Far East Plaza is a
shopping centre
A shopping center in American English, shopping centre in English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English (see American and British English spelling differences#-re, -er, spelling differences), shopping complex, shopping arcade, ...
in
Singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...
, located in the heart of the
Orchard Road shopping belt at
Scotts Road. It opened in 1982, with main anchor
Metro departmental store opening in 1983. Metro had since closed down in 2002.
Far East Plaza was one of the icons of youth culture in Singapore from the 1980s to 2000s, with more than 600 shops. It housed many inexpensive clothing outlets such as
77th Street, as well as eateries which attracted a young student crowd. Far East Plaza is also home to numerous tattoo parlors and barbers which are mostly located on the upper floors. However, with the emergence of
National Youth Council of Singapore's youth Scape center and other youth oriented shopping malls such as The Hereen and Cathay Cineleisure, as well as the proliferation of
blogshops,
the number of youth that frequent Far East Plaza had been on a steady decline since the 2010s. By 2016, business had reduced by half as compared to a decade before.
Declining occupancy rates have led the landlords to accept more massage parlours.
Far East Plaza is also a
strata-titled mall that houses 'Far East Plaza Residences' Serviced Apartments. The service residences consist of 139 apartments of various sizes.
References
Shopping malls established in 1982
1982 establishments in Singapore
Orchard, Singapore
Shopping malls in Singapore
Sino Group
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