The Centrepoint

Everything You Need To Know About The Centrepoint

The Centrepoint Shopping Mall opened its doors in 1983 and remained thus until 2006, when renamed “The Centrepoint.” It uses for renting, selling, and other business purposes. It is an eight-story structure with two basements and six storeys, with 180 stores occupying 53, 562 m2 of total retail space: Anglo-Chinese School (Junior), St Margaret’s Primary School and Chatsworth International School-Orchard Campus Centrepoint. 

Cocolchibanya Curry House at 313@Somerset and Mcdonald’s Fast Food Restaurant are just a few nearby amenities. The Centrepoint is a Cold Storage Supermarket service such as banks, retail shopping, and groceries.

Sophia Crest, LIV On Sophia, Wilkie 48, Sophia Flats, Sophia Court, and Central are just a few condos in the Centrepoint area.

History

Frasers Property, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fraser & Neave, manages The Centrepoint. Constructs in 1983. The eight-story building has housed various businesses, including Teochew City Seafood Restaurant, Cold Storage, Marks and Spencer, TianPo Jewellery, and Metro. Robinsons was the anchor tenant when the mall, which has six and two basement levels, first opened. It was replaced by Metro in 2015 and will decommission on September 15, 2019. Centrepoint is undergoing its third makeover, with more businesses such as Decathlon, JustCo, and Harvey Norman planned to go in by 2020. In 1991, the shopping complex got a refurbishment, the first of which cost $4 million.

About Centrepoint

In 2005, Landmark Group opened the first Centrepoint store in Kuwait. Since then, the concept has expanded to become the largest non-food retailer in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Egypt, Lebanon, and Jordan, with a total retail footprint of 5 million square feet.

Each Centrepoint location is a large format store that sells Babyshop, SHOE MART, Splash, and Lifestyle 4 outstand brands. Centrepoint is the ultimate shopping destination for the entire family, with a large variety of high-street fashion clothing, accessories, stylish footwear, beauty and grooming items, baby and kid requirements, home decor, and everything in between. The brand serves 35 million clients, and 100+ stores in the GCC-MENA area are over 10,000 people.

Two main changes.

The mall has undergone two major renovations. The first, which cost $4 million, was completed in 1991. At the time, the Centrepoint management committee surveyed to find out what customers desired, and nice bathrooms were at the top of the list. After then, automatic flushing systems were installed in the toilets. Minimise business inconvenience by renovations carried out at night. The second major renovation, which took place in 2015, was estimated to cost $50 million.

The Orchard Road entrance was widened, and a new drop-off and pick-up point on level one was added to make it simpler for families with children and the elderly, according to The Straits Times. Despite the mall’s second major makeover, Metro’s decision to depart The Centrepoint could indicate more trouble for the property as it competes with large and newer malls in the Somerset area.