Chinatown Business Association wins tender to manage iconic Smith Street in Chinatown
According to SLA, the revitalised Smith Street are going to view a new line-up of way of living methods and eating experiences. It claims that CBA’s proposition of “set apart way of living ideas, corresponding programmes and enhancements to the public scope intends to better promote regional Chinese heritage and reinforce the identity of the area”.
The Chinatown Business Association (CBA) has actually won the tender for a row of renowned shophouses along Smith Street in Chinatown. CBA includes stakeholders operating in Chinatown, like business leaders, grassroots leaders, Chinese clan associations, hoteliers, hawkers and stores.
The master renter will carry out the integrated management of the shophouses and a nearby State land plot, which have a complete acreage of 34,066 sq ft and an estimated gross flooring location of 33,065 sq ft.
The tender was evaluated based on cost and the top quality of each provided concept. It drew in five various prospective buyers the minute the tender closed in March, involving CBA which sent the winning bid of $123,000. As the master lessee, CBA will handle the properties for five years plus a second term of four years.
Lim claims that the tender activity was “extremely tough” yet CBA benefitted from its energetic visibility in the district for over twenty years. “Over the two decades, we have actually built and fostered connections, and this has bought us a deep-rooted link to the ground,” she states. The organisation has arranged past event such as wide-scale event parties such as 5 Footway Festival and Dumpling Festival, to motif markets, street tasks, occasions and workshops.
She includes that CBA will introduce “uniquely Singaporean F&B offerings and international food offers for both locals and travelers to appreciate at Smith Street”.
“Visitors to Chinatown Singapore can expect even more curated services and experiences for both residents and travellers upon the completion of the Smith Street restoration project. We are looking to generate much more engaging and experiential neighborhood programmes, as well as even more various offerings just like innovative way of living, retail industry and co-living/co-working strategies, whilst protecting and enjoying the area’s ethnic and architectural ancestry,” says Lim Yick Suan, executive head, Chinatown Business Association.
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“This experience is unique to CBA, and we intend to take advantage of on our partnerships in the area and expertise of Chinatown Singapore’s heritage and society to inject even more vibrancy to Smith Road and Chinatown Singapore,” claims Lim.
Noontalk Media submitted the highest proposal of $180,000, followed by runner-up CBA. Other bids stretched from $108,174 from Benlo Ventures to $68,177 from ABR Holdings and a $53,000 proposal from IGYM Fitness.
The tender to assign a single master lessee to look after the historic row of shophouses at 11 to 37 Smith Street was mutually introduced by the Singapore Land Authority (SLA), the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) back in November in 2023.
