Take a stroll from Tanglin to Orchard and you will not miss these aged stalwarts of the shopping strip: Tanglin Shopping Centre, Far East Shopping Centre, Lucky Plaza, Far East Plaza, Orchard Towers and Orchard Plaza, with their 1970s architecture and haphazard mix of retailers. Already, one of them might be on its last legs: Orchard Road's oldest mall, the 38-year-old Tanglin Shopping Centre, which...
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A NEW fashion fiesta is expected to set Orchard Road abuzz when it is launched tonight. Called Fashion Season @ Orchard, it features a gamut of fashion events, workshops, parties and shopping deals. Ten shopping malls and more than 120 retailers are taking part in the event, which is organised by the Orchard Road Business Association (Orba) and supported by the Singapore Tourism Board. To get things...
Over 120 stores, 10 malls presenting FSO2010 to masses FROM today to May 9, fashion will take centre stage at Orchard Road. The Orchard Road Business Association (Orba), in partnership with Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) and official card MasterCard, will be organising Fashion Season @ Orchard 2010 (FSO 2010) - six weeks of fashion-related events and parties that aim to make fashion accessible to the...
Prime retail rents on Orchard Road declined by 2.8 per cent to S$38.17 per square foot in the third quarter from the previous three months. That is smaller than the 3.7 per cent fall in the second quarter and the 4.4 per cent drop in the first, according to a report by Colliers International. Meanwhile, the average monthly retail rents in prime malls in the Tampines, Woodlands and Jurong areas posted an...
Property consultancy CB Richard Ellis said on Monday that prime Orchard Road rents averaged S$32.90 per square foot in the third quarter, down three per cent from the second quarter. For the full year, CBRE said it expects Orchard Road rents to fall between 10 and 12 per cent, and a further decline is not expected to exceed five per cent next year. This means the eventual rental trough should not be less...
ORCHARD Road, Singapore's most famous retail belt, is set to be the densest shopping street in the region, according to the Orchard Road Business Association. With three new mega-malls scheduled to open for business by the end of the year, about 1.8 million sq ft of new retail space will be added, bringing the total space available on Orchard Road to 8 million sq ft. And the 2.2km stretch of road is also...
Singapore's prime shopping belt Orchard Road is set for a revival, with three new malls to be launched by the end of the year and two refurbished fronts. The malls include Orchard Central and 313@Somerset, and the new fronts are at Mandarin Gallery and Park Hotel Orchard. That amounts to about 1.8 million square feet of new retail space, bringing the total space available at Orchard Road to eight million...
A 40-year-old shopping icon in Orchard Road is at risk of losing its tenants to upcoming malls in the area. Sources told Channel NewsAsia that about half of Shaw Centre's office and retail tenants had moved out within the last six months. Many of them refused to renew their leases after Shaw raised rents by about 100 per cent. Tyan and Betty Barclays, both upmarket boutiques on the ground floor of Shaw,...
Location: 38 & 40 Cairnhill Road (District 9) Tenure: Freehold Year of Completion: 2013 Site Area: 78,047sqft Total Units: 229 (2 blocks, 20 storeys) Unit Types: 1 bedroom ~ 549 | 667 | 721 sqft 2 bedroom ~ 883 | 1,001 | 1,345 sqft 3 bedroom ~ 1,281 | 1,302 | 1,313 | 1,765 | 1,927 sqft 4 bedroom ~ 1,819 | 2,573 sqft Penthouse ~ 3,853 | 4,768 | 4,833 sqft Facilities: Swimming Pool (50m x 12m), Jacuzzi,...
Kaplan will set up a second city campus in the Orchard Road area by the end of 2009. The school said the 20,000 square-foot campus will cater to some 5,000 students. It expects 40 per cent of the intake to be international students. Kaplan opened eight campuses in mainland China in 2008. The new campus in Singapore will cater to students who are expected to complete their final year of study here. In a...