Orchard Point

Orchard Point is a shopping centre in Singapore.^[1][2][3]

Orchard Point

Orchard Point
Location	160 Orchard Road, Singapore 238842
Coordinates	1.3015°N 103.8383°E / 1.3015; 103.8383
Opening date	1982; 43 years ago (1982)

History

Orchard Point was built in 1982, replacing the Orchard Road Market.^[4] In July 1989, Pidemco Holdings announced plans to turn Orchard Point into a centre for arts and crafts.^[5] The shopping centre received a $29 million face-lift in 1991.^[6][7] The facelift also included the introduction of two curved escalators, making Orchard Point the first shopping centre in Singapore to have curved escalators.^[8] Following the facelift, fashion boutiques Episode, Jessica and Excursion became the mall's anchor tenants.^[9] The shopping centre officially reopened on 22 March 1993.^[10][11]

Australian fabric, crafts and home furnishings retailer Spotlight opened its first overseas outlet in Orchard Point at the end of August 1995.^[12] The store took up the entire third floor of the mall.^[13]

In 2001, the mall was sold to department store group OG.^[14] Many of the centre's art centres and galleries began moving out of the centre in 2002 due to the rising cost of rent.^[15][16]