Katong Shopping Centre (
Chinese
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: 加东购物中心) is a
shopping centre
A shopping center (American English) or shopping centre ( Commonwealth English), also called a shopping complex, shopping arcade, shopping plaza or galleria, is a group of shops built together, sometimes under one roof.
The first known colle ...
located along Mountbatten Road in
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, bor ...
. Established in 1971 and opened to the public in 1973, it was the first air-conditioned mall in Singapore. Katong Shopping Centre is situated around Odeon Theater, Katong V, Roxy Square, as well as several hotels, such as Village Hotel Katong and the Grand Mercure Roxy Hotel. The aging mall was once home to a bowling center on the 7th floor and mostly textile, shoe and food outlets, and now houses many services which include tailoring, photocopying/printing and several employment agencies.
History
In mid January 2010, 80% of the 410 owners gave their approval to the en bloc sales. Owners were expected to receive a reserve price of at least $2000 per sq ft.
In August 2011, the mall embarked on its first attempt at en bloc sales, slated to be completed in mid-2012. But the $445 million deal fell through. Back then, the apportioned value to each owner was an average of $2,000 to $2,800 per square foot.
As of June 2014, there was a second attempt to have an en bloc sales.
In June 2016, there was another attempt at an en block sales at a total of $630 million.
Gallery
File:Facade_of_Katong_Shopping_Centre.jpg, Facade of Katong Shopping Centre facing The Odeon Katong
File:Facade_of_Katong_Shopping_Centre_2.jpg, Facade of Katong Shopping Centre
References
External links
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Shopping malls in Singapore
Landmarks in Singapore
Shopping malls established in 1973
20th-century architecture in Singapore
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