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[SINGAPORE] Orchard Towers is slowly filling up, drawing new tenants with “affordable” rents as the mall sheds its shady image.

Once dominated by nightlife establishments, Orchard Towers began emptying out in 2023 after the police stopped renewing and granting public entertainment licences. 

But since the start of the year, new tenants have been moving into the building, drawn by its comparably lower rents and the availability of units in a prime Orchard Road location. 

Agents The Business Times spoke to also said that they received more inquiries from potential tenants after Cornerstone Community Church in January announced that it had bought some 19,000 square feet of space on the fourth level of the building for S$54.5 million.

In February, Cafe Blossom moved into a unit across from Cornerstone Community Church’s premises, which are currently under renovation. The church said on its website that operations are expected to begin at the end of the year, at the earliest.