Vivocity
Main facade of VivoCity
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| Location | HarbourFront, Telok Blangah, Singapore |
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| Opening date | 7 October 2006 (operational) 1 December 2006 (official) |
| Developer | Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd |
| Management | Mapletree Commercial Property Management Pte Ltd |
| Owner | DBS Trustee Limited as Trustee of Mapletree Commercial Trust |
| Architect | Toyo Ito |
| No. of stores and services | 340 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 3 (Golden Village, VivoMart, Tangs Department Store) |
| Total retail floor area | 1,500,000 square feet (140,000 m2) |
| No. of floors | 5 |
| Public transit access |
NE1 CC29 HarbourFront Sentosa Station |
| Website | VivoCity |
Coordinates: 1°15′50″N 103°49′20″E / 1.26389°N 103.82222°E
VivoCity (Chinese: 怡丰城) is the largest shopping mall in Singapore. Located in the HarbourFront precinct of Bukit Merah, it was designed by the Japanese architect Toyo Ito. Its name is derived from the word . According to Mapletree chairman Edmund Cheng, VivoCity "evokes a lifestyle experience that is modern, stimulating and accessible to everyone, a place bubbling with energy and flowing with vitality". In December 2016, VivoCity was recognized by Forbes as one of the top shopping malls in Singapore.
VivoCity was built on the site of the exhibition halls of the former World Trade Centre, now the HarbourFront Centre, the construction had begun on June 2003. It has 1,500,000 square feet (140,000 m2) of gross floor area and 1,040,000 square feet (97,000 m2) of retail space, larger than Suntec City and Ngee Ann City (the former of which was the largest before VivoCity's opening). It was designed by the renowned Japanese architect Toyo Ito. Mapletree Investments, a subsidiary of Temasek Holdings, is the developer of the S$417 million complex.
The shopping mall opened officially on 1 December 2006 after a topping-out ceremony on 18 April and a soft launch on 7 October of the same year. The official opening included a six-minute fireworks display, a concert by American band String Theory for the general public, and a Stefanie Sun concert at the mall's amphitheatre at the Sky Park on the third floor. The guest of honour of the event was chairman of Temasek Holdings and former cabinet minister S Dhanabalan. During its first month of opening, it attracted 4.2 million visitors, equivalent to the population of Singapore, and attracted 7.28 million visitors in total before the grand opening. The String Theory concert included a giant harp with strings stretching to the third floor of the mall. The concert was held at The Promenade and lasted ten days, from 1 to 10 December. Barricades were put at the boardwalk blocking the front portion of the boardwalk which is facing the Keppel Harbour. CISCO auxiliary police were deployed for the opening, with the food court on the third floor and the whole Sky Park (roof garden) closed to the public for the day. Parts of the car park were closed for the invited guests as well. A giant projection screen was put at the main entrance of the mall; this screen was to show the concert of Stefanie Sun.
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