Halal Food in CIMB Plaza

CIMB Plaza at 30 Raffles Place stands on ground steeped in Singapore's commercial history. The site's predecessor, Change Alley, emerged in the 1890s as a thriving corridor of money changers, traders, and street vendors linking Raffles Place to Collyer Quay. Named after London's Exchange Alley, the passage became synonymous with currency exchange and informal commerce until its closure in 1989. Following demolition and redevelopment, the location re-emerged in 1993 as an air-conditioned shopping arcade between Chevron House and Hitachi Tower, before its eventual transformation into CIMB Plaza. The 33-storey tower, excluding three basement levels, rises 152 metres above the financial district. Designed by Murphy Jahn Inc. Architects and Architects 61 in late-modernist architectural style, the building completed construction in 1993 during Raffles Place's transformation from retail hub to banking epicentre. That shift accelerated through the 1960s and 1970s when retailers migrated to Orchard Road, allowing finance houses and major banks to claim the district's prime real estate. In June 2022, CIMB Bank Singapore relocated its main office from Singapore Land Tower to occupy 30 Raffles Place, officially rebranding the complex as CIMB Plaza. The bank's hybrid-office configuration features hot-desking, co-working zones, and Green Mark-certified eco-friendly workspaces, reflecting contemporary workplace trends. The plaza's basement level at B1-29 provides retail and dining options serving the thousands of financial professionals working in the surrounding skyscrapers that now define Raffles Place's skyline, completing the district's evolution from colonial trading post to Southeast Asia's premier banking centre.