Visitors to Gardens by the Bay at Marina Bay can look forward to seeing 162,900 plants comprising more than 200 species and varieties planted on 18 Supertrees, when they opens next year. Some of the bromeliads, orchids and tropical flowering climbers come from Brazil, Panama, Ecuador and Costa Rica. Ranging from 25 to 50 metres in height, some of the Supertrees will have environmentally-sustainable...
Marina Bay / CBD
There has been a flurry of transactions at The Sail @ Marina Bay, with prices playing catchup with those at Marina Bay Residences (MBR). Last month, a unit at MBR hit an alltime high of $4,368 psf. A 2,368 sq ft apartment on the 46th floor was sold for $10.3 million on April 15. This trumped the previous record of $3,790 psf, which was achieved when a 1,959 sq ft unit on the 46th floor was sold for $7.2...
Emerald Garden is probably one of the most overlooked residential properties in the CBD. Located amid conservation shophouses on Club Street near Chinatown, the 265-unit residential project completed in 1998 was probably the first downtown private apartment development. It is within walking distance of both Raffles Place and Tanjong Pagar, and also the Tanjong Pagar, Chinatown and Raffles Place MRT...
Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong said having prime space at downtown Marina Bay to expand the Central Business District gives Singapore a "significant competitive edge" to grow the financial sector at a time when opportunities in Asia abound. He added Marina Bay is a great example of how the country has risen from "mudflats to metropolis". Speaking at the 10th anniversary celebration of the Fullerton Hotel,...
One Shenton will be the latest residential development at Marina Bay to achieve completion, with the temporary occupation permit (TOP) expected this month. “Owners of the lower floor units at One Shenton are expecting to collect their keys soon, while mid- to high-floor units will also be ready for handover in the near future,” says Kelvin Cheong, an associate director at Dennis Wee Realty Pte...
Las Vegas Sands chief executive officer Sheldon Adelson said he is lobbying to get more land from the Singapore government to expand its profitable integrated resort in Singapore. Mr Adelson told reporters at the opening of the Marina Bay Sands (MBS) that the meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibition (MICE) business has been overwhelming and more land space would be needed. "Otherwise we may have...
Singapore's latest iconic structure, the lotus-inspired ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands integrated resort, is ready to open its doors. The structure, made up of "10 fingers", is also touted as the "Welcoming Hand of Singapore" which opens up to the skies. Its architect Moshe Safdie said: "These shapes which you read from the outside - some say 'lotus', some say 'hand of welcome' - are actually the...
Hyundai Engineering and Construction has been awarded the contract for the construction of Asia Square's Tower 2. The South Korean contractor is currently overseeing the ongoing construction works of Asia Square Tower 1 and is scheduled to complete the building in June this year. This brings the total value of the construction of Asia Square to more than S$1 billion. The construction of Asia Square...
The Marina Bay Link Mall, one of Singapore's newest underground malls, is reporting brisk business after just a month of opening. Some tenants said sales have doubled since they started operations. The mall has a catchment of about 55,000 workers and residents in the area. The number is expected to grow with additional condominiums being built. Currently, four in 10 of the retail space is occupied by...
Singapore's latest national project - Gardens by the Bay - moves closer to its November completion date. The large-scale green space just minutes from the city centre features 18 giant concrete trees and two special conservatories that showcase plants found outside this region. Rising nine to 16 storeys above ground, the 18 giant concrete trees - named the "super trees" - are probably a familiar sight to...