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Robinsons exited Singapore and Malaysia in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.In August that year, Robinsons announced the closure of its Jurong East Mall outlet, [9] followed by their main outlets at The Heeren and Raffles City on 30 October, ending its 162-year history and joining the list of closures in the city-state, such as Topshop, Hotwind and Esprit Holdings.
Robinson 77, formerly SIA Building, [5] is a high-rise skyscraper located in the central business district of Singapore. The building is located on 77 Robinson Road, just next to DBS Building Tower One and Two. [6] Once the flagship building of Singapore Airlines, the airline sold the building to SEB
Robinsons, former department store chain owned by Robinson & Co. in Singapore and Malaysia; Robinson Department Store, department store based in Thailand; Robinson Department Store, also known as Robinson's, a former Japanese department store; J. W. Robinson's, a chain of department stores that operated in Southern California and Arizona
Singapore went through a major building boom in the 1970s and 1980s that resulted from the city's rapid industrialisation. During this time OUB Centre (present-day One Raffles Place) became the tallest building in the city-state; the 280 m (919 ft) structure was also the tallest building in the world outside of North America from its 1986 ...
On 21 November 1972, a fire broke out at a Robinson & Co. department store in Raffles Place, Singapore. The fire killed nine people and is regarded as one of the worst fires in Singapore's history. A subsequent investigation revealed the cause of the fire was a short circuit.
Robinson Road, Singapore. Robinson Road (Chinese: 罗敏申路) is a major trunk road in Singapore's Central Area. The road is named afterward Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson, the Governor of the Straits Settlements in 1877–1879. The land on which Robinson Road now stands was crested through land reclamation work started in 1879. [1]
John Little, Singapore's oldest department store, was established on 30 August 1842 on Commercial Square. [7] Robinsons, another of the early department stores, was first established on Raffles Place in 1858 as a "family warehouse". Robinson's was then relocated elsewhere a few times before returning to Raffles Place in 1891. [8]
John Little was a former chain of department stores in Singapore. Established in 1845, John Little was the oldest department store in Singapore. [1] The John Little chain was acquired and owned by Robinson & Co. Limited in 1955.