Hong Kong's Dairy Farm Inter-national Holdings Ltd, the Singapore-based bookstore Page One and the Grand Formosa Regent Hotel have signed deals to call Taipei 101 Mall home, an executive of the shopping center said yesterday.
"Several global brands such as Dairy Farm and Page One have decided to establish their first outlets in Taiwan in our center," said Claire Chen (陳慶華), marketing manager at Lend Lease Pty Ltd Taiwan, the leasing and marketing agency for the mall.
Grand Formosa Regent plans to open a 324-ping (1,071m2) restaurant in the center.
The 23,000-ping (76,027m2), four-floor mall has so far signed up 130 commercial tenants, representing 82 percent of the entire leasing space, Chen said.
The Hsinyi District mall will open in October.
Dairy Farm, the parent company of the nation's largest supermarket chain, Welcome, plans to open a grocery store on Taipei 101 Mall's lower level that will focus on both fresh and prepared food.
With outlets in Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong and China, Page One will offer a wide variety of English-language publications in its 800-ping (2,644m2) store on the shopping center's fourth floor.
"Page One will focus specifically on foreign-language books and periodicals rather than on Chinese publications," Chen said.
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However, according to Chen, "the deal is still under discussion."
Several restaurants will be located on the mall's fourth floor including a TGI Friday's, Diamond Tony's and the Grand Formosa Regent buffet.
There will be a standard food court on the mall's lower level.
However, Taipei 101's mall is not the only focus of interest in the Hsinyi District for the Grand Formosa Regent -- the hotelier has several other commercial projects in the area.
"The [Taipei 101] case is only one of several purposed Hsinyi District projects the company is working on," said Amy Hsueh (
The company is also in talks with Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store (
According to Hsueh, the Hsinyi District attracts both local and international business travelers, making it a desirable location for restaurants.
She said the Regent's new business strategy focuses on offering dining or accommodation utilizing leased properties.
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