Liat Towers

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Liat Towers
Liat Towers 1.JPG
Liat Towers, March 2006, with parts of Wheelock Place in the background
LocationSingapore
Coordinates1°18′19″N 103°49′50″E / 1.30528°N 103.83056°E / 1.30528; 103.83056Coordinates: 1°18′19″N 103°49′50″E / 1.30528°N 103.83056°E / 1.30528; 103.83056
Address541 Orchard Rd
Opening datec. 1979[1]
OwnerBonvests Holdings Limited[2]
Total retail floor area400 to 5,500 square feet (37 to 511 m2)[2]
No. of floors21
Websitewww.liattowers.com

Liat Towers is a shopping mall and mixed-use complex in Orchard Road, Singapore. Built in 1979, it is next to the Orchard MRT station of Singapore.[3] It has 21 floors with offices, foodservice outlets, retail stores and embassies. The building is notable as the location of McDonald's first outlet in Singapore, which opened on October 20, 1979[4] , most notably also being the first ever McDonald's outlet in Southeast Asia.[5]

Description[]

The stores in the tower range from 400 to 5,500 square feet (37 to 511 m2) in floor area. Some tenant retailers include Massimo Dutti, Zara and Hermes.[6] It has a car park, and is in the middle of the prestigious Orchard shopping district of Singapore. The tower is also close by to other retail and service buildings in the city, such as several hotels, the most prominent example being the Mandarin Orchard Singapore, along with several well-known malls such as Ngee Ann City, Wisma Atria, ION Orchard and Hilton Singapore. Some of the restaurants in Liat Towers include well-known brand Shake Shack, along with Privé.

On 23 December 2011, 153 mm (6.0 in) of rain fell in three hours which caused some shops in the mall's carpark and cars to get flooded by floodwaters.[7]

Gallery[]

  • Zara, one of the tenants near the entrance of the tower

  • Flooding in front of Liat Towers, 23 December 2011

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Liat Towers - Home". liattowers.com. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Liat Towers". bonvests.com.sg. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Liat Towers - Home". April 13, 2018.
  4. ^ "Fast-food chains". NLB. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  5. ^ "McDonald's Singapore franchise sold: A history of the Golden Arches here". 26 July 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Liat Towers - Office in Orchard Road - STProperty". April 14, 2018.
  7. ^ "Major floods in Singapore | Infopedia". April 14, 2018.
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