Trapeze Rec Club to close by Mar 22, sudden notice leaves members seeking answers

The wellness club was founded by GJ Wee, son of UOB CEO Wee Ee Cheong

Homegrown wellness club Trapeze Rec. Club (TRC), opened by GJ Wee, son of billionaire UOB CEO Wee Ee Cheong, is set to close by Mar 22.

In a post on its Instagram page yesterday (Mar 3), the business said “rising costs” made continuing at its current location unsustainable. The decision was reportedly made last week.

TRC said its team is individually reaching out to members, processing refunds, and supporting its coaches, though the post did not clarify what would happen to the coaching staff and encouraged the community to contact them directly.

The club added that it is also “closing the chapter right” with suppliers, vendors, and partners.

Classes and private training will continue until the closure date.

As of Mar 4, TRC’s website is still open for bookings until Mar 18, while there are classes still scheduled until Mar 22.

Launched in 2021, TRC is a four-storey fitness club spanning 8,000 square feet that’s located in a pre-war shophouse at Tanjong Pagar. It offers group classes covering fitness, wellness, and more, alongside personal training.

The club operates under the wellness-focused lifestyle company Trapeze Group, also founded by GJ Wee. Other brands under the group include Hideaway, a massage and bathhouse-style recovery concept in New Bahru, which appears to be operating as usual.

A “surprising closure”

A day prior to TRC’s official Instagram announcement on Mar 2, a netizen going by @swiftologist was already seeking answers about the club’s “imminent (and surprising) closure” from both TRC and its founder.

He called the closure sudden and “disruptive,” while lauding TRC’s trainers “who did everything they could to keep Trapeze going, despite clear indifference to the well-being of members and staff from upper management.”

In response to the official announcement on Mar 3, the netizen added that members were “given less than a month’s notice,” after seeking clarification on Mar 2 and only “finally” getting an official address on Mar 3.

He further questioned if TRC’s closure was “truly unavoidable due to rising costs,” and that “the community deserves a direct explanation from the founder itself—not just a message via the brand account.”

@swiftologist also went on to question the founder’s priorities “when other projects appear to continue while this space (the one with a real, invested community) is deemed ‘unsustainable’.”

Other members have echoed similar concerns, describing the closure as given on “very short notice.” One netizen noted that members were informed of a possible relocation “just last month,” only to now be told that operations are shutting down entirely, which they said “feels abrupt, poorly handled and communicated.”

That said, some members have also expressed support amid the discussion.

When Vulcan Post approached @swiftologist and TRC for additional comments, both said that they had nothing to add.

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Featured Image Credit: Trapeze Rec. Club