# Saigon Centre

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

Phase 1 of the complex, Saigon Centre I, was completed in 1996. The phase consisted of a 25-storey building, which set a new record for the highest building in Vietnam then at 106 metres (348 ft).
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.
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 193.7 m (635 ft). 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 46,000 m$^2$ (500,000 sq ft) of office space across 10 floors (from 5 to 14) in Tower 1 and 18 floors in Tower 2 (from 8 to 25). 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. But since mid-2022, the Sedona Hotel in Tower 1 has changed into Fusion Original Saigon Centre with 99 rooms, only left the Sedona Suites Ho Chi Minh City in Tower 2 with 195 residential units.
The podium of the complex is 55,000 m$^2$ (590,000 sq ft) with 15,000 m$^2$ (160,000 sq ft) 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

| Tower | 1 | 2 |
| Level | Use | Use |
| 30–42 | – | 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 | – | Office space tenant area |
| 24 | Miss Thu, fine-dining restaurant | Office space tenant area |
| 15–23 | Fusion Original Saigon Centre Hotel | Office space tenant area |
| 8–14 | Office space tenant area | Office space tenant area |
| 6–7 | Office space tenant area | Outdoor swimming pool, California Centuryon Saigon Centre Gym Room, Sedona Suites Meeting & Game Room, with other rooftop coffee shops, restaurants |
| 5 | Office space tenant area | Takashimaya Department Store |
| G–4 | Saigon Centre Retail Mall | Takashimaya Department Store |
| B1–B2 | Parking lot | Takashimaya Department Store |
| B3–B6 | – | Parking lot |
| "–" denotes the tower doesn't have those levels |||