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Having cost S$486 million to build, the OUB Centre was officially opened by then-Prime Minister of Singapore Mr Lee Kuan Yew on 8 August 1988. At the time of its opening, The Business Times claimed that the tower, which had a height of 280 metres (920 ft), was the tallest one outside the United States .
The building was designed by Gan Eng Oon, William Lim and Tay Kheng Soon of the Singapore architect firm Design Partnership, now known as DP Architects. [ 4 ] Sited on 1.3 hectares and built to a height of 89 metres, [ 13 ] the Golden Mile Complex is an exemplary type of " megastructure " described by architectural historian, Reyner Banham .
The mall has an underpass to Shaw House and ION Orchard. [3] It was the site of Borders' flagship Singapore store until its closure in 2011. [4] Following which, Marks & Spencer became Wheelock Place's main tenant. [5] A new book shop, Zall Bookstore, opened in 2021. [6] The mall houses multiple homegrown retail, food, and lifestyle brands.
ION Orchard (pronounced as I-On), formerly known as the Orchard Turn Development or Orchard Turn Site, is a shopping mall in Singapore, next to Orchard MRT station. It is the retail component of an integrated retail and residential development by Orchard Turn Developments Pte Ltd, a joint venture between CapitaLand and Sun Hung Kai Properties .
In 2009, CDL developed the 11 Tampines Concourse, Asia's first CarbonNeutral development, [49] [51] and City Square Mall, Singapore's first "eco-mall" with a number of eco-friendly facilities. [52] [49] In 2012, CDL sought to retrofit Republic Plaza, and upgraded its BCA Green Mark category from Gold to Platinum in the process. [53]
Mustafa Centre is a shopping mall in Singapore, situated on Syed Alwi Road in the cultural district of Little India, within the planning area of Kallang. [1] Within a walking distance from Farrer Park station and Jalan Besar station on the North East Line and Downtown Line, Mustafa Centre is a retail hub attracting many shoppers with its wide variety of products and services.
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It consists of a 20-storey office tower block (Central Plaza), and a 6-storey shopping and entertainment complex, with 3 basement carparks. The mall is also directly linked to Tiong Bahru MRT station of the East West MRT line, which is accessible from Exit B of the station. The suburban mall has a total of 167 shops spread across 6 floors.