- Scotts Shopping Centre
The Scotts Shopping Centre (Chinese: 史各士购物中心) was a
shopping mall located alongScotts Road in theOrchard Road vicinity. Its site is currently being redeveloped to form a high end residential and retail development known asScotts Square . The mall was branded as a high-end boutique mall with outlets likePois ,Blush ,Crème , andKiehl's , it counts the modern working woman as its primary customer base. This branding was a result of a makeover in 1985, prior to which it catered chiefly to the needs of wealthyIndonesia n tourists. Also in 1985, the first air-conditionedfood court in Singapore, Picnic Food Court, was opened.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
The Ascott . Previously owned byThe Ascott Group , it sold the entire building toWheelock Properties (then known asMarco Polo Developments ) forS$ 345 million in 2004, although The Ascott Group managed the serviced apartments till31 December 2006 . The shopping mall, previously under the management of CapitaLand Retail, was transferred to Wheelock Properties.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. Redevelopment started in 2007 and is expected to complete by 2010.
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