Soft Launch: Tampines 1

Hey you easterners! Tampines 1's soft opening is tmr! 9 April 2009. The third shopping centre in Tampines! Located right beside Tampines MRT Station, you won't miss it. The official opening is somewhere in July.

No. of levels: 5 (including 2 basements)
No. of shops: estimated 172

Tampines 1 is Singapore’s newest sub-urban mall in the East and is set to bring a breath of metropolitan lifestyle to the Tampines area with key tenants that include Cold Storage, Challenger as well as international fashion brands such as Esprit, Springfield, Promod, Topshop, Topman and Uniqlo.

Shoppers will be spoilt with a wide range of food choices at Tampines 1. Savour all things Japanese at MANPUKU gourmet town. Or visit the cluster of double-storey food and beverage outlets overlooking a serene landscaped garden terrace on level 4.

Do check out Amore Living, which features fitness studios, high-tech gym, kid-fit club, health bar and new concept family spa with swimming pool facilities. And not to miss the pampering treats available at the various spa and beauty outlets.With an outstanding retail mix, a new shopping experience beckons with each visit.

The night view of Tampines 1. For a list of the many stores in Tampines 1:

http://www.tampines1.com.sg/main/store_directory

The newbies in Singapore:

Fashion:

Cache Cache -part of the successful French Beaumanoir Group that runs over 1,200 ladies’ ready-to-wear retail stores globally. They offer affordable fashion wears for ladies between 18-30 years of age, and new collections will be introduced every fortnightly.

Uniqlo-UNIQLO is a Japanese brand that designs, manufactures, markets and sells casual wear that can be worn by anyone, any day. Rather than dictate a look, UNIQLO provides fashion-forward people everywhere with the piece they need to create their own unique personal style that is affordable and accessible. Style comes from within, which is why the

UNIQLO logo is nearly invisible, tucked away inside the garment. From t-shirts and sweaters to denim, outerwear and trend items, all UNIQLO clothes are made according to exacting Japanese standards for quality and come in an astonishing variety of colours and styles.

Lily-
Lily is a new brand brought in by new concept store Click!. Lily’s modern and chic female fashion clothes will give women from early 20s to 40s more variety to choose from.

F&B:

Xiao Bar Wang-Xiao Bar Wang brings you the authentic Taiwan street snacks such as Taiwan Mee Sua and Crispy Chicken.

Sake Inn-Sake Inn offers a wide range of sake and wine directly imported from Japan, which includes: MEI JIU, IICHIKO, OZEKI SAKE, SAPPORO BEER, HEALTHY VINEGAR, TAMANOHIKARI SAKE and other Japanese wine.

Teadot-Teadot is a modern specialty tea cafe with an unconformist attitude, dedicated to give consumers a refreshing and unexpected tea experience.

Concept Stores:

Amore Living by Amore-
Amore Living is a new concept store that is aimed to be the perfect bonding platform for the modern family. For the first time, Amore Living will offer unique fitness and wellness programmes for parents, kids, teens, couples, where each programme is carefully designed and focused to meet specific needs of different interest and age group in mind.

Bossini Style by Bossini-
BOSSINI STYLE caters to ladies, aged 20 to 35. Inspired byEuropean trends, Bossini Style, featuring the City Line and Casual Line, provides trendy smart casual coordinates for fashionable ladies, bringing them from work to casual occasions.

And many many more.... you got to check it out yourself and be surprised! This is going to be good and exciting. I'm hoping it won't be that crowded tmr so i can squeeze in and capture some nice pictures for you guys. Stay tune...