Industrial and commercial properties managed by the Housing and Development Board (HDB), JTC Corporation and the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) will get a 15 per cent rental rebate for one year. This will benefit more than 31,000 tenants, lessees and temporary occupation licensees and amount to S$306 million. The rebate will take effect from January 1, 2009, to December 31, 2009. It is part of the...
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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...
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...
International students in Singapore will soon have more housing options. With more students from overseas studying here, demand for hostels has increased. So the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) doubled the tenders awarded to hostel tenants between 2006 and 2007. The camp site at Jalan Bahar in Jurong used to belong to the Singapore Civil Defence Force. It now has a new lease of life - as apartments for...
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...