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| Location | Singapore |
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| Coordinates | 1°18′16″N103°49′54″E / 1.30444°N 103.83167°E /1.30444; 103.83167 |
| Address | 2 Orchard Turn, Singapore 238801 |
| Opening date | 21 July 2009; 16 years ago (2009-07-21) (operational) 23 October 2009; 16 years ago (2009-10-23) (official) |
| Developer | Orchard Turn Developments Pte Ltd (A joint venture company betweenCapitaLand andSun Hung Kai Properties) |
| Management | Orchard Turn Developments Pte Ltd |
| Owner | Orchard Turn Developments Pte Ltd |
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| Stores and services | 400 |
| Floor area | 941,700 square feet (87,490 m2) |
| Floors | 12 (8 retail and 4 car park) |
| Public transit | NS22 TE14 Orchard |
| Website | ionorchard |
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ION Orchard (pronounced as I-On), formerly known as theOrchard Turn Development orOrchard Turn Site, is a shopping mall inSingapore, next toOrchard MRT station. It is the retail component of an integrated retail and residential development by Orchard Turn Developments Pte Ltd, a joint venture betweenCapitaLand andSun Hung Kai Properties. It started operating on 21 July 2009, occupying 335 food and retail outlets.[1][2] In December 2016, Forbes recognized ION Orchard as one of the top shopping malls in Singapore.[3]
The Orchard Residences, the residential component of the development, is a high-rise residential condominium. It was completed along with the shopping mall under the same developer, manager and owner in 2010.[4] It owns a 99-yearleasehold with effect from 13 March 2006.[5]
The Orchard Turn Development, now known asThe Orchard Residences andION Orchard after its official names were revealed on 5 February 2007[6] and 16 July that year[7] respectively, was built on the site of the former park located directly aboveOrchard. The MRT station's Exit C was closed and demolished on 15 January 2008 to make way for the ION Orchard development. A replacement for the exit, Exit E, was opened on the same day.[8][9]
ION Orchard has 941,700 square feet (87,490 m2) of gross floor area and 663,000 square feet (61,600 m2) of retail space[citation needed],[10] which is larger thanNgee Ann City but smaller thanSuntec City Mall andVivoCity, the largest shopping mall in Singapore. Designed by RSP Architects Planners & Engineers Ltd with Benoy, the Orchard Turn Development has won twoEG Retail and Future Project Awards, theBest Architectural Entry and theBest Retail Development over 20,000 m², atMapic 2006 held inCannes, France, in November 2006.[11]
Layered across the walls of ION Orchard, theMedia Facade is a multi-sensorycanvas media wall.
A 5,600 sq ft (520 m2)art and exhibition gallery is located on the fourth floor of the shopping mall. CalledION Art, it aims to combine art and commerce.[12] An art and design programme is implemented to introduce new and multimedia art into the mall experience, promoting the best of Asian modern and contemporary art and design from established and emerging artists and designers. Under this programme, permanent and changing sculptures and media installations will be located throughout the mall with art exhibitions held throughout the year within the ION Art Gallery and other locations in the mall.[13]
The development'sobservation deck,ION Sky, is located on the 55th and 56th floor of the building. With a height of 218 m above ground, it offers apanoramic view of the city.[12] It will also have a 75,000 sq ft (7,000 m2) garden on its 9th floor, together with two club facilities on its 9th and 30th floors.
The mall has sevensubway entrances that are connected to ION Orchard viaOrchard. The first entrance, Exit 5 (formerly as Exit E) (facingWheelock Place), was opened on the morning of 15 January 2008, the same day when the station's Exit 3 (formerly as Exit C) (facingWisma Atria) was closed and slated to be demolished and subsequently completed later that year.[8] Mounted on Exit 5's wall were more than 90 metres ofLED walls, that can be programmed with different colours and patterns on its light displays to create a certain mood, even for festive occasions. It can also be used for advertising or as an art gallery from time to time.[8][9]
With the opening of theThomson–East Coast MRT line, five additional exits were added, exits 6, 8 and 9 which are connected to the Basement 1 floor of the mall, while exits 7 and 10 are located on the street level of the mall. With that, only one retail shop is being built and is leased to Cotton On Body.
