The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has won a prestigious international award for the transformation of the Southern Ridges. It was conferred the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Awards for Excellence 2010: Asia Pacific. The Southern Ridges is a nine-kilometre chain of green and open spaces spanning Mount Faber Park, Telok Blangah Hill Park, Kent Ridge Park and West Coast Park. The areas are connected by...
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Some of their suggestions echoed popular calls that have been rejected time and again by the Government; other proposals may be downright unpopular, admitted the focus group appointed by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) to review its Concept Plan 2011. Either way, green transport will have a key role in building a sustainable city, said the 30-member group. For one, a dedicated bicycle lane...
The tender for the land parcel at Boon Lay Way and Lakeside Drive has attracted the highest bid for a residential site this year. Keppel Land Mayfair, a subsidiary of Mainboard-listed Keppel Land, has submitted the highest bid of $302.98 million for the 1.6-hectare site which can potentially yield 525 units. This was a tad higher than the $302-million bid from Sim Lian Land for the tender of a 3.2ha land...
The tender for a residential site at Boon Lay Way and Lakeside Drive has attracted the highest bid of about S$303 million from Keppel Land. The bid by Keppel Land Mayfair works out to about $483 per square foot per plot ratio. At the close of the tender, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) says that a total of 14 bids were received for the site. The next highest bid came from MCC Land at S$263...
Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) closed the tender for the residential site at Upper Changi Road North and Flora Drive Tuesday. A total of six bids were submitted for the site and the top bid came from Tripartite Developers at S$148.3 million. This is a joint venture company formed by Hong Leong Holdings, City Developments and Trade and Industrial Development. Tripartite's bid is 81 per cent higher...
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has launched the first sale site from the upcoming Jurong Lake District. It launched the sale by public tender after a developer committed to bid at least S$350 million for the land parcel. The site located at Jurong Gateway Road was made available for sale via the government's reserve list system since November 2008. The 99-year-leasehold site has a maximum...
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...
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is organising two public forums next month to gather feedback on the recommendations of its Concept Plan 2011. The Concept Plan 2011 maps out the long term directions for Singapore's land use and transportation plans over the next 40 to 50 years. As part of the process, URA is organising the public forum to engage and involve Singaporeans on plans to shape the...
The first sale site at one of Singapore's new commercial hub, the Jurong Lake District, will be put up for tender in two weeks. According to the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), a developer has committed to bid S$350 million for the 1.9-hectare plot. The mixed-use site is located at Jurong Gateway Road, next to the Jurong East MRT station. It has a potential gross floor area of about 107,000 square...
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) said it has accepted an application to put up a residential site at Hougang Avenue 2 for public tender. It said a developer has committed to bid at least S$109.9 million for the land parcel. The site is one of those on the Reserve List of the first half of this year's Government Land Sales Programme. It's located within an established private residential estate...