View from the bottom of the conical glass structure

Wheelock Place (Chinese: 会德丰广场), (Tamil வீல்லாக் ப்லேஸ்) is a 21-floor office tower and shopping mall on Singapore's Orchard Road.

Background

The building was designed by Kisho Kurokawa and completed in 1994 as Lane Crawford Place (Chinese: 达卡佛坊).[1] It is now owned by Wharf Estates Singapore, formerly "Wheelock Properties (Singapore)",[2] a division of Hong Kong's Wheelock and Co.

The mall has an underpass to Shaw House and ION Orchard.[3] It was the site of Borders' flagship Singapore store until its closure in 2011.[4] Following which, Marks & Spencer became Wheelock Place's main tenant.[5]

A new book shop, Zall Bookstore, opened in 2021.[6]

The mall houses multiple homegrown retail, food, and lifestyle brands. Among these are Browhaus, Cedele, and Privè.

See also

References

  1. ^ Lane Crawford Place, Works and Projects, Kisho Kurokawa, 2006, retrieved 15 February 2012.
  2. ^ "commercial". Wharf Estates Singapore. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  3. ^ Lynda Hong, "Pedestrian crossing between ION Orchard, Wheelock Place to be closed," Channel News Asia, 27 July 2009.
  4. ^ Sharon See, "Borders closes flagship store at Wheelock Place," Channel News Asia, 19 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Marks & Spencer". Wheelock Place. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  6. ^ Ho, Olivia (5 February 2021). "New Chinese-language bookstore Zall to open in Orchard Road". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 7 December 2021.


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