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...
With effect from 30 April this year, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) will take over the secretariat function for the Street and Building Names Board (SBNB) from the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS). According to its press release, it will also launch a slew of e-services for the application of street, estates and building names. Agents or owners will now be able to apply for streets,...
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 roll-out of land in response to high demand for homes has continued, with the Government launching public tenders for two more sites yesterday. Both residential development sites - in Hougang Avenue 2 and Upper Serangoon Road - are 99-year leasehold plots. The Upper Serangoon site, in Pheng Geck Avenue, is on the Government's confirmed list. These sites are scheduled for tender without developers...
Bids seen coming in at up to $560 psf ppr and $350 psf ppr respectively TWO more 99-year leasehold residential plots were launched for sale by the government yesterday - one at Upper Serangoon Road from the confirmed list and the other at Hougang Avenue 2 from the reserve list. The Hougang Avenue 2 site was triggered by a developer who agreed to bid at least $109.9 million for it, which works out to $241...