been there twice and looking at all the mid-high end shops there
– I wonder how they will be able to survive. West Coast still
primarily a heartland – and you have shops like Sushi-Teh, New York
New York, how to survive?
How you expect heartland uncles and aunties to afford eating at
there? Furthermore, The Cold Storage there is going to face hard
times against Seng Song who goes a mass -market, cheaper road. How
many expats you expect to frequent Cold Storage?
And being close to schools like NUS, one can expect
to have large patronage of students but some of the outlets are too
expensive for normal students. Even if they want, they would
patronise them in town.
Maybe Starbucks can survive but other outlets like the fanciful
Japanese eating place will find it hard. They should include
outlets like Mc Donalds or KFC that can pull in the
young crowd.
And one thing, I noticed, the air con in West Coast Mall is
bloody cold, electricity bills very cheap meh?
Ok ok.. I shall keep mum and see how it goes....
I have not been there yet...Perhaps will take a look next
week...
