Joo Chiat residents will now have a boutique retail mall to cheer about. Less than a year ago, at the intersection of Koon Seng Road and Joo Chiat Road, stood a row of 6 neglected pre-war shophouses that were almost falling apart and completely unsafe for inhabitation. Now fully restored to its 1928 glory, it is a brand new vibrant shopping mall with a new office block extension named JK Centre.



JK Centre boasts 30 retail spaces on its first and second storey and an extension block of 15 offices. Shop N Save is situated on the ground floor as anchor tenant, giving much needed grocery relief to Joo Chiat and surrounding residents. The remaining 29 boutique retail shops nest on the entire second storey of the amalgamated shophouses and are accessible by escalators and an elevator. The 15 offices spanning from the third to the fifth floors share the same impressive lift lobby as the retail mall.
ABOUT JK CENTRE

JK Centre endeavors to attract lifestyle retailers who would like their guests to have a unique shopping experience. According to the management of JK Centre, ?We see an overwhelming response from potential tenants from the fields of education, beauty and healthcare ? all of which are evergreen businesses that can serve the growing population in the vicinity. The tenants are attracted to the malls good frontage and location. And as for the shoppers, besides having to shop in air-conditioned comfort, they may even get to enjoy valet parking services.?



Touted as one of its kind in a gazetted conservation estate to have integrated retail and commercial activities, it takes an experienced mind to transform a row of decrepit shophouses into a spanking new building within such a short turnaround time. The freehold project belongs to JK Assets Pte Ltd, whose director and shareholder is a veteran developer who is well-known to undertake arduous transformations of difficult projects like this one. It is no wonder that JK Centre has now become the true epitome of a Peranakan heritage piece of conservation in Joo Chiat.