COMMUTERS will get more than connectivity when the train pulls in at the Esplanade MRT station.
Scheduled to open next year as part of the Circle Line Stage 1, the station will boast a shopping area called Esplanade Xchange.
There are similar shopping areas at Raffles Place and Dhoby Ghaut stations, with the most recent opened at Choa Chu Kang in January last year.
The Esplanade station will house about 40 shops spread across 2,000 sq m – or slightly less than half a football field – of retail space.
SMRT said it aims to have a good mix of retail and food and beverage shops.
The station, with a floor area of 19,000 sq m, is the largest of all the Circle Line stations.
It will have four entrances: at Suntec City; One Raffles Link; the War Memorial Park; and the former Singapore Armed Forces Non-Commissioned Officers Club.
There will also be three underpasses, linking commuters to Raffles City, Marina Square and One Raffles Link.
SMRT is marketing the retail space and will call for tenders later this year. Continue reading
Lush Dream Home 