Power Combination ? Mixed-Use Developments
A look into the new property typology of mixed-use developments where people will live, work, and play in one modern precinct.
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Leong Boon Hoe, Chief Executive Officer, Arcadia Consulting Pte Ltd shares his insights
on the way forward in the property sector – to combine the merits of retail, residential and office elements into mixed-use developments.
Exterior South Beach Residences
When The Sail @ Marina Bay was completed in 2008, it caught people?s attention for several reasons. It was one of the first residential developments in the Marina Bay or New Downtown area. Residents enjoy a magnificent view of the bay and the city. Starchitects Peter Pran and Timothy Johnson with leading design firm NBBJ designed the sail-shaped twin towers. And it was, and still is, one of Singapore?s tallest residential development in the city. What many people may not remember is that it was one of the earlier mixed-use developments where the developer allocated some 29,000 sq ft of the total gross floor area for retail use on the ground floor, created an underground mall that also links to the Marina Bay Financial Centre, and onwards to Raffles Place Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Station. Mixed-use developments combining residences with other real estate uses have been part of the Singapore property scene for some time. Within the Central Business District (CBD), Concourse Skyline (office/residential/retail)...
The post Power Combination – Mixed-Use Developments appeared first on LUXUO.
Leong Boon Hoe, Chief Executive Officer, Arcadia Consulting Pte Ltd shares his insights
on the way forward in the property sector – to combine the merits of retail, residential and office elements into mixed-use developments.
Exterior South Beach Residences
When The Sail @ Marina Bay was completed in 2008, it caught people?s attention for several reasons. It was one of the first residential developments in the Marina Bay or New Downtown area. Residents enjoy a magnificent view of the bay and the city. Starchitects Peter Pran and Timothy Johnson with leading design firm NBBJ designed the sail-shaped twin towers. And it was, and still is, one of Singapore?s tallest residential development in the city. What many people may not remember is that it was one of the earlier mixed-use developments where the developer allocated some 29,000 sq ft of the total gross floor area for retail use on the ground floor, created an underground mall that also links to the Marina Bay Financial Centre, and onwards to Raffles Place Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Station. Mixed-use developments combining residences with other real estate uses have been part of the Singapore property scene for some time. Within the Central Business District (CBD), Concourse Skyline (office/residential/retail)...
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