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The Singapore Municipal Commissioners were eventually convinced by Asia Insurance's technical adviser Dato Ronald Braddell, allowing for the building to rise 18 stories, at a height of 241 feet. The committee agreed that the proposed building would, by it majesty, beautify Singapore's waterfront, gaining indirect benefit from its advertisement.
On 14 August 1984, Scotts Holdings opened The Ascott Singapore, the first international-class serviced residence in the Asia Pacific region. [2] The name “Ascott” was coined by Ameerali Jumabhoy to represent Scotts Road in Singapore [3] (where the first property was located at) and a nod to the famed British races at Ascot, due to the family's association with equestrian sports. [4]
Also in 1985, the first air-conditioned food court in Singapore, Picnic Food Court, was opened. In 2004, The Ascott Group sold the entire building to Wheelock Properties (Singapore) (then known as Marco Polo Developments) for S$345 million. [1] but continued to manage the serviced apartments till 31 December 2006.
Modern-day Raffles Place, the financial heart of Singapore. The first underground car park in Singapore was constructed in 1965 under Raffles Place. It was replaced in the 1980s by the Raffles Place MRT station, which opened in December 1987. [14] [15] The station entrance features details from the 1911 facade of the old John Little building. [3]
Raffles Singapore is a historic luxury hotel at 1 Beach Road, in Singapore. It was established by Armenian hoteliers, the Sarkies Brothers , in 1887. The hotel was named after British statesman Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles , the founder of modern Singapore.
Raffles Place MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the North–South Line (NSL) and East–West Line (EWL) in Singapore. Located in the Downtown Core , the station is underneath Raffles Place south of the Singapore River .
CapitaGreen, also known as Market Street Tower, is an office tower located in Raffles Place, Singapore. [1] The building was designed by Toyo Ito and completed in 2014. With a height of 245 m (804 ft), it is one of the tallest skyscrapers in Singapore. [1] [3]
One Raffles Quay (Chinese: 莱佛士码头一号) is an office building complex located at Raffles Place, the central business district of Singapore. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, One Raffles Quay (ORQ) consists of the 50-storey North Tower and the 29-storey South Tower, totalling about 1.3 million square feet of office space. The building was ...