The Pinnacle@Duxton, Singapore

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Reclamation of land done.
[QUOTE=TLax28;92084300]I took some pictures of the MCE construction site last Sunday.

Work on the new flyover connecting AYE to MCE:


Work on the MCE tunnel entrances from AYE, with the new Marina Bay Cruise Centre in the background:


Out of curiosity, what is being built in the middle of this photo? The Common Services Tunnels (CST)?
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[QUOTE=Brandonn;92853355]Yes, they are building a showflat alright.
And I reckon they are also starting on foundation works with all the machineries at the site....

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Four-star, 285-room hotel will target business travellers

27 Jul 2012 09:14 by BY KENNETH FOO
[SINGAPORE] Kosmopolito Hotels International is making its first foray into the local market with a mid-scale business hotel - Dorsett Regency Singapore.

The 285-room, four-star hotel is situated at the junction of New Bridge Road and Cantonment Road.

According to the hotel's general manager Philip Wong, rooms will be "competitively priced" at mid-$250 per night, targeting business travellers.

"Singapore is a strategic location for us to grow and to further radiate our presence as a growing hotel company. On top of this, we already have a strong presence in Malaysia and Hong Kong, so our entry into the Singapore market is a natural extension of our portfolio," Mr Wong said.

Facilities at the hotel will include an infinity swimming pool, a business centre as well as meeting and event facilities.

The hotel will open by the end of this year.

The Singapore Tourism Board expects a tourist boom this year, estimating that Singapore will attract 13.5 million to 14.5 million visitors.

It has set a 17 million target for tourist arrivals by 2015 and a target of $30 billion for tourism receipts.

A recent report by property consultancy CBRE Hotels revealed that the surge in tourist numbers has spurred hoteliers to open more new rooms here, with 10,422 expected to come on stream in four years.

Some 1,572 new rooms are slated to enter the market this year, adding nearly 4 per cent to the stock that stood at 49,719 last year.

"The large pipeline could potentially exert a downward pressure on occupancy, average daily rate, and revenue per available room (RevPAR) in the medium term, if the current growth in visitor arrivals is not maintained," CBRE noted in the report dated June 11.

The additional supply has led Maybank Kim Eng to raise the possibility of a hotel supply glut down the road, as it predicted in a report last month that occupancy rates could peak at 90 per cent in 2012 before easing to 84 per cent in 2014.

"This means that RevPAR could hit a new high of $233 in 2012F but fall to $227-$229 in 2013F-2014F," the report said.

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The signage for Guocoland is out.

http://singaporecityplayground.com/tanjong-pagar-2017/

A bit confusing but there will be 4 blocks of building instead of 2 or 3.

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I think is 2, 19 (13 hotel + 6 commerical / carpark) and 64 (6 commercial /carpark + 32 office + 26 residential) towers
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[lavie]

Theres a nice detailed 3D model of the central district over at the City Scape Gallery @ URA centre. You can see the developments in Tanjong Pagar in full. The rest of the exhibits are also interesting as it explains the progress of urban planning in Singapore. Visually engaging and simply put together, it's great for short visits for anyone No, I don't work for them.

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Yes URA city gallery is superb!

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SINGAPORE: The former Yan Kit Swimming Complex in the Tanjong Pagar area is likely to be developed into a site for multi-generational use.

The Singapore Sports Council (SSC) said it is part of efforts to provide the community with a broader, more accessible and relevant mix of facilities through its Sport Facilities Master Plan under Vision 2030.

The council is in the midst of consulting various stakeholders, including relevant government agencies, grassroots leaders and residents in the vicinity to finalise long-term plans for the area.

Demolition of the site started in November 2011. So far, the three swimming pools have been levelled, leaving a grass field in its place.

MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC Indranee Rajah said there were calls for the pool to be rebuilt.

Although not ruling out a new pool for the area, she added the old site is not suitable for one as it lies on a narrow road, where it may cause parking and traffic problems.

She felt that the SSC's suggestion to have multi-generational facilities is good for the many young families at the nearby Pinnacle housing estate, and older residents of the constituency.

She said: "So multi-generational facilities aside, I understand it would actually cater for the young, the older ones and children as well. So you could have for example, an area that can be used for basketball, as well as for other ball games.

"And when the area is clear, you can use it for communal or community activities. I think exercise machines will be good, and if we could put in walking paths and have some green areas."

-CNA/ac

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LTA, Singapore Land Authority (SLA) and the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) said in a joint statement that while all efforts have been made to minimise land acquisition, the government will acquire four full lots.

They include Pearl's Centre in Eu Tong Sen Street, a post office along Upper Thomson Road and two landed properties along Stevens Road and Robin Close.

Pearl's Centre will be affected by the construction of the TSL as a tunnel will run under part of the building.

To optimise land use around the future TSL station at Outram Park, Pearl's Centre will be acquired and integrated with the adjoining state land for a high-density mixed-use development.

[resilient]

There are already 2 basketball and 1 futsal courts besides P@D and she is still thinking of having more ball courts? Kind of wonder if she really is in touch with the ground.

