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Even before its completion, Thomson Plaza attracted strong interest from retailers. 80% of its retail outlets were leased out within six months of their launch. Thomson Plaza later attracted the attention of
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in 1977 as part of its policy of decentralizing commercial activities away from
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due to its over-expansion and rising retail rental costs in
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Thomson Plaza is built over 22,400 square metres (241,000 sq ft) of land and is relatively low-rise, in keeping with the neighbourhood around the
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Thomson Plaza is one of the first public buildings to be designed with
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761:Holland Road Shopping Centre
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951:Queensway Shopping Centre
66:1.3547083°N 103.8309361°E
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1016:Tanglin Shopping Centre
726:Forum The Shopping Mall
631:Alexandra Retail Centre
146:Total retail floor area
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565:Official Facebook Page
475:"A third Yaohan store"
71:1.3547083; 103.8309361
1228:Funan DigitaLife Mall
976:Shaw House and Centre
941:People's Park Complex
163:Public transit access
936:People's Park Centre
851:Marina Bay Link Mall
831:Leisure Park Kallang
801:Jewel Changi Airport
1223:Ellenborough Market
786:International Plaza
751:HarbourFront Centre
741:Golden Mile Complex
541:. 31 December 1997.
419:. 17 September 1977
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516:. 29 January 2014
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358:. 27 January 1979
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54:1°21′16.95″N
1243:Liang Court
1213:Bedok Point
1170:Multiplexes
1101:Wisma Atria
1096:White Sands
986:South Beach
921:The Paragon
841:Lucky Plaza
806:Junction 10
791:ION Orchard
746:Great World
701:Compass One
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44:Coordinates
1253:Shaw Tower
1188:The Cathay
1021:Tang Plaza
1006:Tampines 1
811:Junction 8
776:i12 Katong
641:Bedok Mall
304:References
247:escalators
108:Management
1263:The Verge
1183:GV Yishun
1081:West Mall
996:Sun Plaza
766:Hougang 1
612:Singapore
520:22 August
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423:22 August
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362:22 August
327:22 August
294:insolvent
224:Singapore
98:Developer
37:Singapore
1278:Category
1086:Westgate
1066:VivoCity
991:Square 2
213:suburban
206:Thomson
102:DBS Land
29:Location
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836:Lot One
636:AMK Hub
253:History
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184:Website
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283:Yaohan
234:Design
228:Yaohan
208:Yaohan
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