Overview

City Square Mall is located at the junction of Serangoon and Kitchener Roads and it is directly connected to the Farrer Park MRT Station. City Square Mall is envisioned as a miniature ‘town centre’ that is the perfect setting for people to meet, play and shop. The mall layout draws inspiration from the vibrancy of street-like retail design concepts, and an adjacent park is integrated with the mall to create a constant community buzz. It will open its doors in fourth quarter of 2009.

The mall is targeting both Singapore and middle-income tourist shoppers. The S$200 million Mall, which comprises over 700,000 sq ft of gross retail space for more than 250 shops, will be one of the largest malls in Singapore. As of September 2008, a year ahead of its opening, close to 70% of the mall has been leased out. About nine anchor tenants for this eleven-storey retail and lifestyle mall have been confirmed.

City Square Mall is the first eco-mall with an integrated Urban Park.

Metro, the largest anchor tenant, with some 56,000 sq ft space, will run a ‘family-friendly store in the suburbs for suburban shoppers,’ said Mrs Wong Sioe Hong, Managing Director of Metro (Private) Limited. NTUC FairPrice is the second-largest tenant with some 26,000 sq ft space - and will open its pilot eco-friendly supermarket with a host of green features. These include dedicated checkout lanes for shoppers with reusable bags and motion-sensor lighting in the store office and store room.

Unique Green Features

CDL is committed to its “Safe and Green” culture, which emphasises environmental and occupational health and safety standards in all its projects. Among the most notable environmentally-sustainable building practices of City Square Mall are the use of environmentally-friendly materials such as drywall partitions, a non-chemical anti-termite system, as well as recycled pre-cast concrete kerbs, drains, and wheel stoppers. The mall also features an eco green roof with solar panels and water-harvesting capabilities, and designated parking lots for priority parking of Hybrid cars.

The mall is also designed for good indoor environmental quality with features such as sensors to monitor levels of indoor carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide. An environmental-themed sculpture is incorporated into the Park's design with the aim to raise public awareness of environment conservation. CDL invested approximately 5% of the total construction cost into the development of the Mall’s numerous green innovations.

All of this will undoubtedly contribute to the much-needed effort to reduce global warming. To raise the awareness of environmental impact, a real-time count of carbon dioxide emissions for the mall will be electronically displayed as part of CDL’s consciously planned infrastructure to create an eco-learning experience for both shoppers and tenants.

The mall is designed for good indoor environmental quality with features such as sensors to monitor levels of indoor carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide.

Benefits of ‘Going Green’

• Reduces total energy usage by approximately 39% compared to designs using standard industry codes
• Electricity saved per year estimated to amount to more than 11 million kWh
• Estimated reduction of 5,700 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) emission per year (approximately 25,000 trees are required to absorb this amount of CO2 emission)
• Estimated cost savings of S$48,000 per year
• Saves natural resources such as sand and granite - estimated saving of 300 cubic metres of sand; equivalent to approximately 50 truck loads
• Reduce usage of potable water during construction (approximately 16,800 cubic metres or equivalent to 8 Olympic-sized swimming pools)

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