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New Orchard mall targets youth

YET another mall will go up on Orchard Road next year, but it will distinguish itself by giving only 30 per cent of its space to retail, or food and beverage businesses.

The rest of the space in the five- storey building will go to a wide range of facilities aimed at nurturing youth talent and developing a vibrant community for young people.

*Scape, which will sit on a 12,000 sq m plot next to Orchard Cineleisure, will be ready in March. It will be in addition to the *Scape Youth Park across the road.

The $40 million building will position itself as an iconic youth brand and be a youth-engagement hub, said its general manager Evelyn Lau.

Its third storey, for instance, will have dance, music and recording studios for budding musicians, and its fourth, new media production suites and editing studios for those keen on generating new media content.

Those who want to put up a drama or musical performance can do so at a theatre, which can seat 600. Continue reading