1st Avenue 6月竣工·9月开张

1st Avenue　6月竣工·9月开张
二零一零年三月七日 凌晨十二时十七分

（槟城陈碧珊6日讯）万众期待的1st Avenue（第一大道）购物广场将在今年6月建竣，也确定将在9月隆重开张！届时为槟城人带来不同凡响的购物体验，并以新潮、休闲及娱乐享受的大方向，带领消费者进入崭新的消费时代，体验另一个全新的购物天堂！

全新购物天堂

佳景集团董事经理拿督何强赞接受《光华日报》电访时证实，目前广场建筑工程经已完成约90％，如无意外将依照原定日期，即如期在6月份完工，另外将在9月份隆重开张。

此外，他也透露广场租赁活动方面反应良好，惟更多的详情则将在近期内宣布，以让民众了解该广场的最新进展。

隶属光大第3期发展计划的1s tAvenue购物广场是由广场业者巨臂AsianRetail Mall II（ARML II，是Pramerica旗下的亚洲产业基金）、佳景集团及金狮集团联合发展。

此外，该广场也配合州政府以透明政策，持续性地将槟城打造为一个亲商、鼓励国外财团投资的环境，让槟州成为一个国际城市的宏愿。

外观已成形　楼高10层

位于乔治市头条路，兴建工程如火如荼进行中的第一大道购物广场，整幢建筑物主要结构早已完成，就连外观也已渐渐形成，高高耸立在光大摩天楼及新光大广场旁，格外令人注目。

注资3亿令吉的1st Avenue购物广场拥有7层楼高，提供约40万平方尺的零售空间，300个店铺单位及3层共650个停车位。而入驻该广场的百盛共占楼高4层，占地9万 2000平方尺，主要对象为新一代的消费者，目标为中上收入的家庭，专注于提供潮流格调、品质卓越以及选择多样化的货品与服务。

一旦第一大道广场建成，届时乔治市一带将出现多间购物广场的区域，即还有新光大（PRANGIN MALL）、光大太平洋购物中心（PACIFIC）、加马购物中心（GAMA），以及槟岛时代广场（TIME SQUARE）。

百盛占4层

百盛超级市场乃该广场内的核心租户。值得一提的是，“第一大道”是百盛第36家，也是继北海双威购物广场、合您广场以及新光大广场后，槟州第4家的零售店，这也意味着在光大一带拥有“双百盛”！

1st Avenue广场逐“楼”看：

广场地下层（Lower Ground）：也名为“CHILL”的楼层，拥有各式各样的店铺，装潢时尚雅致，迎合年轻人在时尚服饰和生活潮流方面的需求。

底层（Ground Floor）：名为“STYLE”，将提供时下最流行的衣物、服饰和美容产品，并有露天咖啡厅。

1楼：“MODISH”，出售各种男士服装、运动用品、器材、儿童服装及玩具。

2楼：“FIRST ASIA”，包罗来自亚洲的生活品位与精选，从几千年前的传统泰国水疗，到如今日本时尚潮流精品，应有尽有。

3楼：“UNWIND”，顾名思义，即提供悠闲，各式美容与养生中心等贴心服务。消费者也可在不同风格的主题餐厅享受美食。

4楼：“LIFE”，超级市场及美食中心。

5楼至7楼：停车场。

8楼：“THE MEZZANINE”，拥有双层餐厅及娱乐场所，包括电影城及KTV。

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Saturday July 17, 2010

Lower debut for CMMT

By EDY SARIF

KUALA LUMPUR: Shares of CapitaMalls Malaysia Trust (CMMT), the largest “ pure-play” shopping mall real estate investment trust (REIT) in Malaysia, closed lower yesterday on its trading debut on Bursa Malaysia’s main market at 98 sen, 2 sen lower than its institutional price of RM1 but at par with its retail price.

The stock opened at 98.5 sen, its high for the day, and had a low of 97.5 sen before closing the day with 11.987 million shares changing hands.

CMMT’s initial public offering comprised 786.5 million units, of which 67.5 million were for retail investors and the rest for institutional investors.

Lim Beng Chee and Sharon Lim at the press conference after the listing.

CapitaMall Asia Ltd chief executive officer Lim Beng Chee said he was happy with the opening price as retail investors managed to gain a premium of 0.5 sen.

“Despite the small premium, the most important thing is that the market recognised the value and assets class hidden,” he told reporters yesterday after the listing ceremony.

Lim said CapitaMalls Asia planned to set up a RM1bil fund within a year to build and prepare a pipeline of assets for the Malaysian property trust. “We are looking for maybe another three or four malls to add to our existing assets here in Malaysia,” he said.

CMMT is managed by CapitaMalls Malaysia REIT Management Sdn Bhd, a joint venture between CapitaMalls Asia, which is one of Asia’s largest shopping malls developers, and Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Bhd.

Its portfolio in Malaysia comprises three assets, namely Gurney Plaza in Penang, an interest in Sungei Wang Plaza in Kuala Lumpur and The Mines in Selangor.

CapitaMalls Asia is part of CapitaLand Ltd, South-East Asia’s biggest developer, which owns shopping malls in China, India and Singapore.

Meanwhile, CMMT – which is also the country’s second biggest property trust – expects to distribute its yield of 7.3% for the forecast period of 2010 and 7.6% for forecast year 2011 to retail investors based on the unit price of 98 sen.

CapitaMalls Malaysia REIT Management chief executive officer Sharon Lim said the yield distribution was really attractive compared with some other investment yields in the market.

“This is much more attractive than Malaysian bonds, which offer about 4% yield, as well as fixed deposit rates of about 3%,” she told reporters yesterday.

OSK Research Sdn Bhd in its latest report stated that the dividend yield of 7.5% was “well below” the average 8.5% of other Malaysian REITs.

It said CMMT was likely to offer very limited upside to its unit holders, at least in the medium term.

Having said that, it added that the “premium” might be justified given that the trust would be the second largest in Malaysia, and with the largest free float of 58.3%.

Given its defensive nature and longer-term organic growth catalyst it potentially offered, CMMT was likely to appeal to certain classes of investors only, especially those with a defensive investment strategy, it said.