Macau Design Centre invites studio applications

Macau Design Centre – a rent-controlled space established to help cultivate the city’s creative and cultural industries – has invited a new wave of applications for the use of 10 studios and one design store in its five-story building, according to a press release. Applicants can apply until August 4 for the studios which will run at MOP11.59 per square foot monthly while that of the Design Store will cost MOP3,120 monthly including ‘water and electricity, security and cashier services’.
The design store, located on the building’s ground floor, occupies 105 square feet ‘and is surrounded by an art and design book store, stage, coffee shop and exhibition,’ notes the release.
Currently, the group is offering 12 design studios over two floors, occupying between 240 square feet and 1,150 square feet.
Applicants arte required to submit an application form, business proposal and Sales Tax Form M/1 by email to www.dcmacau.com.
The Macau Design Centre ‘will select potential applicants’ based upon their business plan and development direction’ – maximum lease lengths are three years ‘during which extension will be reviewed on tenants’ annual performance’.