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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]
The Ascott Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of CapitaLand, opened The Ascott Singapore in 1984. In 2006, it established the world's first Pan-Asian serviced residence REIT, Ascott Residence Trust. Today, the company's serviced residence brands include Ascott, Citadines, Oakwood, lyf, Quest, Somerset and The Crest Collection. [38]
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.
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. The shopping mall, previously under the management of CapitaLand Retail, was transferred to Wheelock Properties.
Wildfires in the greater Los Angeles area continued to burn mostly out of control on Thursday, with at least five blazes engulfing more than 45 square miles.. At least 16 people have died as a ...
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 ...
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah views events in Syria as a "major, dangerous and new transformation", a senior Hezbollah politician said on Monday, the Iran-backed group's first reaction to ...
Bears receiver Keenan Allen said that issues ran deeper than that and went back to the offseason. “Too nice of a guy," Allen said, according to Kalyn Kahler of ESPN, via Dan Wiederer of the ...