Orchard Gateway

Orchard Gateway
Location Orchard Road, Orchard, Singapore
Coordinates 1°17′59″N 103°51′16″E / 1.299617°N 103.854408°E
Address 280 Orchard Road
Opening date 26 April 2014
Developer Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation
Far East Organization
United Engineers Limited
Architect Tange & Associates
No. of anchor tenants 1
Total retail floor area 180,000 square feet (17,000 m2)
No. of floors 6 (including 2 basement levels)
Website www.orchardgateway.sg

Orchard Gateway (Chinese: 乌节门) is a shopping mall in Orchard Road, Singapore, connecting Orchard Central and 313 @ Somerset together. The mall was supposedly to be completed in November 2013,[1] but was delayed and officially opened on April 26, 2014[2]

The mall is part of a integrated development which includes a hotel and a office tower. The hotel is built above the mall and the office tower is built above Orchard Gateway@Emerald, another shopping mall located opposite Orchard Gateway. The hotel consists of 500 rooms and is linked to the office tower by a glass tubular overhead bridge.[3]

History

Announced on March 21, 2012, the integrated development is jointly developed by Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, Far East Organization, United Engineers Limited. Developed on land previously occupied by Specialists' Shopping Centre and Phoenix Hotel, the mall with 180,000 square feet of retail space over 6 levels (including the 2 basement levels) houses both local and international lifestyle brands. It is also well connected to the shopping belt of Orchard Road via the glass overhead bridge, a underpass across Orchard Road and inter-mall walkthroughs.[3]

The Orchard Gateway is 21 storeys high while the Orchard Gateway@Emerald is 13 storeys high with a 6 storey shopping mall.[4]

Facilties and features

The mall has secured international brands such as Crate & Barrel, Religion, Swatch Megastore, Nike’s new concept stall called Amplify Women’s and a NLB library, library@Orchard as tenants.[5] Other tenants include I.T , J.Lindeberg and Red Wing Shoes.[1][6] American furniture retailer, Crate & Barrel occupies over 3 levels of retail space as the anchor tenant of the shopping mall.[7]

Orchard Gateway is also a sustainable building as it is able to harness bio-gas from compositing food waste to produce electricity, it also has a car-park guidance system that leads motorists to the nearest parking lot to reduce exhaust emissions and also features ultraviolet emitters in air-handling units to improve air quality in the F&B areas of the mall.[3]

Hotel Jen Orchard Gateway

Operated by Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, the first Hotel Jen officially opened on September 15, 2014. Formally known as Traders Hotel, Hotel Jen occupies the hotel building above Orchard Gateway.[8]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "New mall for Singapore". Inside Retail Asia. March 20, 2013. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Orchard Gateway opens after delay". AsiaOne. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "NEWS RELEASE orchardgateway – a new mall, hotel and office landmark in the heart of Orchard Road by 2013". United Engineers Limited. 21 March 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Orchard Gateway and Orchard Gateway @ Emerald". AWP Architects. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Only 3 malls in Orchard Road to be completed in 2013". Singapore Business Review. December 11, 2012. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  6. ↑ "i.t Opens its Third Store in Singapore at Orchard Gateway". Kaven You. June 12, 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "Healthy outlook for retail space demand". ST Property. May 20, 2013. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Shangri-La to open first Hotel Jen in S'pore". AsiaOne. August 27, 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.

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