The Scotts Shopping Centre was a

shopping mall A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a North American term for a large indoor shopping center, usually anchored by department stores. The term "mall" originally meant a pedestrian promenade with shops along it (that is, the term was used to refe ...

in Singapore, located along

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in the

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vicinity. The mall was branded as a high-end boutique mall with outlets like

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, Blush, Crème, and Kiehl's, with professional women as its target demographic.

History

Opened in 1982, The mall occupied the first five floors with 8,632 m² of net lettable area of No. 6 Scotts Road. Above the mall was a 23-storey, 153-unit serviced apartment complex known as

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, which was previously owned by The Ascott Group. This branding was a result of a makeover in 1985, prior to which it catered chiefly to the needs of wealthy

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n tourists. Also in 1985, the first air-conditioned

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in Singapore, Picnic Food Court, was opened. In 2004, The Ascott Group sold the entire building to

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(then known as Marco Polo Developments) for S$345 million. but continued to manage the serviced apartments till 31 December 2006. The shopping mall, previously under the management of CapitaLand Retail, was transferred to Wheelock Properties.

Demolition

In 2006, Wheelock Properties announced plans to demolish the entire building and redevelop it as a luxury residential development of 43-floors, of which three floors would be devoted to an upmarket shopping mall. The mall was demolished on the following year in 2007. Development on the new building, known as

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, began in 2007 and was completed in 2011.

References

{{Singapore malls Demolished buildings and structures in Singapore Shopping malls in Singapore Orchard, Singapore Orchard Road 1982 establishments in Singapore 2007 disestablishments in Singapore Defunct shopping malls