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CapitaLand
CapitaLand Group Pte. Ltd. is a Singaporean headquartered company focusing on investment, development and management of real estate. The company has a presence in over 260 cities across more than 40 countries. CapitaLand has six listed real estate investment trusts and business trusts, as well as about 30 private vehicles. CapitaLand entered the REIT market in Singapore with the listing of CapitaLand Mall Trust in 2002. Its portfolio of REITs has since expanded to include CapitaLand Ascott Trust, CapitaLand China Trust, CapitaLand Ascendas REIT, CapitaLand India Trust, and CapitaLand Malaysia Trust. In August 2021, CapitaLand's shareholders voted in favour for the company to restructure its business to form two distinct entities; CapitaLand Investment (CLI), its real estate investment management business; and CapitaLand Development, its privately held property development arm. Later on 20 September, CLI debuted on the Singapore Stock Exchange under the trading name Capi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JCube
JCube was a shopping centre located in Jurong East, Singapore, that operated from 2 April 2012 to 6 August 2023. It used to house an Olympic-size ice rink and Singapore's first IMAX theatre in the suburbs. It was built on the former site of the Jurong Entertainment Centre. JCube was owned by CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust before it was acquired by CapitaLand Development in 1Q 2022. During JCube's operations, the mall was managed by CapitaLand Retail Management (a wholly owned subsidiary of CapitaLand Investment). History Prior to its construction, Jurong Entertainment Centre, a shopping centre, was located on its current site. It was closed for redevelopment in October 2008 and was expected to be completed by 2011. However, due to the 2008 financial crisis and high construction costs, the redevelopment programme was delayed. The building was completely demolished in February 2010. On 21 May 2010, CapitaMall Trust held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new mall on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raffles City Singapore
Raffles City is a large complex located in the Civic District within the Downtown Core of the city-state of Singapore. Occupying an entire city block bounded by Stamford Road, Beach Road, Bras Basah Road and North Bridge Road, it houses two hotels and an office tower over a podium which contains a shopping complex and a convention centre. The mall is managed by CapitaCommercial Trust and CapitaMall Trust. It was completed in 1986. Built on the former site of Raffles Institution, the first school in Singapore, and located beside the historic Raffles Hotel, its aluminium-finish and simple geometric designs gave a stark, modernist contrast to Victorian architecture and classical architecture which used to characterise architecture in that district. History Initial plans The development, initially called the Raffles International Centre, was announced in 1969. It was planned to cover an area stretching from the then-site of Raffles Institution up to the Cathay Building. Due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ascott Limited
The Ascott Limited is a Singaporean real estate and lodging company and a subsidiary of CapitaLand. History Founding years (1984–2000) On 14 August 1984, Scotts Holdings opened The Ascott Singapore, the first international-class serviced residence in the Asia Pacific region. The name “Ascott” was coined by Ameerali Jumabhoy to represent Scotts Road in Singapore (where the first property was located at) and a nod to the famed British races at Ascot, due to the family's association with equestrian sports. Scotts Holdings eventually merged with Stamford Group, the serviced residence arm of DBS Land, to form The Ascott Limited (hereinafter referred to as “Ascott”), creating a joint portfolio of more than 1,700 units in eight cities. In 1998, Pidemco Land set up its first serviced residence arm, Somerset International, and acquired Liang Court Holdings, then one of Asia's largest serviced residence operators, to form Somerset Holdings. Ascott and Somerset Holdings me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CapitaSpring
CapitaSpring is a skyscraper in Downtown Core, Singapore. The building was designed by architectural firm BIG and architect Carlo Ratti. With a height of , as of 2022, the building is the joint second-tallest in Singapore, with One Raffles Place, United Overseas Bank Plaza One, and Republic Plaza. History and construction The project's developers are CapitaLand and Mitsubishi Estate. JPMorgan announced it would take space in the building in 2018, and is the anchor tenant for the project. Other tenants include IBM subsidiary Red Hat, law firms and financial companies. The building appeared "in the background" of the third season of the television show ''Westworld''. On 8 April 2022, an engineer died after stepping on a false ceiling panel, which collapsed under her weight. The engineer fell some thirty meters, from the 16th to the 9th floor. Access to the maintenance level was stopped as a result. Usage The building is primarily devoted to conventional office space, although ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plaza Singapura
Plaza Singapura is a contemporary shopping mall located along Orchard Road, Singapore, next to Dhoby Ghaut MRT station. The mall is managed by CapitaLand and owned by CapitaMall Trust. There are retail outlets over seven floors and two basements. The mall has a 752 lot seven-storey carpark at the rear of the building, and a two basement goods bay beneath it. The mall is popular with families, teenagers and young adults. The mall was first opened in 1974 and in 2012, it underwent an extensive revamp which included the construction of a new wing increasing retail space by 25 percent. It is one of the oldest malls located along Orchard Road. History Yaohan's supermarket at Basement 1 and department store at the ground floor opened in October 1974. Yaohan department store, located at Basement 2, opened on 1 November 1974 by then-chairman of Singapore Tourist Promotion Board Runme Shaw. At opening time, Yaohan's supermarket section had 16 checkout counters while its department sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funan, Singapore
