March 5, 2009 Mitsubishi Corporation AEON MALL Co., Ltd. AEON RETAIL Co., Ltd. Opening of Mozo Wondercity in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture Mozo Wondercity To Open on Tuesday, April 21 Since November 2007, Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) and AEON Mall Co., Ltd (AM) have been redeveloping a shopping center in the north of Nagoya city, named “Mozo Wondercity”. The shopping center will open its doors to the public on April 21. Mozo Wondercity aims to “create a pleasant community for all” through services that meet the constantly changing needs of the consumer. The symbol of Mozo Wondercity is a baby tree, which has strong natural and environmental connotations. This is included in the shopping center’s new logo (as shown below). The baby tree signifies two things. The first is growth. Just as a carefully-nurtured sapling eventually grows into a magnificent tree, this new mall will hopefully flourish thanks to the care, support, and patronage of the community. The second is our natural environment. The baby tree image shows how Mozo Wondercity will exist as an environmentally conscious and friendly facility, a relatively new concept among shopping centers. 1 History of Mozo Wondercity The original shopping center was developed in 1994 and has been operated by AEON Mall Co., Ltd. for 13 years. During this time, it has been the most popular shopping center in the region. Amidst ongoing housing developments, however, the landscape has changed, and consumer preferences have grown increasingly diverse. The decision was made by MC and AM to redevelop the shopping center in order to better respond to these changing needs, giving rise to the new “Wondercity”. 1 2 Location of Mozo Wondercity Mozo Wondercity is located in Futakata-cho, a commuter town in northern Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture. The area is already heavily-populated and continues to grow. The shopping mall is easily accessible by car and train, situated alongside an arterial road, Route 302, and a Prefectural road, and nearby Kamiotai Station on the Meitetsu Line. There is clearly great potential for Mozo Wondercity to build a strong customer base. 3 Layout of Mozo Wondercity Mozo Wondercity is the largest shopping center in Nagoya City and seventh largest in Japan. Its total retail space is about 69,000 ㎡, offering everything from daily necessities to the most sophisticated products on the market, and meeting our shopping needs with the highest quality of customer service. Mozo Wondercity supports the simplest to most refined lifestyles, consisting of around 220 retailers, including major names in high-end fashion, supermarkets, and sporting goods. Anchor stores: JUSCO, FRAXUS, VIVRE, ZARA, UNIQLO, MUGI 4 Mozo Wondercity – a convenient facility Mozo Wondercity occupies a strategically-designed building that easily accommodates the needs of all its customers, including the physically-handicapped, senior citizens, expecting mothers, and families with young children. The complex has been built to exacting standards in compliance with a barrier-free, “Universal Design”. The walls, columns, floor, and ceiling incorporate clear and highly-visible signs that complement the building’s unique architecture while providing consumers 2 with all the information they need for a stress-free, enjoyable shopping experience. 5 But what exactly does “MOZO” mean? “MOZO” is Japanese onomatopoeic word that describes the sound made when something starts to move, or is stirred to life. The name is meant to give the shopping center a sense of fresh vitality, the feeling that things within are coming to life. When we notice something is stirring to life, our curiosity and excitement draws us close. It is something we want to see. In Japanese, “mozo” encapsulates this feeling. Hopefully, the name will give shoppers the premonition that cultural movements and new lifestyles are on the horizon. The name also has strong natural and environmental connotations – fitting, as the shopping center will play a role in the community to support environmentally friendly, safe and sustainable lifestyles. In this sense, we feel “mozo” is the perfect name. 3 Outline of mozo wondercity ・SC Name: mozo wondercity ・Location: 40, Futakata-cho, Nishi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 452-0817 ・Telephone: mozo wondercity Opening preparation office 052-505-1888 JUSCO wondercity Opening preparation office 052-563-8311 ・Website: http://mozo-wondercity.com ・Responsible Person: Shigeharu Kobayashi Chairman of Opening Committee, mozo wondercity Takashi Yamaji Chairman of Opening Committee, JUSCO wondercity ・Tenants: Core tenant: JUSCO Sub-core tenants: FLAXUS, VIVRE、Hello Akachan, Pet Square, PETCITY, Sports Authority, Futaba Tosho Tera Number of shops: about 220 ・Building Owner: Mitsubishi Corporation ・Facility Operator: AEONMALL Co., Ltd. ・Core Tenant: JUSCO (AEON Retail Co., Ltd.) ・Site Area: About 107,000 square meters (About 32,360 tsubo) ・Floor Space: About 244,000 square meters (About 73,810 tsubo) ・Shop Space: About 69,000 square meters (About 20,800 tsubo) ・Lease total area: