Parkway Parade is a

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Marine Parade Marine Parade is a planning area and residential estate located on the eastern fringe of the Central Region of Singapore. Straddling the tip of the southeastern coast of Pulau Ujong, Marine Parade serves as a buffer between the Central and ...

, Singapore. Officially opened in March 1984, it has a 22-floor office tower and a seven-storey shopping mall with a basement. Developed by Parkway Holdings, the company sold the building to Asia Pacific Investment Company in 2000. The mall is managed by

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History

The development of Parkway Parade began in March 1981. Developed by Parkway Holdings on a plot along Marine Parade Road, the complex comprised a 15-storey office building and a six-storey shopping podium, and was expected to cost . The mall was designed after American suburban shopping centres, and Parkway Holdings sought advice from American and Australian consultants for its design. In order to meet an

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deadline, the building contractor, Kajima Corporation, used a proprietary flat-slab construction technique to construct the complex. The complex opened in December 1983, and was well-patronised by shoppers, according to

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. Having cost to build, Parkway Parade had over of shop space, and featured several department stores catering to the middle class. It also has a medical centre situated on the fourth and fifth floor of the building. At the time of completion, Parkway Parade was one of the first suburban shopping malls in Singapore. It featured many major tenants setting up their stores in the suburbs for the first time, such as

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, Best Denki (then known as Yaohan Best), children's department store Small World and MPH Bookstore. It also featured a wide array of food choices, including a Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theater that was open from December 1983 to 1984-1986 (located inside Small World), Hardee's and Petite Park, and also had a mini theme park occupying Levels 3 and 4 (Funland), and a playground at Level 7, which was the first and largest mall playground in Singapore at that time. The mall was also home to the second Singapore outlet of Border's bookstore in 2007, together with Dôme Cafe sharing a portion of its floor space. In 1992, Weekend East claimed that Parkway Parade was one of the most successful malls in Singapore, with 12 million visitors annually. In 2000, the property was sold to Asia Pacific Insurance Company, and subsequently

was appointed to manage the mall. In 2004, British multinational department store company

opened a store at the mall. Further facelifts were done to mall's exterior featuring an expanded alfresco-dining to the first floor in 2011, with the removal of the 'Waterfall' leisure feature and repositioning of the mall's entrance area. Completed in end 2012, the new alfresco-dining area houses around 10 new tenants to the expansion, which includes Din Tai Fung, Papparich and Twelve Cupcakes. A seven-screen

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once opened back in September 2017, taking over the former True Fitness space at Level 7, and ceased operations in August 2023.

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ceased operations after an 18-year tenancy at Parkway Parade in February 2020, with FairPrice Xtra coming in as an anchor tenant that opened thereafter in 2021. Isetan has ceased operations in late January 2022 after 38 years in operation and Parkway Parade had undergone a small refurbishment works with

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taking over. In 2025, Marks & Spencer closed their store after 20 years, citing "ongoing effort to refine its store portfolio and focus on key locations and the online business in Singapore". It was further reported by ''The Straits Times'' that various stores such as restaurant chain Putien, Treasures Yi Dian Xin,

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’s demo store, convenience store

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had closed down in the past one year. Other tenants cited possible reasons such as rental increase as high as 30 percent and inconvenience caused with the construction of new linkway between Marine Parade MRT station and the mall located at the basement, which is expected to complete by 2027.

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* {{Singapore malls Shopping malls established in 1984 1984 establishments in Singapore Shopping malls in Singapore Marine Parade