Funan () is a mixed-use development comprising a retail mall, two office towers and a serviced apartment tower in the Civic District in Singapore. The new development was built on the site of the former building known as Funan DigitaLife Mall. History The original mall first opened in January 1985 as Funan Centre, which provided more options for shoppers to shop at other than Orchard Road. In the early 90s, the mall began to attract a critical mass of electronic and IT retailers over the years. Its main and long-time anchor tenant is Challenger Superstore, a major homegrown IT store established in 1984, taking up the entirety of the top floor. In 1992, the mall was refurbished. It later adopted the name Funan The IT Mall in 1997 to reflect its current focus on IT related products and gadgets. In 2005, the mall received minor upgrades, such as adding an external escalator and reconfiguring shops. It was then renamed again to Funan DigitaLife Mall upon completion of refurbishment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wong Kan Seng
Wong Kan Seng ( zh, s=黄根成, j=Wong4 Gan1 Sing4, p=Huáng Gēnchéng; born 8 September 1946) is a Singaporean former politician who served as 5th Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore between 2005 and 2011 and currently is the chairman of United Overseas Bank, UOB Bank and CapitaLand, CapitaLand Group since 2017 and 2021 respectively. As a member of Singapore's governing People's Action Party (PAP), Wong served in the Cabinet of Singapore, Cabinet as Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports#Ministers, Minister for Community Development between 1987 and 1991, Leader of the House (Singapore), Leader of the House between 1987 and 2007, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Singapore)#Ministers, Minister for Foreign Affairs between 1988 and 1994, Ministry of Home Affairs (Singapore)#Ministers, Minister for Home Affairs between 1994 and 2010, Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore, Deputy Prime Minister between 2005 and 2011, and Coordinating Minister for National Security between 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMM (Singapore)
The International Merchandising Mart Mall (usually referred to as IMM Mall) is an outlet mall owned by CapitaLand Mall Trust, located in Jurong East, Singapore. It is Singapore’s largest outlet mall with more than 100 outlet stores, offering up to 80% discount all year round. Opened in 1991, it is a five-storey mall with of retail space. Besides retail stores, it also houses offices and warehouses for storage, which is advantageous in terms of cost efficiency to some retailers. The mall has capacity for 235 retail outlets and 430 non-retail outlets. Anchor tenants of the mall include Giant Hypermarket, Daiso department store and Best Denki. History Originally owned by a group of Japanese investors including Yaohan or ; () was a Japanese retail group, founded in 1930 by and his wife . Initially a single shop selling vegetables, it was expanded by their son Kazuo Wada into a major supermarket chain with most retail outlets located in Shizuoka prefecture, ... and the Trade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bugis Junction
Bugis Junction, formerly known as Parco Bugis Junction is an integrated development located at Victoria Street, Middle Road and North Bridge Road in Bugis, Downtown Core in Singapore. The development consists of a shopping mall, an office tower and the InterContinental Singapore Hotel. History Developed by Parco Holdings, Parco Bugis Junction was completed in July 1995 as a mixed development comprising a retail mall, an office tower and the InterContinental Singapore Hotel. The development incorporated three streets, Bugis Street, Malay Street and Hylam Street, where it was built upon and also rebuilt the old shophouses used to be on the three streets. These three streets were glass covered and fully airconditioned. Parco Bugis Junction was officially opened on 8 September 1995. Parco Bugis Junction's anchor tenant was Seiyu's first department store in Singapore. The shopping mall initially comprised a cineplex by United Artists, a food court, and 112 specialty shops. The cin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raffles City Chongqing
Raffles City Chongqing is a complex of eight buildings in Yuzhong District, Chongqing, China, developed by Singaporean real estate developer CapitaLand and constructed by China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Group Co. Ltd. Raffles City Chongqing features a 300-metre-long horizontal skybridge called the "Crystal" that connects the top of four of the skycrapers. The skybridge is the second highest in the world after the Kingdom Centre in Riyadh Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the Riyadh Governorate. Located on the eastern bank of Wadi Hanifa, the current form of the metropolis largely emerged in th ..., Saudi Arabia. The entire project comprises eight towers with a total of 817,000 square metres of floor space. It was designed by Israeli-Canadian architect Moshe Safdie. It is one of the most expensive buildings built in China. It replaced the 32-story passenger terminal building ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewel Changi Airport
Jewel Changi Airport (also known as Jewel) is a nature-themed entertainment and retail complex surrounded by and linked to one of the passenger terminals of Changi Airport in Singapore. Its centrepiece is the world's tallest Artificial waterfall, indoor waterfall, the Rain Vortex, which is surrounded by a terraced forest setting. Jewel includes gardens, attractions, a hotel, about 300 retail and dining outlets, as well as early baggage check-in aviation facilities. It covers a total gross floor area of , spanning 10 storeys—five above-ground and five basement levels. Its attractions include the Shiseido Forest Valley, an indoor garden spanning five storeys, and the Canopy Park at the topmost level, featuring gardens and leisure facilities. Jewel receives about 300,000 visitors per day. In October 2019, six months after its Soft launch, soft opening, it had welcomed 50 million visitors, exceeding its initial target for the whole year. In 2024, it achieved a record footfall of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westgate (Singapore)
Westgate is a lifestyle and family shopping mall in Jurong East, Singapore. It is located close to Jurong East MRT station and Jurong East Bus Interchange. It is also connected with another shopping mall called Jem, and the amenity Ng Teng Fong General Hospital. Background Located at the heart of Jurong Gateway, the integrated retail and office development compromises of a 7-level lifestyle and family shopping mall and a 20-level office tower known as Westgate Tower. An Isetan Supermarket was located at Basement 2, the lowest level in Westgate. It closed on 8 March 2020. There is also the Westgate Wonderland on Level 4 that consists of a gym, Fitness First, a swimming pool and a childcare centre called Kids Club at Level 5. On 23 May 2021, the mall, along with neighboring Jem was closed for 2 weeks to 5 June due to COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
