Liat Towers
Liat Towers is a shopping mall and mixed-use complex in Orchard Road, Singapore. Built in 1979, it is next to the Orchard MRT station of Singapore. It has 21 floors with offices, foodservice outlets, retail stores and embassies. The building is notable as the location of McDonald's first outlet in Singapore, which opened on October 20, 1979 , most notably also being the first ever McDonald's outlet in Southeast Asia. Description. The stores in the tower range from in floor area. Some tenant retailers include Massimo Dutti, Zara and Hermes. It has a car park, and  is in the middle of the prestigious Orchard shopping district of Singapore. The tower is also close by to other retail and service buildings in the city, such as several hotels, the most prominent example being the Mandarin Orchard Singapore, along with several well-known malls such as Ngee Ann City, Wisma Atria, ION Orchard and Hilton Singapore. Some of the restaurants in Liat Towers include well-known brand Shake Shack, along with Privé. On 23 December 2011, of rain fell in three hours which caused some shops in the mall's carpark and cars to get flooded by floodwaters