Orchard Central tenants struggle

[Seventh Son]

The design of the building sucks and the mall has got no specialty. The carpark also one kind of funny, the place just don't feel "high end", more like a heartland shopping mall. Being there only once and it will be my last.

[exxondus]

I was just trying to poke fun on the abbreviations of OC

[116520]

not only OC, tenants at other malls are also complaining...

I guess the tenants at OC must be saying Oh Crap now

[exxondus]

I guess the tenants at OC must be saying Oh Crap now

My take on OC has been the same since I saw the Design/Layout. Crap space/human flow planning which then gives you crap shopping experience, coupled with crap tenant mix/management gives you simply a crap shopping experience! This is the reason why the big luxury/jewelery brands are all on the ground floor and mainly facing the front, so that everyone thinks it is a great place to walk in and thus creating a facade to ask for higher rent.

[116520]

those BIG luxury/jewellery brands are listed companies paying high rental there...

My take on OC has been the same since I saw the Design/Layout. Crap space/human flow planning which then gives you crap shopping experience, coupled with crap tenant mix/management gives you simply a crap shopping experience! This is the reason why the big luxury/jewelery brands are all on the ground floor and mainly facing the front, so that everyone thinks it is a great place to walk in and thus creating a facade to ask for higher rent.

[theOrion]

My take on OC has been the same since I saw the Design/Layout. Crap space/human flow planning which then gives you crap shopping experience, coupled with crap tenant mix/management gives you simply a crap shopping experience! This is the reason why the big luxury/jewelery brands are all on the ground floor and mainly facing the front, so that everyone thinks it is a great place to walk in and thus creating a facade to ask for higher rent.

[wolfeyes1974]

I think the main contributing factor is the design of OC. Think it won some award but it's definitely not shopper-friendly with lotsa dead ends. Besides that, the retail mix is terrible with no theme. Certain floor you can find those small far east plaza or neighbourhood shops selling clothes. I'm sure more will fold up eventually.

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[Nooch]

Orchard Central has nothing there..Im not surprised. I mean there's nothing unique there, no new stores or franchise tat is unique. 313's crowded cos of HMV and many makan places.

[feilong108]

becoz Singapore is getting more n more exp than other countries...even for me i buy when i travel overseas than in here.....

[116520]

The design of OC is bad, no open space, no food court, no cinema, no big bookstore, no anchor store, no supermarket, nothing... even other malls where there is traffic, the shops are still struggling as ppl are not spending these days... local not spending, tourist not spending... so many malls so little buyers...

[Noriki]

actually, i suspect its the design of orchard central.

The way its designed, i went there once only and then never went back. Hard to point out why but its like very unwelcoming like that. make you don even feel like entering to explore

anybody feel the same way too?

Yes, i feel the same.

[feilong108]

it is like a maze in there...kinda of hard to locate the shops...and during weekdays esp at nite it seem eeric...

[exxondus]

actually, i suspect its the design of orchard central.

The way its designed, i went there once only and then never went back. Hard to point out why but its like very unwelcoming like that. make you don even feel like entering to explore

anybody feel the same way too?

[feilong108]

not a fan of the building layout...sibei complicated and confusing leh....somemore bo lang eh....really cham lar...

[shuseido]

Ya man... this building design very weird, mostly restaurants, nothing much to shop. Been there twice and nv think of going again.