Looks like SW is slowly but surely becoming a place to go for international specialty cuisines/mid to higher end restaurants during special occasions. No need to think where to go for any celebration meals. Italian and Vietnamese are on the way. Thai? Indonesian? Mexican? Spanish? Indian? HaagenDazs? etc.....

I was at SW last saturtday. It was crowded. One cannot even find a good seat at Wong Kok, Muzuem or Sushi Tei. Overseas Cafe was even worse. See for yourself.

Which Taiwan restaurants would you like to be at SW? Perhaps they may consider opening up there while there are still some (although limited) good lots left that are facing the inside where the crowd seems to move around.

Other than at SW, anyone knows whether there is any other place in Malaysia that children (or even adults) get to play all they want with laminar jets/illuminated laminar jets for free?

The fact is most original shop owners are effectively getting excellent return in investment. Almost all of them have their investment more than double up in less than the fives years since they signed the SPA. Consequently new owners can get only very low rental yield.

Original owners can pocket their high returns now or if they still have risk appetite, stay on. Based on current market prices, rental yield alone is no longer a good return to owners. That is why many shops are changing hands. On top of the rental, many tenants have spent hundreds of thousands more to renovate in order to attract the right customers. Ultimately prices/reality/services/etc will determine the businesses that can successfully operate at SW. Rental rates at prime shoping malls are about five times higher but for example, may not be suitable for pubs and bars. Calculated risk taking and business abilities are what seperate a true successful businessman from the others.

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Added on December 26, 2012, 9:55 amOriginal owners can pocket their high returns now or if they still have risk appetite, stay on. Based on current market prices, rental yield alone is no longer a good return to owners. That is why many shops are changing hands. On top of the rental, many tenants have spent hundreds of thousands more to renovate in order to attract the right customers. Ultimately prices/reality/services/etc will determine the businesses that can successfully operate at SW. Rental rates at prime shoping malls are about five times higher but for example, may not be suitable for pubs and bars. Calculated risk taking and business abilities are what seperate a true successful businessman from the others.

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Added on December 26, 2012, 9:55 amOriginal owners can pocket their high returns now or if they still have risk appetite, stay on. Based on current market prices, rental yield alone is no longer a good return to owners. That is why many shops are changing hands. On top of the rental, many tenants have spent hundreds of thousands more to renovate in order to attract the right customers. Ultimately prices/reality/services/etc will determine the businesses that can successfully operate at SW. Rental rates at prime shoping malls are about five times higher but for example, may not be suitable for pubs and bars. Calculated risk taking and business abilities are what seperate a true successful businessman from the others.

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Added on December 26, 2012, 9:55 amOriginal owners can pocket their high returns now or if they still have risk appetite, stay on. Based on current market prices, rental yield alone is no longer a good return to owners. That is why many shops are changing hands. On top of the rental, many tenants have spent hundreds of thousands more to renovate in order to attract the right customers. Ultimately prices/reality/services/etc will determine the businesses that can successfully operate at SW. Rental rates at prime shoping malls are about five times higher but for example, may not be suitable for pubs and bars. Calculated risk taking and business abilities are what seperate a true successful businessman from the others.


This post has been edited by a123: Dec 26 2012, 09:55 AM

My guess is 95 percent of cars passing SW do not know it is opened. From the outside, it did not looked in substantial operation inside. There should be a signboard by LDP that reads, "SETIAWALK OPENED. FREE PARKING" instead of "Leasing Enquires" and full of "FOR SALE/TO LET" signs.

Very few people, even in this forum and those who have visited SW, realise SW is the only place in the country that I know of that allow visitors/children to have fun with multiple laminar jets. They are even illuminated at night. Great for children to understand fiber optics principle as well. Shower head wash facilities are also provided- all FOC.

[quote=ibbrio,Dec 28 2012, 12:12 AM]
yes, FREE is the word
must tarik crowds go in

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Added on December 28, 2012, 12:13 amFREE WATER PARK
KIDS HAVE FUN WHILE PARENTS EAT, DRINK
free sw calendar, etc

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Added on December 28, 2012, 12:14 amwhat is laminar jets?
is it laser tag gun?

Went to SW to snap some photos to best explain what laminar jets are.

Note: Kids can have fun with the 23 laminar jets at SW any day of the week. However the wading pool is only opened to the public on Sundays.

I guess the man made wading pool is the longest if not the largest in Malaysia. Perhaps it is good PR to get Malaysia book of records to certify this.

Also note, light can travel through a laminal jet like glass fiber. Light will show itself (ie light loss) at the tip of the fountain or when turbulance is induced into the fountain. Go to SW at night to experiment with this effect if you are interested! Unlike those found in theme parks, it is all FOC in SW - including the wash/shower area for kids and parking. You got to pay for food though, if you want to have a feast there as well!

The area immediately in front of Brio' main entrance is beginning to look like a back alley way. Sector 7 is placing its rubbish bins and unused tables there. The unplastered walls built by it to close up its original door facing Brio main entrance looks horrible. Four terrible looking portable toilets(?) placed right at Brio front entrance is quite unbelievable. How can SW management allow all these to happen right at Brio's main entrance. Are they blind and all having blocked nose? It would be a big negative point to Brio. Hope Brio owners would lodge a strong complaint to SW Management before Brio prices start to tumble versus Solace and Vio.

