A high-end residential project will soon rise at the site of the iconic Capitol Building and Stamford House as it broke ground on Tuesday for a possible launch between March and April 2012. It is part of a landmark project that will feature residential, hotel, retail and theatre components in the conserved site. Its developer Capitol Investment Holdings said it has awarded the S$338 million contract to...
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The landmark Capitol site which comprises Capitol Theatre, Stamford House, Capitol Centre and Capitol Building will be transformed by the end of 2014 at a cost of S$750 million. This includes the land cost of S$250 million. It will feature developments like a new hotel and eight levels of residential apartments, each costing up to S$4 million. Construction for the 99-year leasehold site will begin in...
Come 2018, the historic Capitol Building and Stamford House will re-emerge as a luxury five-star hotel. Alongside it will be a new 15-storey retail and residence building, while the 81-year-old Capitol Theatre will be restored to its former glory to become the Republic's largest single-screen cinema cum performance theatre. These details of the $250-million winning bid - from Capitol Retail Management,...
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Wednesday awarded a S$250 million tender to redevelop the 1.43 hectare land parcel at the junction of Stamford Road and North Bridge Road. The winning bid came from Capitol Retail Management, Capitol Hotel Management and Capitol Residential Development. The consortium's concept for the area envisages a mix of hotel, retail, entertainment and residential...
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is launching a closely-watched commercial site at Stamford Road and North Bridge Road for sale by public tender. The URA is launching the sale after a developer committed to bid at least S$100 million dollars for the 99-year-leasehold site, which was placed on the Reserve List system. URA says the land parcel, which is 1.43 hectares in size, is slated for...
A NEW lease on life is on the way for the iconic stretch of colonial buildings along Stamford Road. Stamford House, Capitol Building and Capitol Theatre are part of a huge land parcel that will go on sale in two weeks' time, after a property developer agreed to put in a bid of at least $100 million for the commercial site. The bid triggered a public tender for the 1.43ha plot, which is located at the key...
The developer has to retain and restore the three buildings - Capitol Theatre, Capitol Building and Stamford House - on the site THE government will soon put up for sale a commercial site with three landmark buildings - Capitol Theatre, Capitol Building and Stamford House - on it. The site, which is located at the junction of Stamford Road and North Bridge Road and which also comprises Capitol Centre and...
FOR the past 10 years, this once-lovely icon has languished in disuse. Seven years and $1.51 million spent on feasibility studies, maintenance and reinstatement works led only to the eventual conclusion that the historic Capitol Theatre was "not viable" as a performing arts centre. So, it comes as some surprise that - in releasing a 1.46-hectare land parcel at the junction of Stamford Road and North...
Capitol Centre at Stamford Road may be demolished to make way for a new hotel to meet demand for hotel rooms. The location is one of eight confirmed sites that have been released for sale, under the Government's Land Sales programme. The Ministry of National Development also announced on Thursday that it will release enough land to potentially build nearly 8,000 private residential units, in the second...