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St Jo's is a food & beverage, entertainment and events destination within Gurney Paragon, along Gurney Drive. It occupies the building that was previously the St Joseph's Novitiate.


St Jo's
St Jo's (23 January, 2012)
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 The restoration of the St Joseph's Novitiate cost RM10 million, according to the executive chairman of Hunza, Datuk Khor Teng Tong. This includes RM3.5 million to underpin the foundation.

The first two levels of the two tower blocks of Gurney Paragon are occupied by food and beverage outlets including The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Wong Kok Restaurant, Petite Millie French restaurant, Brussels Beer Cafe, T.G.I Friday's, Pacific Coffee Company and Goku Raku Ramen.

A public square affording an expansive view of the Gurney Drive waterfront is between the tower blocks in front of St Jo's. It will be part of a new Gurney Paragon pedestrian mall that will stretch past the St Joseph's Novitiate building to the Gurney Paragon Mall that is presently under construction.



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Restored St Joseph's Novitiate building
Restored St Joseph's Novitiate building (23 January 2012)
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Main hall, St Jo's
Main hall, St Jo's (23 January 2012)
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Corridor at St Jo's, with pictures explaining the history of the Uplands International School and St Joseph's Novitiate
Corridor at St Jo's, with pictures explaining the history of the Uplands International School and St Joseph's Novitiate (23 January 2012)
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View of former Uplands School building from East Tower, Gurney Paragon
View of former Uplands School building from East Tower, Gurney Paragon (23 January 2012)
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St Joseph's Novitiate between the two towers of Gurney Paragon
St Joseph's Novitiate between the two towers of Gurney Paragon (23 January 2012)
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