Singapore-listed property developer Overseas Union Enterprise (OUE) said it has been approached by some potential buyers for its Mandarin Orchard Singapore hotel and the adjoining Mandarin Gallery mall. In a filing on the Singapore Exchange on Wednesday, OUE said it has offered an unnamed potential buyer exclusivity to conduct preliminary due diligence on the two properties. The developer added that it...
Mandarin Gallery
MANDARIN Gallery is set for a soft launch this Friday after a $200 million makeover. About half of the 103 stores are open for business and the mall should be fully operational around the third week of January. 'It is almost completely leased out and we expect tenants to move in by January 2010,' said Patrina Tan, senior vice-president of retail, marketing and leasing for Overseas Union Enterprise...
While several new malls are being built along Orchard Road, Meritus Mandarin Hotel has been quietly renovating its shopping wing. Mandarin Gallery will re-open in December, competing with new entrants on the prime shopping district for the retail dollar. Meritus Mandarin Hotel is turning its lobby, ballrooms and function rooms into retail space - offering four floors of shopping. The new mall will have...
Singapore's prime shopping belt Orchard Road is set for a revival, with three new malls to be launched by the end of the year and two refurbished fronts. The malls include Orchard Central and 313@Somerset, and the new fronts are at Mandarin Gallery and Park Hotel Orchard. That amounts to about 1.8 million square feet of new retail space, bringing the total space available at Orchard Road to eight million...
The Mandarin Gallery at The Meritus Mandarin Hotel is getting a S$200 million makeover. The upscale shopping mall will not be ready for another year, but people passing by along Orchard Road can get a preview of the shops and frontage, thanks to a specially-designed 3D-effect hoarding. This is the first such hoarding in Singapore. It was designed and made in Paris before being flown here. It stretches...