The mall has a linkway leading fromOrchard MRT Station to Tangs Plaza (which is considered NSL Exit 1). The stretch had undergone a widening project which was completed in November 2014. Besides Rubi Shoes, other shops include Redeye, Metaphor, Owndays, Yankee Candle, VDL Cosmetics, Lovisa,7-Eleven and LUSH.
These new tenants join ION Orchard's existing collection of fashion favourites such asVictoria's Secret,H&M, andMango at ION Paterson Link, located at Basement 2 of the mall. However, H&M closed its doors on the 12th March 2023 after it open for a decade and was replaced with Victoria's Sercet.
The mall has a walkway leading from Orchard Boulevard toOrchard MRT station. Called the Orchard Boulevard Entrance, the first LED-lit subway entrance was opened on 10 June 2008 at the MRT station, with the help of theLand Transport Authority andSMRT Corporation on the planning of the walkway. Synchronized with ION Orchard's facade and canopy, the walkway has LED panels to create a surround experience for commuters, and a fritted glass-and-steel canopy roof to allow natural light to filter through. The walkway will also have easy access to the basement and ground levels of the mall from the subway station's concourse level as well as the walkway connecting the subway station toWheelock Place.[14]
The mall also has acar park with approximately 500 parking spots (including handicap parking), between the fourth and the eighth floors. Over 100 media screens located both inside and outside the shopping mall, including those above restroom urinals, are managed byJCDecaux.
With a lettable area of almost 660 000 sq ft, around 400 retail outlets are currently located at ION Orchard.[12] To date, there are various flagship stores, which include Rubi Shoes (which opened on 21 July 2009 and has since expanded island-wide, before being retired on 21 November 2025), New Look, Li Ning, T.M. Lewin, Zara, Harry Winston, Dsquared2 and Bershka.
On 12 November 2013, Rubi Shoes relocated to one store near Orchard MRT Station (Exit 1) to replace Etude House. New Look was replaced by Zalora Flagship, and eventually Bershka. Bershka's old premise is now taken up by Sephora. On 16 June 2020, Topshop was permanently closed down, with the space being absorbed by expanded Uniqlo and the flagship Love Bonito. On 12 June 2022, Bershka officially closed down the ION Orchard outlet, and was replaced by a larger and flagship Cotton On outlet. On 17 August 2023, Cotton On Body was reallocated to one store at Orchard MRT Station (Exit 6) and the space was reallocated to ALDO. On 21 November 2025, Rubi Shoes has officially closed down the last outlet at Orchard MRT Station (Exit 1), the Rubi Shoes brand was officially retired from operation in Singapore.
Due to the ION Orchard's Asset Enhancement Initiative (AEI) from March 2023, there has been some rearrangement of stores. H&M has closed down ION Orchard on 12 March 2023 and the space was split into Superga, Victoria's Secret, Escentials, Diptyque, Lovet, Klarra and Benjamin Barker.
Four multi-label stores and several new-to-market food as well as dining propositions have also been confirmed, along with established food operators. There is afood court present at ION Orchard known as the Food Opera. There used to be a supermarket chain -ThreeSixty, but however it was shut down in May 2011 due to lack of business.[15]
More than 21% of the lettable area has been used for dining purposes, with 60 out of the 125 dining outlets new-to-market or new concepts.[16] There are 28 restaurants and cafes, with the largest cluster at level 4 for fine dining and levels 2 and 3 for casual dining.Dunkin' Donuts also returned to Singapore with an outlet in ION Orchard.[16] A reputable top day spaEstheva Spa was another tenant to move into Ion Orchard.[17]
Singapore Airlines’ City Ticketing Office moved to ION Orchard on 24 July 2009. This is a shift from its original location atThe Paragon and the interim location at the Atrium@Orchard from 2007 to July 2009.[18]
In January 2013,Crate & Barrel opened its first Asian store in ION Orchard which was closed down on 19 May 2023. The 16,000 sq ft (1,500 m2) duplex store is located on levels 3 and 4. It was replaced by Proof Living.[19][20]
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