Real estate company PNL Real Estate was charged on Tuesday with the unauthorised change of a residential apartment into a workers’ dormitory. The premises - at Public Mansion, 432 Balestier Road - was also in breach of Section 30(1) of the Fire Safety Act. The offence came to light in June this year. Using wooden partitions, the 120.77 square metre apartment had been separated into 32 narrow cubicles....
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Former Changi Camp buildings to be transformed into tourist hotel HOTELS operators are being sought to give these two rundown barracks buildings near Changi Village a new lease of life. They used to be part of a military camp in Hendon Road. However, the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) believes they can be readily adapted into a hotel and is inviting a public tender. Since last year, SLA has awarded four...
Former UNSW Asia site next to business parkwill help new varsitybuild industry links WHEN Singapore’s fourth publicly-funded university goes fully operational in Changi in five years’ time, it should feature a Silicon Valley-type buzz. Plans are underway to use its permanent location next to Changi Business Park - home to high-tech enterprises and knowledge intensive facilities, as well as industry...
Martin No. 38 is designed by award-winning architect Kerry Hill. It is based on warehouse lofts in New York and London and features high ceilings and seamless interior spaces. An austere and beguiling industrial aestheticism pervades the details of this development, from the blackened tap fittings to the sheet-metal panels in the bathrooms, with their exposed bolt heads, unplastered interior concrete...
This year's Hungry Ghost Festival, which is celebrated on the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar, comes at a time when the global economy is also slowing. Traditionally, it means a quieter property market as investors and developers lie low during what they perceive to be an inauspicious occasion. The Singapore property market is no exception, but experts said lower volumes may not be due to...
The former Changi Military Camp at Hendon Road has been offered for development as a hotel. This is the second state property that has been put up for hotel use. The first state property that has been converted for hotel use is No. 175A Chin Swee Road. It is now a boutique business hotel called Hotel Re!. The former military camp has a land area of 9,666 square metres – slightly larger than a football...
Seven blocks along Commonwealth Drive are the latest to come under the Housing and Development Board's (HDB) Selective En Bloc Redevelopment Scheme (SERS). Blocks 74 to 80, which are 44 years old, will make way for redevelopment. The latest site has a total of 669 flats. This brings the total number of sites identified for SERS since the scheme started in 1995 to 72. HDB said it will build 730 units of...
The expected influx of retail space in Singapore in the next few years, and the promise of newer concepts from retailers overseas, are keeping current stores in Singapore on their toes. The Singapore Retailers Association said many local names are starting to gear up for the challenge. Brand specialists are hailing the efforts, saying these will refresh the shopping scene in Singapore. They are still...
Heeton Holdings on Friday said its net profit for the six months ended June 30 plummeted 94 per cent to S$4.2 million due in part to losses from associated companies and higher operating expenses. The company reported a 40 per cent improvement in revenues to S$27 million, which it attributed to higher turnover from its property development segment and the sales of residential projects. Despite the weaker...
Demand for hotel rooms around the Marina Bay area this weekend is high as many Singaporeans will be checking in to watch the National Day parade. Many view the hotels as vantage points to watch the parade in air-conditioned comfort. Some Singaporeans are willing to splurge, as rooms with a view at the Mandarin Oriental are going for a minimum of US$564. Demand for such rooms is also strong for Ritz...