About 85,000 square meters (About 25,700 tsubo) ・Building Structure: Shops: Steel construction, 6 stories above ground and 1 under ground Parking Tower: Steel construction, 6 stories above ground ・Parking Capacity: About 5,000 cars ・Cycle Parking Capacity: About 1,300 cycles (including roofed cycle parking for about 520 cycles) ・Design and Construction: Takenaka Corporation ・Basic Design: Tohata Architects & Engineers, inc. ・Environmental Design: D-Brain Institute ・Exterior Design Supervising: Klein Dytham Architecture ・Opening Hours: Shops 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. Restaurants 10 a.m. - 11 p.m. JUSCO 9 a.m. - 11 p.m. (Opening hours may differ at some shops) ・Closed Days: 7 days a week ・Number of Employees: SC overall: About 3,500 (including JUSCO: About 500) ・Basic Market: About 1,300,000 persons, about 550,000 households *The above area and spaces do not include those of the existing “wondercity” cinema building. 4 Features of mozo wondercity “Special Experience for Day-to-day Customers” A Shopping Center for Ordinary and Extraordinary Lifestyles ■ Overview of the mall The mall of mozo wondercity comprises about 220 shops and restaurants, making this one of the largest in Nagoya (62 the first in Nagoya). The extensive lineup is intended to meet the needs of each and every customer. Each of the four floors is designed with different concepts, to offer a mixture of tenants that meets diversifying lifestyles. In fact, the mall boasts one of the largest assortment and volume of tenants in the region, ranging from men's/ladies/kids apparel and sundries shops to restaurants, food courts, and amusement facilities. This broad spectrum of tenants can fully meet daily basic needs of "food, clothing, and housing", as well as personal needs focused on different age groups. With rich variety and excellent balance, this shopping center offers a “ new, unconventional sense of class, not being urban nor suburban", with the capability to present lifestyles in a more comfortable and convenient manner than anywhere in the region. ・The first floor's concept is "quality fashion & delicious foods". Unique select shops and quality shops are arranged so that customers of different age groups can enjoy shopping, thereby meeting diverse needs. The restaurant zone offers an extensive lineup of foods and drinks to bring satisfaction to a large number of customers in different settings. With an array of elegant and refined articles of the latest fashion, this floor is designed to present creative lifestyles and satisfy customers of different age groups. ・The second floor's concept is "trendy fashion & goods for upgraded style". Specifically, the target customers are women of different age groups. The trend-conscious shops — ranging from the casual style to the career style — add joy to everyday life. Large sub-core shops deal primarily in ladies apparel, ornamental sundries, seasonal sundries, and daily sundries. With brands that are popular among women, this floor takes the lead in introducing the latest fashion trends. ・The third floor's concept is " kids & family life". Customers can enjoy shopping with their family at shops that offer kids' apparel, fancy sundries, and toys — the products that children will find amusement in. In particular, the floor has the largest number of shops and the largest space for kids' apparel in this region, offering a wide variety of unique, popular brands. An overwhelming lineup of products will bring big smiles to children and mothers alike. ・The fourth floor's concept is "sports/culture & entertainment". To meet diversifying personal needs, the floor has three main themes: "sports", "hobbies/culture", and "entertainment". Indeed, the floor will serve as an attractive entertainment zone for customers of different age groups, featuring one of the largest bookstores in the city and grand amusement facilities. 5 <1st floor> floor concept: quality fashion & delicious foods [A floor designed to present elegant, refined fashion and creative lifestyles] ・“FLAXUS”, the sub-core shop in the east part of the mall, symbolizes the "quality" day-to-day lifestyle, which is the guiding principle of this shopping mall. The first to open in the Tokai area, this shop makes a sensational debut with the space of about 2,600 m2 to present lifestyles full of fun, which can be achieved only by fashion leader WORLD Based on the theme of "life with aesthetic excitement", the shops on this floor present elegant and sophisticated lifestyles to new families in their 20's and 30's. The wide variety of commodities — ranging from casual/formal apparel, fashion items, sundries to interior products — are available in such quality and volume that will bring changes to the daily life of local citizens. ・On the apparel front, the floor boasts brand shops including “ZARA” (a fashion brand from Spain, the second shop in Nagoya), A.T, and Selframe. Two other brands are the first to appear in Japan: “SHOP AT” that offers bags and shoes as well as a rich variety of trendy sundries, and “BOLO” whose products are based on the concept of natural mode by designer Young soon Jeon.