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Opened this past June, Wuhan Xintiandi Horizon North Kuala Lumpur mall Starhill Gallery is undergoing a transformation The Boardwalk Casino and Entertainment World in Port
Pavilion was designed by 5+design and developed by Shui and will be fully revealed as The Starhill come 2021. The mall, located Elizabeth is undergoing an R600M extension and upgrade
On Land Limited, the flagship property company of the in Kuala Lumpur’s Bukit Bintang shopping belt, will be repositioned in the retail area. Property developers, Flanagan & Gerard
Hong Kong-based Shui On Group. After a construction as the “Home of the Tastemakers,” following a new concept that Group and Moolman Group, have signed an agreement
period of five years, the new project launched encompassing infuses hospitality into the retail experience – where patrons with Emfuleni Resorts, a subsidiary of Sun International, to
retail, offices and residential towers and it is now establishing will shop and stay in a refined home-like environment offering extend and upgrade Port Elizabeth’s Boardwalk precinct.
a sustainable community for the city of Wuhan. The four-level experiential retail in a warm, intimate boutique atmosphere. Under Boardwalk Mall will include the latest shopping and leisure
shopping mall features an urban rooftop farm, whilst on the development by YTL Land & Development Bhd, The Starhill will trends. The upgrade will more than double the retail space
ground floor; the shopping centre is anchored with a large feature four floors of experiential retail space and three more in the Boardwalk Precinct when it opens in 2021. Work is
atrium and sky bridge. When combined, the open terraced floors of 162 hotel rooms under the JW Marriott Kuala Lumpur planned to commence in early 2020. The precinct currently
floor plan, greenspace, and farming component creates a brand. The new extension will be seamlessly integrated with the comprises of a 6,000sq m Boardwalk Casino, 140 key 5-Star bOArdwALk CASINO ANd ENTErTAINMENT wOrLd
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
diverse, dense and fluid set of experiences. The 164,000sq lower retail space in one vertical seven-floor development – the Boardwalk Hotel, conference facilities, 11,800sq m of existing developers: Flanagan & Gerard Group and Moolman Group
m retail space is tiered from the street-front to maintain a first of its kind in Asia. retail and a five-screen Nu Metro cinema complex. The
human scale and to allow pedestrians full, direct access to the On course to open in March next year in Auckland, New redevelopment will see this increase to 26,000sq m, including
vegetated rooftop gardens. Zealand, Commercial Bay by developers and owners NZX new shops, restaurants, and a new Sun Park Square designed
Newly opened Raffles City Chongqing by developer listed Precinct Properties is predicted to become a game- to host major events. Other new developments will include CAPITAL MALL
Pretoria, South Africa
CapitaLand, with a total investment of RMB24bn and a total changing environment for the city. Never before has a single two supermarkets, one speciality food store, two pharmacies developer: McCormick Property development
construction floor area of 1.12 million square metres, brings project brought together the best of everything in one location and two or more major banks.
together a 235,000sq m shopping mall, 150,000sq m of Grade – a world class commercial space, public transport, luxury The development by one of South Africa’s oldest
A office space, 1,400 residential apartments, Ascott Raffles hotel, international quality retail, public spaces and hospitality rural shopping centre developers, McCormick Property
City Chongqing serviced residence and InterContinental environments, as well as striking urban design. The upcoming Development (MPD), of a massive shopping mall in Pretoria
Chongqing Raffles City hotel. Located at the confluence of project will completely reshape the waterfront area bounded West costing at least R1.2bn has been given the green light.
Yangtze and Jialing rivers, Raffles City Chongqing is designed by Britomart, the viaduct and the CBD, and resurrects the The development, Capital Mall, has been stuck in limbo, but
by world-renowned architect Moshe Safdie, who drew location’s original name. On top of its incredible fashion an appeal to halt the development was overturned in April.
inspiration from the region’s thousand years of waterway offering, Commercial Bay is set to include an aspirational mix The development node includes a 150-bed private hospital,
transportation culture to create an image of powerful sails of food and beverage including acclaimed restaurants and value retail centre, motor dealerships, affordable housing as
upon the river for Raffles City Chongqing to symbolise the bars, beauty, and specialty retail – overall, the precinct will well as student housing, schooling and community facilities.
host city’s surging growth. feature more than 100 retailers across 18,000sq m of leasable The development of the mall will be phased with 60,000sq
Grandberry Lifestyle Center by developers Tokyu area. With 95 per cent of space now committed, the project m Gross Leasable Area (GLA) planned to open towards the
Corporation is a new 70,000sq m mixed-use centre in continues to amaze and build anticipation ahead of its opening. end of 2021. MPD said that the design allows the mall to
Tokyo’s Machida section that is scheduled to open this year. Lead8, the international award-winning design firm, has been seamlessly expand to over 100,000sq m in time, without the
Located on the city’s Tokyu Denen-tonshi train line, the design appointed to the renowned international team designing One need for structured parking facilities.
accommodates both a commercial and activity hub as well Bangkok. Jointly developed by TCC Assets (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
as a social destination for visitors and nearby residents. Upon and Frasers Property Holdings (Thailand) Co., Ltd., the highly-
arrival, tiered gardens and waterfall meet visitors who then anticipated future development will deliver 1.83 million square
ascend a grand stair to a multi-level shopping scene with a meters of integrated mixed-use development on a 16ha site
grocery market, retail and cinema. Open plazas provide spaces in the heart of Bangkok. Located adjacent to the city’s iconic
for socialising, leisure and entertainment. A new park entrance Lumphini Park, One Bangkok will be Thailand’s largest integrated
transforms the natural slope into a dramatic stair, with the development comprising premium grade A office buildings, luxury
ground rising to create a green roof for a restaurant at the and lifestyle hotels, luxury residential towers, interconnected retail
park’s entrance. In addition to retail, other program elements precincts, art and cultural hubs, and public space. The development
include a café, library, official Snoopy Museum, multiple is expected to accommodate up to 200,000 people daily following
children’s playgrounds, forest garden, sports fields and a great its full completion in 2026. The development has commenced
lawn for events. construction and is set to open in phases from 2023.

COMMErCIAL bAy ONE bANGkOk
Auckland, New zealand bangkok, Thailand
developer: Precinct Properties developers: ICC Assets and
Frasers Property Holdings

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