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Magazines Archives - 2008 October Singapore’s first eco-friendly mall draws 9 anchor tenants SINGAPORE’S City Developments Limited (CDL) has named nine anchor tenants for its eco-friendly City Square Mall. The nine are Metro, NTUC FairPrice, Best Denki, Kopitiam, MindChamps PreSchool, Amore Fitness & Boutique Spa, V.Hive, Popular and Banquet.
The first eco-friendly mall in the city-state will boast “eco-restrooms”, which save water and electricity, and an eco-green roof that harnesses solar power and rainwater. The retail centre will also be the first to have a 47,000sqf urban park. Conceptualised by real-estate project management and construction company Lend Lease Retail Pte Ltd, the mall, Chia said, will be “shopperfriendly” with “a carefully-planned layout and comprehensive tenant mix” as well as a “scale of offerings for a onestop shopping and dining experience”. CDL is optimistic about “attracting at least 1.3 million footfalls per month”, he added. Taking their lead from the mall, tenants are incorporating eco-friendly features in their stores as well. Said NTUC FairPrice managing director Seah Kian Peng: “FairPrice City Square Mall will be our pilot eco-friendly supermarket, with a host of green features — [including] dedicated checkout lanes for shoppers with reusable bags, motionsensor lighting in the store office and storeroom as well as energy-efficient LED lighting in chillers and freezers.” The S$200-million (US$139.31- million) property is expected to use 39% less energy, saving about S$2 million in consumption annually.
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Scheduled to open in the fourth quarter of 2009, the upcoming 11- storey 70,000sqf property has leased out nearly 70% of its retail space to its anchors. Said CDL group general manager Chia Ngiang Hong: “We are heartened that the mall has received such strong support from [its] tenants. This is indeed a good start to our leasing efforts.”