Tampines 1 opens doors on April 9 with 100% tenancy confirmed

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Singapore, 6 April 2009 - Tampines 1, Singapore’s newest shopping destination is 100% leased out and will open its doors to the public on 9 April 2009 at 10.00am. The 260,000-square feet six-storey modernist mall will house 172 tenants. More than 75% of tenants will open for business on the first day, including key tenants Amore Living, Challenger, Topshop, Topman, Uniqlo, and new Japanese concept gourmet town Manpuku,.

Located in the heart of Tampines Regional Centre next to the Bus Interchange and MRT station, the mall is set to make Tampines the downtown epi-center for shopping. With more than 200,000 people living in 52,000 HDB flats in Tampines New Town, the mall’s catchment area in the east extends to Bedok, Changi, Punggol, Pasir Ris and Sengkang

“We are excited to open the mall with 100% tenancy as this indicates the overall confidence by our tenants that Tampines 1’s retail concept and positioning will be able to create sufficient interest and excitement to draw shoppers despite the current financial situation,” said Stephanie Ho, General Manager of AsiaMalls Management (South East Asia) Pte Ltd, the Property Manager for Tampines 1.

“The opening of Tampines 1 marks an expansion of the retail options to those living in the East. We have focused on bringing in the top retailers to ensure that the mall will be a must visit shopping destination. Furthermore, we have also taken great care to ensure our customer service officers have gone through mandatory customer service and first-aid training to provide a safe and efficient shopping environment,” Ho added.

With Tampines 1 positioned as an iconic retail landmark for the young and savvy, other fashion stores opening for business on April 9 include Bossinistyle, Cache Cache, Diva, Dorothy Perkins, Mulana (new brand that will retail Korean contemporary hand crafted ladies apparel), numflipflops.com by Newurbanmale, Promod and Springfield.

The exciting lineup of fashion shops will include Singapore’s very own fashion stores such as Bus Stop, bYSI, Chameleon, Click!, Couple Lab, Dyel, Man Master, Maternity House, Mettalurgy, Mezzo Wear, Messy, Mitju, Natural Project, Net, New Maternity, Noda Shoe, Outfitter Girls, Petale Jewellery, Punk Star, Queen’s Avenue, Recoil, Runway 75, Secret Island by Sheer Romance, Silver Corner, Trend Corner, Two Elements, Vogue and Zeal.

Sports and Casual wear brands with shops at the new mall include Adidas, Puma, Kappa, Fila, Running Lab, Sportslink, World of Sports and New Balance, all located on the 3rd level of Tampines 1, making it a mini sports retail haven for shoppers.

Jewellery shops at the mall include I’NOVA by Citigems, Jewel Pavillion, Lee Hwa Galleria and TianPo.

F&B tenants opening on the first day include Bakerzin, Frolick, Hong Kong Kim Gary Restaurant, Max Sandwich Grill and Creamery (by Imperial Treasure Restaurant Group), Sake Inn, Secret Recipe, Subway, Yamazaki Boulangerie Chaude (by Sun Moulin, offering freshly baked English, Japanese and French breads and cakes).

Japanese Gourmet Town MANPUKU (the name means “full stomach” or “having eaten to one’s content”) will offer Japanese cuisine direct from the traditional establishments in Japan – Botejyu, Hokkyokusei and Toku Toku from Osaka, Yoshimi and Aoba from Hokkaido.

Celebrities who will be opening shops in the mall include Jeff Wang with a Taiwanese snack shop, Xiao Bar Wang, Shaun Chen with his optical shop, Monsoon Optics, Addy Lee, Mark Lee and Michelle Chia with their hair salon Twister.

Other familiar names that will have shops at Tampines 1 include key tenant Cold Storage, Mayer, Simmons, United Kids by Tom and Stephanie, Times Bookstores URBANWrite by Popular (trendy art paper and craft store), Velocity powered by City Chain, and one of Singapore’s leading travel agency, WTS Travel.

The mall will feature duplex stores for fashion brands Topshop and Topman, Esprit with its flagship store, and F&B tenants F.I.S.H by Fish & Co, Sushi Tei and Thai Express Bistro.