This post has been edited by a123: Jan 2 2013, 10:04 AM

Make sure you fill up the complaint form when you collect your keys. Understand from agents, Bio are already less favourable than Solace and Vio for this unfortunate reason. Easily reversible as long as management staffs of SW care a little bit more.

This post has been edited by a123: Jan 2 2013, 10:13 AM

Yes I have invested there. Will lodge a strong wriiten complaint upon VP. Sector 7 is just being too selfish to turn their front door into a back lane. Their staffs eat and smoke there as well. The rubbish bins and bags are smelly too. Hope many more would complaint so that top management may know their junior managers are not doing their first basic task, ie at least maintain its original standard. Cannot understand how SW management can approve Sector 7 replacing its door with an unplastered wall! Can you believe it, agents are already suggesting 5%
discount for Bio units vs Vio & Solace, due to its poor main entrance!

It is not muddy water. It is just rain water. That part is not covered.

This post has been edited by a123: Jan 2 2013, 09:25 PM

[Just because the whole entertaining pod owned by the irresponsible datuk. The noise pollution place arise from here too during 1am to even 3am. Still going on even after MPSJ raid. Datuk power mah.

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I think it is because of the limited residents in the relatively new JMB dominated by developer and shop owners that are causing it to be very ineffective. Once more residents move in and participate in JMB, then it will think of ways to regulate and enforce noise, etc as per the mutual deed of covenant signed by all. Once strata title is issued and MC formed in a few years time, then hopefully, no chance at all for "external noise polluters" to operate there.

Solace is not much better at all. You got to go there at night to hear for yourself the noise/speaker volume from Muzeum.
Open air speaker volume should be stricly regulated near residential areas according to time of day and night. You can turn up the volume all you want within your enclosed premise, but not at open air areas which have nearby residential apartments. I-Dart Gold is a good example. Their muzic is all within its enclosed premise. Bangsar used to have this problem but it is almost all gone. Many Mt Kiara areas, eg SoulOut, has regulation to limit "noise pollution" to its apartment dwellers.

This post has been edited by a123: Jan 5 2013, 08:08 AM

When is the promo period up to?

Bata opened already?

SW is up market area. Everthing is better quality and not the cheapest. Including maintenance fee. It ranges from RM200+ to RM350+ depending on your apartment size - whether it is occupied or not!

Cheaper day to day restaurants will be at 1st floor where rental/purchase cost is about half of that at ground floor now. However they will only come when more apartments and offices are occupied to provide the volume for this market segment. As it is, low cost restaurants cannot survive because of too few customers. At a guess, less than 25 percent of Solace appartments and 5 percent of offices are occupied now. Rental price of offices are still coming down. In the short term, not sure rental for apartments can hold on!

This post has been edited by a123: Jan 11 2013, 07:52 PM

Usually sea a lot of people inside N.Ramen of SW. Read that its food has original Japanese ingredients and taste. Just tried tonight. Ordered its top of range bowl at RM26.40(incl S.Tax) Only thing special about it was its hard boiled egg - which was perfectly cooked in the sense the york is still soft but fully cooked. Portion was small. Only three thin slices of salty meat. Overall for its price, it was a big disappointment for me. Quite obvious I am not returning there anymore. Unlike restaurant like Madam Kwan, where the food is expensive, but really good taste and reasonable portion as well.

I guess it is a combination of factors, the main ones being:
1. Four ugly looking/run downed/pad locked portable changing cabins (used by who?) placed there
2. Stacks of unused tables and other furniture placed behind Sector 7 and Beer Factory
3. Poorly finished (unplastered wall) put up by Sector 7 to closed up its front door and converting it into a back one
4. Rubbish bins (and sometimes a few black rubbish bags beside it as well) placed behind Sector 7
5. Sectors 7 turning that area into its staffs' staff eating area with make to do tables and chairs
6. The unrefined metal grating used buy Sector 7 to seperate the common area there

are making one feel as though we have to walk past a back alley into Brio's main entrance. It is not only bad for Brio's image, but bad for Setiawalk as well.

Looks like present management/JMB does not seem to be able to understand these misfits. We must not allow bad management to bring that area down.

I understand a few retail owners around there have already lodged a complaint to SW management but to no avail so far. I truly hope, as a first simple step, many Brio residents will lodged an official wriiten complaint to SW management (cc to Sector 7 Management since 5 of the 6 major factors have to do with Sector 7) on VP. The owners' contribution is much needed to reinforce the message to SW management to do something, as many residents and retail lots owners are getting very angry because of these pretty obvious defects.

The problem is how can we inform him.
This is so wrong but yet it seems nothing is being done about it.
Anyone knows how we can let him know about this?

Yes, SetiaWalk management certainly cannot be expected to monitor discussion forums. However we can share our common problems and discuss what to do about them over a discussion forum. For instance, I believe at this stage, the most appropriate channel of complain regarding Brio's unsightly main entrance is to list them as defects to be rectified upon VP. Perhaps management eyes will be opened when a large number of complains are received over the issue.