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LAVISH new entertainment complex for Jurong has received the
green light after being put on the back burner during the financial
crisis.
The manager of CapitaMall Trust (CMT) told a results briefing on
Friday that the facility - including its Olympic-sized ice skating
rink - should be in early 2012.
Demolition of the old Jurong Entertainment Centre will be
finished soon. The new centre has been designed by Benoy
Architects, the group that conjured up the ION Orchard look.
As well as the ice-skating rink, which will be visible from the
surrounding eateries, the centre will have a rooftop garden plaza
and cinema alongside retail outlets.
Mr Simon Ho, chief executive of CapitaMall Trust Management
Limited, which manages CMT, told the briefing that the centre will
be five storeys with three basement levels. There will also be a
24-hour link to the Jurong East MRT station.
Mr Ho said plans for the centre were re-activated after a
deferment last year brought about by the economic crisis and
sky-high construction costs. But he said the retail sector is
looking up again. The retail sales index - an industry measure -
was up 4 per cent last November from a year earlier. This was the
first increase in 13 months.