Saigon Tax Trade Centre

Saigon Tax Trade Centre

Thương xá TAX
Saigon TAX Trade Centre decorated for the celebration 2010 Tết of Yang Metal Tiger
Location	Nguyễn Huệ – Lê Lợi Roundabout
Address	135 Nguyễn Huệ Boulevard, Bến Nghé, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
Opening date	1880
Closing date	25 September 2014
Previous names	Grands Magasins Charner de Saigon (1914-1960) Municipal Children Service Store (1978-1981) Municipal General Department Store (1981-1997) Saigon General Retail Company (1997-1998)
Owner	Saigon Trading Group (SATRA)
Total retail floor area	15.000 square metres (161.46 sq ft)
No. of floors	4
Public transit access	1  Opera House station

Saigon Tax Trade Centre in New Year's Day 2011

Saigon Tax Trade Centre (Vietnamese: Trung Tâm Thương mại Thương xá Tax or simply Thương xá TAX) was a department store in District 1 of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It was located at 135 Nguyen Hue Boulevard, at the corner with Le Loi Boulevard, in Bến Nghé ward. It was closed in late September 2014, and demolished in October 2016 for redevelopment into a 40-floor complex skyscraper building named Satra TAX Plaza, with the department store podium of the tower will keep almost the same design with the former trade centre.

The building was originally built in 1924 as the Grands Magasins Charner department store.[1] Currently, it is still an empty plot with the ventilation of the HCMC Metro Line 1 there on the side of Lê Lợi Boulevard with the Entrance 3 of the Opera House station nearby.

Grands Magasins Charner department store, Saigon, 1932

References

1. Doling, Tim (2019). Exploring Saigon-Cholon – Vanishing Heritage of Ho Cho Minh City. Thế Giới Publishers. p. 121. ISBN 9786047761388.

External links

• Saigon Tax Trade Centre