Macau Urban Renewal Limited (MUR) underlined in a statement yesterday that after a number of shops in the Macau New Neighbourhood (MNN) residential estate on Zhuhai’s Hengqin island have started operating one after another since June, various other shops there are now expected to open later this month.
The MNN commercial space, covering around 5,000 square metres, comprises a few dozen shop units in total.
According to previous local media reports, the first shop in the MNN commercial space opened at the middle of June, a shop selling loose leaf teas.
Yesterday’s MUR statement said that the MNN commercial space’s first shop opened in June, after which a number of other shops have started operating one after another, such as a convenience store, a café, and an express courier outlet.
The statement said that various other shops are being decorated, such as a fast-food restaurant, a Chinese restaurant, a bubble tea shop, a supermarket, a hair salon, and a beauty salon, adding that they are now expected to open later this month.
The statement also said that around 80 percent of the MNN commercial space’s shops will be run by Macau companies.
The MNN neighbourhood consists of 27 residential towers with 19 to 26 floors each. The 27 MNN towers have a total of 4,279 flats, comprising about 4,000 units for purchase and around 200 units earmarked for highly-qualified professionals for rent only.
The MNN project, which got off the ground in 2021, was developed by MUR, which is owned by the Macau government. MNN home sales started on November 28 last year after the project had been fully completed.
As of the middle of June, over 1,200 MNN flats had been sold, according to local media reports at that time.
Yesterday’s MUR statement also quoted the manager of the convenience store in the MNN commercial space as saying that the shop has been having good business since its operational start in June.
This undated combo photo released by Macau Urban Renewal Limited (MUR) yesterday shows the current convenience store, express courier outlet and café in the Macau New Neighbourhood (MNN) residential estate in Hengqin.
This undated MUR combo photo released yesterday shows the under-decoration fast-food restaurant, Chinese restaurant, supermarket, bubble tea shop and beauty salon.
