Wheelock Place (Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 ) is a 21-floor office tower and shopping mall

Shopping mall

A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...

 on Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

's Orchard Road

Orchard Road

Orchard Road is a road in Singapore that is the retail and entertainment hub of the city-state. It is regularly frequented by the local population as well as being a major tourist attraction...

. The building was completed in 1994 as Lane Crawford

Lane Crawford

Lane Crawford is a retailing company with specialty stores selling designer label luxury goods in Hong Kong and Beijing, China....

 Place , but closed down in the late 1990s due to the Asian financial crisis. The building was then renamed Wheelock Place, which its owner, Wheelock Properties is a division of Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

's The Wharf (Holdings) Limited. Its retail outlets include Borders

Borders Group

Borders Group, Inc. was an international book and music retailer based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The company employed approximately 19,500 throughout the U.S., primarily in its Borders and Waldenbooks stores....

, Marks and Spencer, Sakae Sushi

Sakae Sushi

Sakae Sushi is a restaurant chain based in Singapore serving Japanese cuisine, and is the flagship brand of Apex-Pal International Ltd...

, n.y.d.c.

N.y.d.c.

n.y.d.c. Café & Restaurants is a restaurant group based in Singapore, serving a menu based on recipes for homemade soups, breads, pastas, pizzas, cookies, pies, ice cream, mud pies, cheesecakes and cakes that have been in their founder’s family for generations. n.y.d.c. is the acronym for New York...

, epiCenter@Orchard and Sun With Moon. The mall has an underpass to Shaw House

Shaw House and Centre

-Shaw House:Shaw House is a shopping mall and the home of Lido Cinema . Lido Cinema was constructed in 1958 as a 10-storey office block, and was officially opened by Lim Yew Hock on 22 November, 1958....

 and ION Orchard

ION Orchard and The Orchard Residences

ION Orchard , formerly known as the Orchard Turn Development or Orchard Turn Site, is a shopping mall by Orchard Turn Developments Pte Ltd , a joint venture between CapitaLand and Sun Hung Kai Properties, and started operating on 21 July 2009...

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