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Saturday, August 29, 2020

Reviews on Intergrated development at Paya Lebar Quarter's (PLQ)

 Paya Lebar Quarter (PLQ) is a $3.7 Million integrated development joint venture between Australian listed property developer Lendlease and Abu Dhabi investment authority (ADIA) with ratio 30:70. With a 99-year leasehold (Chow, 2017), it occupies a huge site area of 4 hectare and Gross Floor Area (GFA) of 1.8 Million Square feet. (Ying, 2019) It is set to rejuvenate the Paya Lebar central and into a friendly commercial hub with its own culture. This mix development comprises of three Grade-A office towers, three residential towers at Park Place Residences and a retail mall. (refer to table 1 below)


Figure 4 - http://www.dzire.com.sg/newsletter/2019/May/images/SMRT_PLQ_Media_Kit__email.pdf

S/N

 

Type of Property

Estimated Net Lettable Area

1

 

Retail Mall

340,000 ft2

22.28%

2

 

Grade “A” Office

800,000 ft2

52.42%

3

 

3 Residential Towers

386,139 ft2

25.30%

Table 1 - The Property Estimated Net Lettable Area (NLA)

Place

 

The newly built Paya Lebar Quarter development consisting of retail mall, Grade-A offices space and residential towers is located strategically at the heart of the URA regeneration masterplan for Paya Lebar and it is directly link to the Paya Lebar MRT interchange stations for both the East-West and Circle Lines train services (refer to figure 1). Within proximity to the rich cultural neighbourhood in the east. Giving this development superb connectivity to CBD within minutes. This is Lendlease’s maiden venture to the residential development in Singapore. Within the PLQ development through 7 buildings, getting around is also very convenience, take a short stroll from the residential towers via an overhead bridge to the shopping mall & Office tower and vice versa. You are connected with covered and elevated pedestrian link bridges with seamless accessibility in PLQ.

Within the proximity of PLQ, various consumers were attracted to the new development. They are mainly consisting of local resident from public housing and private housing developments, office crowds from nearby offices and industrial and lastly religious place of worship.

Product

Paya Lebar Quarters bring part of the rejuvenation of Paya Lebar with a vibrant and culturally rich neighbourhood zones of Geyland Serai and Joo Chiat. the location provides heritage history of Singapore in the past and ethnic delicacies of our different races living in sunny Singapore. PLQ provides a quality shopping experience from everyday conveniences and various dining experience from indoor to alfresco dining options for better community engagement. With sustainable environment in the heart of design, unleash yourself by the park filled with greeneries and revitalised anytime during work so that you can be productive during work and even during your shopping experience. Retail shops consisting of Technology, beauty & wellness, kids and various food and Beverage shops. With a good mix of retail shops, there’s a shop for everyone of all ages. It’s a new paradigm of work, live and having fun in the heart of Paya Lebar. Currently a figure of 69 F&B outlets being occupied 34% of the occupancy rate for retail space. And the remaining 66% of the retail space taken up by other establishment from beauty & wellness to technology.  (Paya Lebar Quarters, n.d.)

S/N

Retail Type

 

Mall Tenants

Types of Services

1

Technology

Challenger

·        Renown IT & electronics store

 

Gain City

·        Renown distributors & retailers for household equipment & fixtures accessories and electrical & electronics stores

 

Esiney

·        Sells fashionable and affordable smartphone accessories. Repairing of Mobile phones

Gadget Mix

·        Lifestyle gadgets needs and electronics.

 

Hua Wei

·        Mobile technologies

·        Renown IT & electronics store

 

istudio

·        Official Apple distributor for apple products

M1

·        Renown Telco store

 

Singtel

·        Renown Telco store

 

Triton

·        Lifestyle gadgets needs, mobile phones and electronics.

 

2

Beauty & wellness

AgnesG. Nails

·       Providing nail care services and solutions.

BottomSlim

·       Enhance sliming body services

Cuttour Hair Studio

·       Hair salon

Etude House

·       To enhance unique beauty with makeup

Eu Yan Sang

·       Specialized in TCM and medications

FootNote reflexology

·       Better care for your feet with wellness solutions

Glamour Beauty

·       Providing nail care services and solutions.

GNC LiveWell

·       Manufacture and supplies dietary supplements

Guardian

·       Retailing comprehensive range of health & beauty products.

Heart Springs Wellness

·       Raising wellness through fusing traditional techniques & advanced technology to for better result to health and well-being.

Innisfree

·       Provide beauty solutions and natural beauty product from JEJU island.

Kimiyo-G Beauty

·       Inspired by essence of Japanese for better beauty care for health and wellness.

3

Kids & Entertainment

Zone X

·       Renown Arcade game center

SHAW Theaters

·       Renown Cinema over many years

Sing my Song Family Karaoke

·       Family establishment providing karaoke services

Rookie

·       Kids apparel, footwear and accessories store

Smigy

·       Kids playground with 180 degrees of Fun

Tom & Stefanie

·       a  solution for kids apparel and toys

4

Food

Attap House

·       Serves delicious local cuisine

Auntie Anne’s

·       Singapore chapter of the world's favourite soft Pretzels

Aunty Esther’s

·       Singapore's first salted egg snacks shop

Bee Cheng Hiang

·       Asia's Famous BBQ Pork

Boost Juice Bars

·       Australia's most famous and loved juice and smoothie brands

BreadTalk

·       1st local bread establishment

Café Red Ginger

·       Halal certified with affordable and gastronomical experience for families and colleagues

CHICHA San Chen

·       New Taiwan Bubble tea establishment in Singapore

Kopitiam

·       Renown local hawker fare by Union enterprise

Chug Chug

·       New Outlets which Serves affordable cuisine in gastro bar and kitchen style

Mom’s Touch

·       Korean fast-food outlets

Collin’s

·       Western cuisine with affordable price

Donburi King

·       Japanese food establishment

Duckland

·       Serves excellence roasted ducks.

