The tender for the former Mee Toh School on No.375 Race Course Road has attracted an overwhelming 20 bids. The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) put the land up for tender under the "Ideas Tender Scheme" last month. Under the scheme, bidders are allowed to submit alternative bids for innovative uses for the property. The 20 bids were by 14 bidders and Cambridge Institute Pte Ltd had the highest bid of...
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The demand for land to build schools has remained healthy, with seven bids received for a piece of land at Upper Bukit Timah. The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) said that of the seven bids for the former Seh Chuan High School, four were fairly strong bids above the guide rent of S$73,100 per month. The highest bid was from Dimensions Commercial School Pte Ltd, and some of the other bidders were existing...
Another former school has been made available for use by a commercial or international school to help ease demand for places. The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) will launch a public tender for the former Seh Chuan High School off Upper Bukit Timah Road on Wednesday. The former Seh Chuan High School was last used by the Jurong Gardens School, run by the Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of...
The former Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Complex at Tanglin Road, which is also known as Phoenix Park, has been placed for tender. According to the Singapore Land Authority (SLA), the prime site on the fringe of the Orchard Road belt will be open for adaptive re-use as office space. Analysts said they are expecting to see strong interest due to the current office space crunch. Winston Cheah, Senior...
More than 360,000 sq ft at Badminton Hall area in Guillemard to be released IN A bid to help alleviate an office space crunch, the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) hopes to release another 368,000 square feet in gross floor area for temporary conversion by the middle of the year. But that is still 20 per cent less than what was released in the same period last year. Mr Teo Cher Hian, director of private...
The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) is offering another six residential state properties for rent. They comprise four bungalows and two semi-detached properties in Seletar, Sembawang and Lornie Road. They are being offered through an open bidding system from 16 February. The system is more transparent than the previous first-come-first-served procedure under the waiting list or balloting system. Bidders...
Three more properties have been put up for tender by the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) for office and other uses. One site at Queensway is the former Alexandra fire station, which includes the former Singapore Civil Defence Camp. The tender will open this month for the two-storey building, with tenancy renewable up to 2015. Another two-storey building is the office formerly occupied by the Civil...