Holland Rd plot to have dual office-residential use component

Singapore

THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is allowing a dual office/residential use component in the plum Holland Road site that it has just launched for tender.

The dual use, aimed at creating a vibrant "live, work and play" setting, will be considered as part of the project's commercial gross floor area (GFA), URA indicated in the tender conditions for the site.

Each unit for this component is allowed to be used for both office and/or residential uses interchangeably without planning permission - the first time that URA is allowing this in a Government Land Sale (GLS) site.

Despite the commercial and residential site's plum location near Holland Village MRT Station, most property consultants expect fewer than…