( located along
Orchard Road ,
Singapore . The mall is managed by
CapitaLand and owned by
CapitaMall 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 include
Carrefour ,
Golden Village ,
John Little ,
Marks & Spencer ,
Best Denki ,
Spotlight and
Yamaha . The mall is popular with
Families ,
Teenager s and
Young Adult s.
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 and
Supermarket , a Yamaha store and a Yaohan Best (now Best Denki) as its major tenants. The mall was then managed by DBS Land which is the predecessor of CapitaLand. There were three internal
Courtyard s and an external
Forecourt provided
Psychological relief from the noise of
Traffic and commercial activity outside.
It was then described by
Student s 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
Sculptor Ng 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 went
Bankrupt in
1997 , it saw the departure of the main store. The mall's tenants changed drastically, and
NTUC Fairprice American style
Supermarket ,
Liberty Market took over Yaohan in Basement 2.
Daimaru occupied the whole of the fourth floor and a 53,000 sq ft.
Courts Superstore on 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.
- Norman Edwards, Peter Keys (1996), Singapore - A Guide to Buildings, Streets, Places, Times Books International ISBN 9812047816
