Leisure Park Kallang

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Leisure Park Kallang
Leisure Park Kallang
Location Kallang, Singapore
Coordinates 1°18′08″N103°52′27″E / 1.3022°N 103.8742°E / 1.3022; 103.8742
Address5 Stadium Walk, Singapore 397693
Opening date1982;43 years ago (1982) (original)
November 2007;17 years ago (2007-11) (refurbished)
OwnerJack Investments
No. of stores and services71
No. of anchor tenants 4
Total retail floor area 188,000 square feet (17,500 m2)
No. of floors6
Public transit access CC6  Stadium
Website www.leisurepark.com.sg

Leisure Park Kallang (or Kallang Leisure Park) is an entertainment centre and shopping mall in Kallang, Singapore. It is served by Stadium MRT station and is within the vicinity of the affluent community of Tanjong Rhu. It is sited next to the Singapore Sports Hub, Kallang Theatre and Singapore Indoor Stadium. [1]

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History

In April 1978, Jack Chia-MPH Ltd (JC-MPH) acquired a 93.8 percent stake in Tung Yuan. [2] [3] As a result, Ice Palace was renamed Leisure-Drome (Leisure Drome). [4] The complex was managed by a new subsidiary of JC-MPH, Leisure-Drome (Singapore) Pte Ltd. [4] Go Skate (Singapore) Pte Ltd took over the lease of the ice skating rink and converted into a roller skating rink. [4] Three bookstores were and a Thai fabrics and garment store were also opened. [4]

In 1979, the second and third floor of Leisure Drome was converted into a 577 seats movie theatre to be operated by Cathay Organisation. [5] The theatre started operating in November. [5]

In 1982, the skating rink was converted into 30 new lanes for Kallang Bowl. [6] The bowling centre was the world's top 10 largest centre with 92 lanes and the first fully computerised centre outside of the United States. [6]

In 1984, JC-MPH announced an extension of Leisure Drome to be built to house the Cannons Sports Club Singapore, an affiliate of the Cannons Sports Club based in London which JC-MPH had acquired in 1983. [7]

In November 1988, JC-MPH announced the sale of Leisure Drome to Hotel Tai-Pan Ltd, an associate of JC-MPH, for S$ 15,470,000. [8] However, the sale proposal was lapsed in March 1989 and hence aborted. [2]

In 1989, JC-MPH acquired the remaining 6.2 percent of Tung Yuan, making it the full owner of Leisure Drome. [9] [10] In June, JC-MPH, via Tung Yuang, sold Leisure Drome to Jack Investment Pte Ltd, an unrelated property developer despite similar names, for S$ 33,000,000. [10]

In 1994, Leisure Drome was renamed Leisure Park Kallang. [11]

The mall was reopened in 2007 [12] and has previous tenants such as Filmgarde Cineplex, Kallang Ice World, food court Koufu, supermarket Cold Storage and bowling alley Kallang Bowl. In 2014, Level 4 of the mall was leased to voluntary welfare organisations.

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References

  1. ↑ "About Us". Leisure Park Kallang. Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  2. 1 2 Gwee, Kevin (12 April 1989). "$15.4m deal to transfer Leisure Drome to Tai-Pan is off". The Business Times . p. 15. Retrieved 25 February 2025– via NewspaperSG.
  3. ↑ "JC-MPH SETS ITS SIGHTS FURTHER". The Straits Times . 11 September 1979. p. 17. Retrieved 25 February 2025– via NewspaperSG.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Jack Chia-MPH liquidates its UK subsidiary". The Business Times . 22 July 1978. p. 11. Retrieved 25 February 2025– via NewspaperSG.
  5. 1 2 "Leisure Drome to have a cinema". The Business Times . 7 November 1979. p. 2. Retrieved 25 February 2025– via NewspaperSG.
  6. 1 2 "Kallang Bowl will be in world's top 10 list". The Straits Times . 29 July 1982. p. 34.
  7. ↑ Chan, May Peng (23 June 1984). "JC-MPH spells out uses for its cash call". The Business Times . p. 11. Retrieved 25 February 2025– via NewspaperSG.
  8. ↑ "JC-MPH sells Leisure Drome to Tai-Pan". The Business Times . 15 November 1988. p. 17. Retrieved 25 February 2025– via NewspaperSG.
  9. ↑ Gwee, Kevin (24 May 1989). "Paul Sun pays $123 m for Tai-Pan Ramada". The Business Times . p. 17. Retrieved 25 February 2025– via NewspaperSG.
  10. 1 2 Siow, Doreen (29 June 1989). "Jack Chia-MPH hives off Leisure Drome for $33m". The Straits Times . p. 37. Retrieved 25 February 2025– via NewspaperSG.
  11. ↑ Tan, Marguerita (29 July 1994). "Fun for the family". Weekend East . p. 9. Retrieved 25 February 2025– via NewspaperSG.
  12. ↑ "Mall to open despite building buzz all round". The Straits Times. 6 February 2007.
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