The Cathay

The Cathay
	The new Cathay Building was constructed behind the Art Deco frontal facade of the old Cathay Cinema, which was gazetted as a national monument.
Location	Museum Planning Area, Singapore
Coordinates	1°17′57.5″N 103°50′51.5″E / 1.299306°N 103.847639°E
Address	2 Handy Road, Singapore 229233
Opening date	24 March 2006 (original); 28 March 2025 (after renovations)
Developer	Cathay Organisation
Management	Cathay Organisation
Owner	Cathay Organisation
Total retail floor area	168,000 sq ft (15,600 m2)
No. of floors	17
Website	The Cathay

The Cathay is a mixed-use 17-storey shopping mall and apartment building located at Handy Road and Mount Sophia in the Museum Planning Area of Singapore.

History

Owned and managed by Cathay Organisation, the original building was opened in 1939 as Cathay Building.^[1] In 2000, it was closed and partially demolished for redevelopment. Elements of the old Cathay Cinema, including its façade which was conserved as a national monument, together with a modern-day design by Paul Tange of Tange Associates Japan and RDC Architects Pte Ltd Singapore, were incorporated into the new building.

Opened in March 2006, the Cathay Building housed retail, food and beverage outlets and an 8-screen The Cathay Cineplex, comprising of The Grand Cathay, a 590-seat hall, The Picturehouse, an intimate 82-seat hall that screens art films and six regular halls with a total of 1,846 seats. In late 2006, the 76-unit The Cathay Residences located above the mall was completed. The Picturehouse was then subsequently converted into Cathay's first premium hall concept, Platinum Movie Suites, in 2011.

In June 2022, The Cathay Cineplex was shuttered after 83 years, and four of the halls including The Grand Cathay and Platinum Movie Suites were taken over as a pop-up cinema by The Projector, Projector X Picturehouse. The mall was then subsequently closed in August the following year for a revamp and reopened in March 2025 with a refreshed tenant mix, a reconfigured interior layout, a sky garden at Level 4 and an enlarged atrium with a 3-floor multimedia display spanning the lower floors. The cinemas were gutted and converted into other uses, such as the entirety of Level 5 taken up by PSB Academy for their Coventry University courses, while the entrance lobby of The Cathay Residences at Adis Road was integrated into Level 6 of the mall, improving accessibility for residents living at Mount Sophia and Mount Emily. Other tenants include the NTU Alumni Association's clubhouse, Iuiga's largest flagship store in South East Asia, 24x7 Fitness and Thai golf brand Leonian.