Wheelock Place
 Wheelock Place at Orchard Road with its distinctive conical glass structure viewed from the bottom (Above) and the view from the entrance (Below) | |
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| Location | Orchard, Singapore |
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| Coordinates | 1°18′16.3″N 103°49′50.3″E / 1.304528°N 103.830639°E |
| Address | 501 Orchard Road |
| Opening date | 1993 |
| Developer | Wharf Estates Singapore |
| Management | Wharf Estates Singapore |
| Owner | Wharf Estates Singapore |
| Architect | Kisho Kurokawa |
| Stores and services | 26 |
| Anchor tenants | 6 |
| Floors | 23 |
| Website | wheelockplace |
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
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Lane Crawford Place, Works and Projects, Kisho Kurokawa, 2006, retrieved 15 February 2012.
- ^ "commercial". Wharf Estates Singapore. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ Lynda Hong, "Pedestrian crossing between ION Orchard, Wheelock Place to be closed," Channel News Asia, 27 July 2009.
- ^ Sharon See, "Borders closes flagship store at Wheelock Place," Archived 6 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine Channel News Asia, 19 August 2011.
- ^ "Marks & Spencer". Wheelock Place. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ 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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