Wisma Atria
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{{Infobox shopping mall
| name = Wisma Atria
| image = Wisma Atria building 2011.jpg
| caption = Wisma Atria building
| address = 435 Orchard Road, Singapore 238877
| opening_date = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1986|11|13}}
| developer =
| manager = YTL Starhill Global Property Management
| owner = YTL Starhill Global Property Management
| number_of_stores = 100
| parking = 370
| number_of_anchors = 4
| floor_area = {{convert|230000|sqft|m2}}
| floors = B, L1-L4 (Retail)
L5-L7(Parking)
L10-L22 (Office)
| website = [http://www.wismaonline.com Wisma Atria]
| publictransit = {{SMRT code|NS|22|TE|14}} Orchard
}}
Wisma Atria is an established shopping mall on Orchard Road in Singapore.{{cite book|author=Collin Anderson|title=Evolution of a Retail Streetscape: DP Architects on Orchard Road|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VkWS80I1um4C|year=2012|publisher=Images Publishing|isbn=978-1-86470-462-4|pages=86–|chapter=Wisma Atria|access-date=29 October 2016|archive-date=3 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403111141/https://books.google.com/books?id=VkWS80I1um4C|url-status=live}} The {{convert|230,000|sqft|m2}} centre, which opened on 13 November 1986, is directly linked underground to Orchard MRT station and neighbouring centres.{{cite web | url=http://www.wismaonline.com/?ch=english_mall | title=Our Story | work=Wisma Atria | access-date=2 October 2013 | archive-date=5 October 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005012909/http://www.wismaonline.com/?ch=english_mall | url-status=live }}
Wisma Atria features five floors dedicated to shopping, including one basement level and four above-ground retail levels, along with three levels of parking space.
The centre hosts over 100 stores, these include Haidilao Hot Pot, Starbucks, New Era Cap Company, PrettyFIT, Pazzion, Charles & Keith, Forever New, Melissa, Vivaia and Gokoku Japanese Bakery. Past tenants do include Cotton On which was relocated to ION Orchard in June 2022 but left with Cotton On Kids. Cotton On Body Wisma Atria closed down on 18 July 2023 and was merged into ION Orchard store, before relocating to Thomson-East Coast Line station entrance in August 2023 due to renovation works.
Location
Wisma Atria is at the intersection between Orchard Road and Scotts Road. It is next to Orchard MRT station.
History
In 1983, the Wisma Indonesia building was demolished and a shopping mall, The Wisma, was built over the site.{{Cite web |date=19 November 1983 |title=Wisma building to go by end of the month |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19831119-1.2.41 |access-date=2022-10-21 |publisher=The Straits Times |page=11 |language=en-SG |via=NewspaperSG |archive-date=21 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021073139/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19831119-1.2.41 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=6 August 1985 |title=New owners, new names |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19850806-1.2.88.2.5 |access-date=21 October 2022 |publisher=The Straits Times |page=2 |language=en-SG |via=NewspaperSG |archive-date=21 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021043724/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19850806-1.2.88.2.5 |url-status=live }} The developer of the mall was Wisma Development Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of A. W. Galadari Pte Ltd, a Dubai company owned by the Galadari brothers.
In 1984, after Abdul Wahab Galadari's assets were seized by the United Arab Emirates's government over the Union Bank of the Middle East's dealings, one of many Galadari's companies, A. W. Galadari Pte Ltd was taken over by Dubai Bank Ltd, a bank owned by A. W. Galadari's brothers.{{Cite web |last=Lim |first=Soon Neo |date=17 February 1984 |title=Galadari's brothers come to his rescue with $230 m deal |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/biztimes19840217-1.2.3 |access-date=2022-10-21 |publisher=The Business Times |page=1 |language=en-SG |via=NewspaperSG |archive-date=21 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021073136/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/biztimes19840217-1.2.3 |url-status=live }} In 1985, the mall was renamed to Wisma Atria after the Union Bank of the Middle East took over Dubai Bank Ltd.
Wisma Atria underwent renovations in 2004 by local architect cum designers DP Architects. Notable changes include the replacement of the original blue facade with clear glass, a new Grand Entrance facing Orchard Road on Level 2, new large Wisma Atria signage on a new blue grid structure facing Orchard Road and external lighted escalators on the facade leading to Levels 3 and 4.
In the 2010s, Wisma Atria undergone renovations and it was completed in third quarter of 2012.
Gallery
File:Wisma_Atria_4%2C_Dec_05.JPG|Wisma Atria's distinct contemporary glass facade
File:WISMA ATRIA at night.jpg|Wisma Atria at night
File:Wisma Atria 9.JPG| Facade of Wisma Atria 1
File:Wisma3.JPG|Facade of Wisma Atria 2
File:Wisma Atria Arium 2010.jpg|Wisma Atria Atrium
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.wismaonline.com}}
{{Singapore malls}}
Category:Shopping malls in Singapore
Category:Commercial buildings completed in 1986
Category:Shopping malls established in 1986