The mall will have a SISTIC counter at its Customer Service Centre and has full banking facilities by HSBC. Additional amenities available within the mall include handicapped toilets, nursing rooms, and Cash Card Top-Up machines located at the Basement 2 carpark. The mall also offers loans for baby strollers, umbrellas and wheelchairs. Free wireless broadband access will also be available at Tampines 1.

The mall has 203 Basement parking spaces available and valet parking services will be available for visitors to Tampines 1 on Saturdays, Sundays, Eve of Public Holidays and Public Holidays (10.00am to 11.00pm) and Fridays (5.00pm to 11.00pm). The valet parking fee is a flat rate of $5 where the cost includes full day parking fees. Shoppers will also get to enjoy a $1 rebate from their $5 valet parking fee when they spend a minimum of $50 in a single same-day receipt at Tampines 1.

The mall's opening hours is from 10.00a.m to 10.00p.m. Operating hours for the carpark will be from 6.00am to 12.30am, with $0.50 parking fees per half hour for weekdays, $0.55 per half hour and subsequently $0.35 every 15 minutes after the first 2 hours for weekends and public holidays. For more information on the mall and its tenants, please visit www.tampines1.com.sg


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QUOTES FROM TENANTS ON CHOOSING TAMPINES 1 TO OPEN THEIR STORES

“This is the first time we are bringing 10 established Japanese food brand names together and into Singapore. The 13,000 square feet Japanese Gourmet Town, Manpuku, at Tampines 1 will be a treat to all Japanese food lovers. There is a huge catchment area in the East for visitors to the mall. During the weekdays, there is the working crowd and during weekends, families like to visit the vicinity for their meals and weekend shopping. Thus, Tampines 1 is capable of attracting people to try out Manpuku.”
- Henry Tan, Brand Consultant of Japan Food Holding Ltd

“Max Sandwich Grill and Creamery is a new concept store by Imperial Inventions Pte.Ltd, which is a joint venture company with Imperial Treasure Restaurant Group. Max’s mission is to provide people with top quality food and drinks at an excellent value. We have our own technique of preparing food, allowing us to deliver the best to our consumers. Tampines 1 is the ideal location for us to start, the area has a steady flow of traffic, there is high residency in the area and we see it as a new ‘town’ in the market. We believe with that, Max is able to reach out to the heart of Singaporeans in the fastest possible way.”
- Georg Raudaschl, Director of Max Sandwich Grill and Creamery

“Teadot is the first modern specialty tea café chain in Singapore. We have been looking for favorable locations to introduce Teadot to Singaporeans and Tampines 1 is certainly a great place to start off. Located right at the heart of Tampines, the upcoming Tampines 1 offers young and middle-aged consumers a truly differentiated shopping and dining experience. We are very excited about this mall, it would be a perfect place for our consumers to relax and enjoy a refreshing café experience."
- Kaysa Law, Brand Manager of Teadot


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About the Property Manager of Tampines 1

AsiaMalls Management (South East Asia) Pte Ltd which is jointly owned by ARMF II (Mauritius) Limited and Guthrie International Holdings Pte Ltd.

Owner of Tampines 1:

ARMF II (Tampines) Pte Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of ARMF II (Mauritius) Limited.

Together, AsiaMalls Management Pte Ltd and AsiaMalls Management (South East Asia) Pte Ltd (collectively “AsiaMalls”) manage a total of more than one million sf of retail space across 5 malls: Tiong Bahru Plaza, Century Square, Hougang Mall, White Sands and Liang Court.

AsiaMalls also manages Central Plaza, a 20-storey office tower located next to Tiong Bahru Plaza and is the Retail and Marketing Manager for the new Tampines 1 retail development.

A strong believer in service excellence, AsiaMalls is the first property management company in Singapore to participate in SPRING Singapore’s Customer Centric Initiative and is among the pioneer companies to receive the Pro Family Business Mark.

AsiaMalls aspires to be a property manager that cares and delivers a unique, multi-sensory, five-star service experience for shoppers and optimum returns for stakeholders.

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