Great World, formerly known as Great World City, is a mixed-used development consisting of a 6-storey

shopping mall A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a North American term for a large indoor shopping center, usually Anchor tenant, anchored by department stores. The term "mall" originally meant pedestrian zone, a pedestrian promenade with shops along it (that ...

, two 18-storey office towers and a 35-storey

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tower in the Central Area of

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. Located between Kim Seng and Zion Roads, near

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and Kim Seng Promenade, it was built on the former site of

Great World Amusement Park The Great World Amusement Park () also known locally as "Tua Seh Kai" in Hokkien, was the second of three former amusement parks in Singapore, along with New World (established 1923) and Gay World (established 1936). It was established in 1929 a ...

. The East Office Tower of Great World houses the Embassy of

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on the 9th floor of the building.

History

Great World City was completed in October 1997 as a redevelopment of the former Great World Amusement Park. When it first opened, it had an OG department store (closed in 2003), a

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cinema, a Food Junction food court, a Cold Storage supermarket and more than 130 specialty shops. The Golden Village cinema was the first to include a short-lived IMAX hall and Singapore's first premium cinema concept, Gold Class.

Renovation

In 2018, the mall underwent its first major renovation works in preparation for the opening of Great World MRT station and new developments in the vicinity, which were completed and officially reopened in late 2020. The renovation works include reconfiguring the interior layout, such as having "dual level retail pods" in one of its atriums, and widening the walkways to improve accessibility. Food Junction was relocated to Level 3, taking up a portion of Amazonia's former space. Amazonia, an indoor playground for kids, also revamped during this period and reopened in Dec 2019. Japanese supermarket chain Meidi-Ya opened in Basement 2, to complement the existing Cold Storage supermarket in 2019. The mall remained open throughout the renovation works. Great World MRT station opened on 13 November 2022, giving the mall close access to an MRT station.

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* {{Singapore malls Shopping malls in Singapore Singapore River 1997 establishments in Singapore

History

Renovation

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