liz Claiborne

20.    KidStyle

 

21.    Coccinelle

22.    Metropolitan Museum of Art New York

23.    Levi’s

24.    La Senza

25.    Guess Accessories

26.    Guess Kids

27.    Integrated Eyecare

28.    Osim

29.    HSBC

30.    Timberland

31.    Nike by BIRD

32.    Kipling

33.    Insight

34.    Godiva

35.    Ecco

36.    Chalone Lingerie

37.    Dorothy Perkins

38.    Goldheart

39.    Lee Hwa Jewellery

40.    Samsung

 

 

41.    Canon

42.    Lver

43.    Fox

44.    Kiehl’s

45.    L’occitane

46.    DianXiaoEr Restaurant

47.    Marie Claire

48.    Paris Miki

49.    Kaco

50.    Baleno

51.    Ebase Garcons

52.    I.P. Zone

53.    Samuel & Kevin

54.    ebase

55.    Sushi-Tei

56.    Jean Yip

57.    Starhub

58.    Pacific Coffee Company

59.    Bossini

60.    Bossini Kids

61.    Giordano

62.    Giordano Junior

63.    Mothercare

64.    Fila

65.    Fila Kids

66.    Starbucks

67.    Haagen-Dazs

 

68.    7-Eleven

69.    Charles & Keith

70.    The Cocoa Trees

71.    Music Junction

72.    The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf

73.    U.R.S. & Inc

74.    Dental Spa

75.    Op

76.    Hang Ten

77.    Hang Ten Kids

78.    GG<5

79.    Team Salon

80.    M)phosis

81.    TianPo

82.    Prima Vera

83.    Red2

84.    Pedro

85.    Converse

86.    Celia Loe

87.    Valerie

88.    Kappa

89.    Lemmi

90.    Growing Fun

91.    Utopia

92.    Colettee

93.    The Maternity House

94.    No Signboard Seafood

 

　

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