Saigon Centre

{{Infobox building

| name = Saigon Centre

| status = Phase 1: {{green|Complete}}
Phase 2: {{green|Complete}}
Phase 3: On hold

| image = 250px

| location =

| address = Tower 1: 65 Lê Lợi Boulevard
Tower 2: 67 Lê Lợi & 92-94 Nam Kỳ Khởi Nghĩa Street

| location_town = Bến Nghé Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City

| location_country = Vietnam

| coordinates = {{coord|

10|46|23|N|106|42|03|E|source:wikidata-and-enwiki-cat-tree_region:VN|display=title}}

| completion_date = Phase 1: 1996
Phase 2: 2017

| architect = Phase 1: Denton Corker Marshall
Phase 2: NBBJ

| top_floor = Tower 1: 24
Tower 2: 42
{{small|The first storey of the complex is expressed as G (Ground Floor)}}

| floor_count = Tower 1: 25 + 3 underground
Tower 2: 43 + 6 underground

| public_transit = {{RouteBox|1|HCMC Metro Line 1|{{Hcm-metro-color|1}}|white}} {{RouteBox|2|HCMC Metro Line 2|{{Hcm-metro-color|2}}|white}} {{RouteBox|3A|HCMC Metro Line 3A|{{Hcm-metro-color|3A}}|white}} {{RouteBox|4|HCMC Metro Line 1|{{Hcm-metro-color|4}}|white}} Bến Thành station, Opera House station (Line 1 only)

| highest_region = Vietnam

| highest_prev = Sunwah Tower

| highest_next = Saigon Trade Center

| building_type = Office, shopping mall, hotel and serviced apartment

| antenna_spire =

| roof = Tower 1: {{convert|106|m|ft|abbr=on}}
Tower 2: {{convert|193.7|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| elevator_count = Tower 1: 7
Tower 2: 11

| hotel_chain = * Fusion Original Saigon Centre (Tower 1)

Sedona Suites Ho Chi Minh City (Tower 2)

| developer = Keppel Land Ltd

| structural_engineer = Phase 1: Bachy Soletanche
Phase 2: AECOM

| main_contractor = Phase 1: John Laing Group
Phase 2: Hoa Binh Corporation

}}

Saigon Centre is a mixed-use complex in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, invested by Keppel Land Watco, a joint venture among Keppel Land from Singapore with both Vietnamese companies Real Estate Saigon Corporation (RESCO) and Southern Waterborne Transport Corporation (SOWATCO). The complex is located on Lê Lợi Boulevard in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.

History

File:Saigon centre - Tết 2009.jpg

Phase 1 of the complex, Saigon Centre I, was completed in 1996.{{cite web|title=Saigon Centre, Ho Chi Minh City|url=http://www.keppelland.com/CO-VN-Saigon-Centre-Ho-Chi-Minh-City.asp|website=Keppel Land|accessdate=25 September 2017}} The phase consisted of a 25-storey building, which set a new record for the highest building in Vietnam then at {{convert|106|m|ft}}.{{cite web|title=Saigon Centre|url=http://www.nbbj.com/work/saigon-centre/|website=NBBJ|accessdate=25 September 2017}}

In December 2011, construction on phase two called as Saigon Centre II & III started, which comprises a 5-story retail podium and a new 43-story building. The new addition prompted a temporary closure of the existing tower from 2015 to 2016.{{cite web|title=Khu thương mại Saigon Centre sắp đóng cửa một năm|url=http://www.thesaigontimes.vn/130727/Khu-thuong-mai-Saigon-Centre-sap-dong-cua-mot-nam.html|website=The Saigon Times|accessdate=25 September 2017}}

On July 30, 2016, Takashimaya opened their first department store in Vietnam at the retail podium of Saigon Centre. Tower 2 completed in 2017 reaching the height of {{convert|193.7|m|ft|abbr=on}}. It becomes the fourth tallest building in Ho Chi Minh City and the tenth tallest building in Vietnam overall then.

The complex still have phase 3, the last phase, called as Saigon Centre IV & V, which comprises an over-200-meter tower and continue to expand the retail podium on the side of Huỳnh Thúc Kháng Street. After this completion, the complex will entirely in a city block, covered by four streets; however, the phase still not started construction and temporarily used as an expansion parking lot of the complex.

Features

Saigon Centre provides over {{convert|46000|sqm|sqft|abbr=on}} of office space across 10 floors (from 5 to 14) in Tower 1 and 18 floors in Tower 2 (from 8 to 25).{{cite web|title=Tower 1|url=http://office.saigoncentre.com.vn/work/tower-1|website=Saigon Centre|accessdate=25 September 2017}}{{cite web|title=Tower 2|url=http://office.saigoncentre.com.vn/work/tower-2|website=Saigon Centre|accessdate=25 September 2017}} Some of notable tenants here are AIG, Deutsche Bank, Mitsubishi Corporation (Reprsentative Office in HCMC), Yuanta Securities in Tower 1 and AIA Group, Lazada, Sanyo, Shopee, Taipei Fubon Bank, Toyota in Tower 2. Consulate General of Singapore in HCMC and Tourism Authority of Thailand Representative Office in Vietnam is also located at Floor 11 and 18 of Tower 2 (respectively). Keppel Land Vietnam, the complex developer, and its subsidiary for the project Saigon Sports City in Rach Chiec National Sports Complex offices are also located here.

Originally, Sedona Hotels & Suites Ho Chi Minh City operated all 284 residential units at the complex.{{cite web|title=Serviced Apartment Ho Chi Minh City|url=http://www.sedonahotels.com.sg/hochiminhcity/|website=Sedona Suites Ho Chi Minh City|accessdate=25 September 2017}} But since mid-2022, the Sedona Hotel in Tower 1 has changed into Fusion Original Saigon Centre with 99 rooms,{{Cite web |date=July 6, 2022 |title=FUSION ORIGINALS MAKE ITS SAIGON DEBUT |url=https://fusionhotelgroup.com/fusion-originals-make-its-saigon-debut/ |website=Fusion Hotel Group}} only left the Sedona Suites Ho Chi Minh City in Tower 2 with 195 residential units.

The podium of the complex is {{convert|55000|sqm|sqft|abbr=on}} with {{convert|15000|sqm|sqft|abbr=on}} of it is the joint-venture Ho Chi Minh City Takashimaya Department Store opened in 2016, the rest is the Saigon Centre Retail Mall opened in 1996.

=Floor use=

Level	colspan="2" \| Use
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Tower !1 !2
30–42 \| rowspan="4" \|– \|Sedona Suites Ho Chi Minh City Hotel – Grand Tower
28–29 \|SKY28 Sedona Lobby Lounge, The Straits Restaurants by Sedona, LAI – Cantonese Restaurant, Towa – Japanese Cuisine & Lounge
26–27 \|Mechanical levels, (Saigon Riviera Company Ltd. at a corner of Level 26)
25 \| rowspan="4" \|Office space tenant area
24	Miss Thu, fine-dining restaurant
15–23	Fusion Original Saigon Centre Hotel
8–14	rowspan="3" \| Office space tenant area
6–7 \|Outdoor swimming pool, California Centuryon Saigon Centre Gym Room, Sedona Suites Meeting & Game Room, with other rooftop coffee shops, restaurants
5 \| rowspan="3" \|Takashimaya Department Store
G–4	Saigon Centre Retail Mall
B1–B2	Parking lot
B3–B6 \|– \|Parking lot
colspan="3" \|"–" denotes the tower doesn't have those levels