Table 2 Tenant mix

It’s a development where you can eat, work, and shop with quality experiences. Being a Green mark platinum building, the development focuses on sustainability and its lush expanses of greenery provide rejuvenating experience to the consumers through the green spaces which were designed for.

This ensures the country's sustainable growth in the future and the well-being of the occupant, consumers, and the community. You can also visit the sustainability Zone and play a part in leading a zero-waste lifestyle by purchasing eco-friendly products using the cashless vending machine.  

Some environmentally sustainable designs are located in the atrium. The Solar Shades are provided to prevent the harsh sun rays while allowing natural light to penetrate through the all-weather canopy. Other Sustainability installations include Photovoltaic cells to generate electricity for the development, MERV filters to enhance indoor air quality at the workplace, ABC water system to integrate flood preventive mechanism, and having a rain garden with larger stormwater detention tanks for water collection, Greenspace for consumer or office staffs for spending time together to increase bonding and productivity. (Lendlease, n.d.)

Flood mitigation

Green Space

Solar PV Cells

Solar Shades

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Price

The integrated development at Paya Lebar Quarters construction cost is 3.7 Million and develop by Australian company Lendlease. It held its grand opening on 24 October 2019 graced by guest of honour Lawrence Wong, Minister for National Development and Second Minister for Finance, and Bruce Gosper, the Australian High Commissioner to Singapore. Currently, The Paya Lebar Quarters with a total retail space of 200 units, it’s occupancy rate at 80% during the 1st quarter for the retail mall. PLQ may not be the lowest in terms of Retail rental rates. But it’s a newer and more sustainable retail mall with various green space which families would visit[SQ1] .

S/N

Name of Retail Malls

 

NLA

No of tenants

 

Occupancy Rate

Retail Rent Rate

F&B Rent Rate

1

Paya Lebar Quarters

 

340,000psf

160

80.0%

$24.34psf

$10.59psf

2

Paya Lebar Square

491,099psf

108

100%

$19.12psf

$12.99psf

3

City Plaza

No Information

197

100%

$6.48psf

$7.30psf

4

Tanjong Katong Complex

No Information

67

100%

$2.55psf

No Information

5

Singpost Centre

244,999psf

117

90%

$34.88psf

No Information

6

KINEX

19,187psf

83

84%

$20.00psf

$12.00psf

7

Grand Link Square

No information

35

95%

$5.85psf

No Information

Table 3 Vicinity Malls’ Rental

Promotion

This new integrated development is built with the intention to make a difference in creating the best places where you can live work and play. Also recognizing that sustainability could only be achieved thought efforts by engaging the community and identifying climate change as the biggest risk. Thus, by working with industry players and government partners to develop response plans together for a better sustainable future. With such a lush of greenery and green spaces, it encourages shoppers to keep visiting PLQ.

S/N

Category

 

Description & Period

1.

Discount offers

·       NDP Special! 55% off from 31 July 20 to 31 Aug 20

 

·       Sign up during the promotion period on the Lendlease Plus app or website and use the promo code ‘LLPFOOD’ during registration to receive a unique free delivery promo code for foodpanda orders. from 24 April 2020 to 21 August 2020

·       F&B Delivery incentives - Diners ordering from participating F&B outlets at PLQ via GrabFood can enjoy $5 off with a min. spend of $15, using promo code 'Grab5PLQ'. from 24 April 2020 to 21 August 2020

2.

Shops Promotions

·       Joe & Dough – A slice of signature Gula Melaka Pandan cake at $5.50 and whole cake at $42 only for National day

·       Colin’s – For every order of Dry Aged Black Angus Tomahawk 45 days, enjoy a free bottle of Mas Andes Merlot

·       Kopitiam – NTUC breakfast set from 3 July 2020 to 31 August 2020.

·       Mom’s Touch – 1 for 1 Mom’s tight burger from 1 August 2020 to 31 August 2020.

3.

PLQ Exclusive Giveaway

 

·       LLP MEMBERS EXCLUSIVE GIFT AWAY - Simple share with us one such hero and how you would like to spend time with them at PLQ and stand a chance to win 55k Plus$ (worth $25)!

·       Sign up as Lendlease Plus members and receive a $20 e-voucher.

·       Redeem E-voucher with Landlease Plus$ from the brands you like at 90% Off.

Table 5 Deals for PLQ exclusive

 

Currently, Paya Lebar Quarter in house marketing team has chosen mainly social media such as Facebook and Instagram as their main form of advertisement channel. This would not be enough as PLQ requires a more aggressive marketing strategy to increase business in the mall especially during the covid19 pandemic where the retail market is slowly picking up.

 

PLQ would want to consider appointing a traditional marketing firm like Dzire Media or JCDecaux Singapore to provide more marketing promotions from newspapers, local Television advertisements, magazines and digital billboards. And, to consult social media marketing agency Carbon interactive who have various experience in advertising on social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, snapchat, and TikTok. Which may create awareness and increase the business in the Retail mall. 

 

The Main Objective of the promotion to create awareness and keep their customer excited. So that they will return to spend time and money in the mall:

·       Using media of any form to keep in touch of the latest happenings

·       Having a fresh experience and being relevant based on the tenant mix and retaining the good memory of “Paya Lebar Quarter retail mall”

·       With the Landlease Plus membership, Continue to appreciate the customers through loyalty program by issuing Minimum spending voucher, points system and events like birthday, etc

·       Close collaboration between the community, office tenants and PLQ residents discount offers, events and roadshows