Orchard Point

Orchard Point

Orchard Point
Location	160 Orchard Road, Singapore 238842
Coordinates	1°18′05″N103°50′18″E / 1.3015°N 103.8383°E / 1.3015; 103.8383
Opening date	1982;43 years ago (1982)

Orchard Point is a shopping centre in Singapore. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

History

Orchard Point was built in 1982, replacing the Orchard Road Market. ^[4] In July 1989, Pidemco Holdings announced plans to turn Orchard Point into a centre for arts and crafts. ^[5] The shopping centre received a $29 million face-lift in 1991. ^{[6] [7]} The facelift also included the introduction of two curved escalators, making Orchard Point the first shopping centre in Singapore to have curved escalators. ^[8] Following the facelift, fashion boutiques Episode, Jessica and Excursion became the mall's anchor tenants. ^[9] The shopping centre officially reopened on 22 March 1993. ^{[10] [11]}

Australian fabric, crafts and home furnishings retailer Spotlight opened its first overseas outlet in Orchard Point at the end of August 1995. ^[12] The store took up the entire third floor of the mall. ^[13]

In 2001, the mall was sold to department store group OG. ^[14] Many of the centre's art centres and galleries began moving out of the centre in 2002 due to the rising cost of rent. ^{[15] [16]} OG closed its outlet in the mall in 2022. ^[17] OG then leased the space to Hao Corp, for use as a supermarket and dining space known as Taste Orchard. ^{[18] [19]} The lease was terminated in September 2025 ^[20]

References

1. Wong, Leong Mein (24 August 1992). "Tang venture to sign on Pidemco anchor tenancy". The Straits Times . Singapore.
2. Ee, Jaime; Tsang, Susan (17 April 1993). "Basement of the month". The Business Times . Singapore.
3. Goh, Beng Choo (31 March 1993). "$350,000 face-lift". The Straits Times . Singapore.
4. "Orchard Heritage Trail". Roots. National Heritage Board . Retrieved 14 July 2022.
5. Subramaniam, Sivam (29 July 1989). "Orchard Point to be art and craft centre of Singapore". Straits Times (Overseas Ed) . Singapore. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
6. "$29 million face-lift for Orchard Point". Timeszone Central. Singapore. 17 October 1991.
7. "Artist's drawing of Orchard Point". Timeszone Central. Singapore. 24 October 1991.
8. "Orchard Point to get first curved escalators in Singapore". The Straits Times . Singapore. 4 March 1992.
9. "Specialty boutiques Orchard Point's anchor tenants". The Straits Times . Singapore. 5 December 1992.
10. Wong, Sylvia (23 March 1993). "Orchard Point reopens after a $29m dress-up". The Business Times . Singapore.
11. "10 years to recover Orchard Point retrofitting costs". The Straits Times . Singapore. 23 March 1993.
12. "Orchard Point takes the Spotlight". The Straits Times . Singapore. 4 August 1995.
13. Low, Michelle (4 August 1995). "Aussie retailer to open $5m store at Orchard Point". The Business Times . Singapore.
14. Rashiwala, Kalpana (2 March 2001). "Orchard Point sale makes Spotlight sit up". The Business Times . Singapore.
15. Leong, Weng Kam (7 January 2002). "Two art centres closing shop". The Straits Times . Singapore.
16. "Orchard art centres closing". The New Paper . Singapore. 7 January 2002.
17. "Pre-opening queues, crowds at OG's Orchard Point outlet after announcement of closure".
18. "Taste Orchard to launch live seafood, butcher and other F&B brands at former OG Orchard Point".
19. "Homepage- Taste Orchard".
20. "Hao Mart's Taste Orchard lease terminated by landlord OG; premises to be returned by Dec 31".