Saturday, November 15, 2008

Gurney Plaza New Wing

Went to the official opening of the Gurney Plaza new wing with ah bok, reach around 1pm carpark was full. I'm just gonna summarize the entire visit in points below. : )

  • New wing has its own carpark, to get there simply turn into the multi stories carpark of the original place, turn in from the 6th floor carpark into the new wing's and proceed there. Aparently new wing has more parking floors than the original one but somehow narrower. Includes roof top parking spot as well.
  • New wing built on the ground along Gurney Place, lots of restaurants like McD, Domino's pizza, A&W was not at their original position nor could be found so far although Sushi King's are established at a different location now just below Sakae Sushi. : )
  • Parkson departmental stores are located on the new wing as well with some of the floors connected to each other. (1st and ground floor so far, didnt explore much)
  • Original Parkson departmental store has been given a facelift as well to match those of new ones.
  • New wing appeared smaller because of the given landsize and gives an overall cramped feeling.
  • Some retail spaces are still pending renovation while most of the place are already being occupied.
  • Christmas decos are up.
  • No new bookstores in the new wing so far.
  • Switch (Apple computer) outlet will be moved from the original complex to the new store at the new wing.
  • New restaurants seen so far are Sakae Sushi and Swenson pending opening. Nando's are located near the entrance from Gurney Place and occupies 2 floors!
  • Multiple entrance are possible to the new wing with openings from the previous Chopper Board's location which are the same for each of the floors below it. Chopper board is still on the old location but appeared smaller and Bak Kut Teh King are opposite of it.
Overall okay, I'll still frequent the old place more mainly because I really uncomfortable walking in a narrow space. But I would like to add that Sakae sushi does offers nice window view to the new park beside the new wing. : )

Ladies will be pleased to know that there's a lot of retail outlets carrying numerous brands to satisfy their hunger for shoes, bags, cosmetics, etc.

Excuse some of the photos here as I really feel ackward carrying dslr and shoot in a mall. Btw, there's camera fair with promotions going on the groundfloor of the plaza as well for those interested to get new snapping device. :)


Chopper board now sits on 1 corner of the new entrance



The day would be perfect without introducing our fren here to the donuts...

P/S: Big Apple's at the LG floor of the original mall... :)

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