- Plaza Singapura
infobox shopping mall
| shopping_mall_name = Plaza Singapura
image_width = 250
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location =Orchard Road ,Museum Planning Area ,Singapore
address = 68Orchard Road , Singapore 238839
opening_date = 1974
developer =DBS Land
manager =CapitaLand
owner=CapitaMall Trust
number_of_stores = 204
number_of_anchors = 7
parking = 700 lots
floor_area = convert|497575|sqft|m2
floors = 7 floors and 2 basement floors
website = [http://www.plazasingapura.com.sg www.plazasingapura.com.sg]Plaza Singapura (Chinese: 狮城大厦) is a contemporary
shopping mall located alongOrchard Road ,Singapore . The mall is managed byCapitaLand and owned byCapitaMall Trust . There are retail outlets over seven floors and two basements. The mall has a 752 lot seven storey carpark at the rear of the building, and a two basement goods bay beneath it. Anchor tenants includeCarrefour ,Golden Village , John Little,Marks & Spencer ,Best Denki ,Spotlight and Yamaha. The mall is popular with families, teenagers and young adults.History and architecture
Plaza Singapura was completed in 1974 and was designed by BEP Akitek Pte Ltd. At the time of completion, it was one of the largest malls in the island. The mall included a
Yaohan department store andsupermarket , a Yamaha store and a Yaohan Best (nowBest Denki ) as its major tenants. The mall was then managed by DBS Land which is the predecessor of CapitaLand. There were three internalcourtyard s and an externalforecourt provided psychological relief from the noise of traffic and commercial activity outside.It was then described by students that the building appears "lumpy" in the context and the glass fibre decorated mural at the front and two sides is quite insensitive, like some great
Nonya belt. It used to house two sculptures in the building which was designed by the late renowned sculptorNg Eng Teng , which has now been removed.The mall did not go under any major renovations until 1997 during the
Asian Financial Crisis , when it went under major retrofitting with a totally new look and the mall totally changed when it reopened in 1998. As Yaohan wentbankrupt in 1997, it saw the departure of the main store. The mall's tenants changed drastically, andNTUC Fairprice American stylesupermarket ,Liberty Market took over Yaohan in Basement 2.Daimaru occupied the whole of the fourth floor and a convert|53000|sqft|m2|abbr=on. A Courtssuperstore occupied the floors 1, 2 and 3.This was to change when between 2002 and 2003, when the mall once again when under a revamp with a new tenant mix. The mall had renovations in the basements, and a direct link to
Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station was constructed. Travellators were also installed in the building for the convenience of shoppers. The mall has repositioned itself into a one stop family mall and a popular place for many Singaporeans.References
*Norman Edwards, Peter Keys (1996), Singapore - A Guide to Buildings, Streets, Places, Times Books International ISBN 981-204-781-6
External links
* [http://www.plazasingapura.com.sg Plaza Singapura Website]
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