[lavie]

THOMSON MRT LINE (TSL)


http://motoring.asiaone.com/Motoring/News/Story/A1Story20120829-368432.html

Maxwell Station will be 5mins walk for those living in Blocks 1A, 1B and maybe 1C !!

But first must wait 9-10years.

[lavie]

Think give her a chance first ? Cos ideas may not be fully developed and won't be simple basketball court etc ... ?? Dunno ... Seeing how there seems to be a shortage of childcare related and kiddies facilities nearby + one day we will all turn grey also, I think we need more community spaces around. The challenge is to convert the weird land shape into whatever they want to.

[AndrewZ]

I hope there would be a swimming pool, now there are so many more new residents, a pool would be fully utilized

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[QUOTE=Brandonn;95507336]Nothing much really, guess its all piling and piling. But do note that they are doing a row of piles at the perimeter of the site facing the shophouses.

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[AndrewZ]

seriously wish for a pool nearby man, closest one is queesntown/clementi which is so far

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PUBLISHED OCTOBER 02, 2012
S'pore shipping heart transplanted to Tuas
Container shipping ops to be consolidated there; city terminals' land to be freed up
BYLYNN KAN PRINT |EMAIL THIS ARTICLE

Expansion drive: Artist's impression of Pasir Panjang Terminal Phases 3 and 4. PSA Singapore will spend $3.5 billion on the project which will be ready by 2020 - PHOTO: PSA SINGAPORE
[SINGAPORE] In about 10 years' time, Singapore will begin transhipment port activities from a very different location: in Tuas, close to the Republic's industrial heart and also international shipping lanes.
All of Singapore's container port activities will be consolidated in a new Tuas Port development that can handle up to 65 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) a year, said Minister of Transport Lui Tuck Yew yesterday.
That is nearly double PSA Singapore terminals' current capacity of 35 million TEUs. It also dwarfs Port of Singapore's record container throughput in 2011 of 29.94 million TEUs.
The first berths at Tuas will begin operations 10 years from now, in time for when Singapore's city terminals at Tanjong Pagar, Keppel, and Pulau Brani, end their leases in 2027.
Singapore has two other existing terminals in Pasir Panjang Terminal 1 and Terminal 2, which were completed in 2010.
"Over the longer term, not only the city terminals but also the Pasir Panjang (terminals) will be eventually merged at Tuas," said Mr Lui.
In the meantime, port operator PSA Singapore is going ahead with Pasir Panjang Terminal Phases 3 and 4. It announced yesterday at a launch ceremony that it will spend $3.5 billion on the expansion project.
Phases 3 and 4 will add 250 hectares of terminal space, as well as 15 new berths and about six kilometres of quay length.
Moreover, they will deepen PSA Singapore's maximum draft to 18 metres from 16 metres to accommodate the new generation of mega-sized containerships which can carry 18,000 twenty-foot containers.
When both phases are ready by 2020, they will add 15 million TEUs of capacity at Singapore's top container handler to 50 million TEUs. That, however, is still 15 million container boxes fewer than what Tuas Port can handle.
Mr Lui, the guest of honour at the launch, said Tuas Port will be developed, like Pasir Panjang Terminal, in phases.
He explained that Tuas Port would free up prime land for re-development.
Centralising all port activities in Tuas will help boost efficiency and economies of scale - elements critical to a transhipment port.
"Currently, we have five container terminals . . . To support transhipment operations, there is often a need to move containers between these terminals by trucks. This adds to the time taken and business costs for port operations, as well as congestions on our roads," Mr Lui said. "Consolidation will eliminate this need for inter-terminal haulage."
Tuas Port will moreover give Singapore a "clean slate" to introduce new technologies and processes to respond to future challenges in shipping such as larger and more complex ships as well as ships powered by liquified natural gas and other alternative fuels, said Mr Lui.
And with Singapore's manpower and land constraints, the new port would have to be more efficient and productive.
Singapore has begun funding research into automating port systems, optimization techniques and technologies under a Port Technology Research and Development Programme launched in April 2011.
"We will be able to deploy some of the outcomes of these projects at Tuas Port," he said.
The future is already part-way here. Pasir Panjang Terminal Phases 3 and 4 will sport automated and efficient port features.
Group CEO of PSA International Tan Chong Meng said an intelligent planning and operation system will manage a fleet of unmanned rail mounted gantry cranes. All cranes at PPT Phases 3 and 4 will run on electricity and are more environmentally-friendly.
"More automation will also mean greater demand for better-trained employees equipped with higher skill sets to manage these advanced operating systems," said Mr Tan.
Fox Chu, Accenture director of ports industry, Asia-Pacific, was positive on PSA Singapore's investment. "PSA Singapore Terminals is among the few terminals in the world with the scale, productivity and management expertise to provide reliable and efficient services to our customers," he said. "To attain its position, PSA has to match, if not surpass, the port investment of other Asia hub ports."

[AndrewZ]

woah, future waterfront city in front of keppel railway stations

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[lavie]

Hi Andrew,

there's a closer swimming pool at Redhill.

Or else, join True Yoga, there's an indoor swimming pool in the CDB I heard. Can call them to check.

[lavie]

Hello OpenH2O,


thanks for all your postings !!!