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Cathay Cineleisure Orchard is an urban mall located at 8 Grange Road,
Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...
. The building is managed by
Cathay Organisation Cathay Organisation Holdings Limited is one of Singapore's leisure and entertainment groups. It has the first THX cinema hall and digital cinema in Singapore. The group has operations in Singapore and Malaysia. History Associated Theatres L ...
under its
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of Cathay Cineleisure International.


Background

The mall opened in October 1997 on the site of the previous building, the old Orchard Cinema, which was torn down in 1994. The youth-oriented mall houses a mix of food and beverage outlets, fashion shops and a hair salon. It also includes a
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on Level 8 and an indoor trampoline park on Level 9. Cathay Cineplex operates 12 movie screens in the mall. The building has won accolades such as the "''SIA-ICI (
Singapore Institute of Architects Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borderin ...
- ICI Paints) Colour Award''" for its creative use of colours in its building design. Two of its cinemas (Halls 3 and 6) were voted Singapore's best screens in a survey conducted by ''
The Straits Times ''The Straits Times'' is an English-language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore and currently owned by SPH Media Trust (previously Singapore Press Holdings). ''The Sunday Times'' is its Sunday edition. The newspaper was established ...
'' in April 1998. In another survey by ''Ad Post'', readers voted Cathay Cineplex Orchard their "Favourite Cinema in Singapore".


See also

* List of shopping malls in Singapore


References


External links


Cineleisure Orchard official website
{{Singapore malls Cinemas in Singapore Shopping malls in Singapore Orchard Road 1997 establishments in Singapore