IT HAS yet to be named, but the first phase of Fusionopolis - a complex with two towers and a podium - is almost fully taken up already, ahead of its official launch slotted for this October.

The soaring complex, which comprises two towers - one with 24 floors and the other, 22 floors - and a podium, will be named next month.

The complex is one of 10 buildings that make up Fusionopolis, a 30ha purpose-built infocommunications and media research and development site at the one-north area off Buona Vista Road.

According to a Jurong Town Corporation (JTC) spokesman, 'nearly all of the 120,000 sq m of space in the complex has been taken up'.

Three tenants have already moved in: the Asian Food Channel, the Thales Technology Centre and NRG Engineering.

Other tenants that will be moving into the complex include some of the nation's top high-tech research institutes, such as the Data Storage Institute, the Institute for Infocomm Research and the Institute of High Performance Computing.

Besides offices and five floors of retail and food and beverage outlets, including supermarket chain Cold Storage's newest Market Place outlet, JTC has set aside space for sports and lifestyle activities.

There will be rooftop pools, fitness clubs and a theatre devoted to experimental art forms - all designed to cater to the needs of those working and living there.

To accommodate staff living in the complex, there will also be 50 serviced apartments. Each 'work loft' will be about 60 sq m in size.

They are part of the architect's vision of creating a 'work, live, play, learn' environment for the complex, which was designed by the late, internationally renowned Dr Kisho Kurokawa.

Read the full report in Monday's edition of The Straits Times.