Fashion + property = avant-garde buildings
Ex-fashion distributor Kenny Tan continues to wield his design-savvy hand in the properties he builds.
LINK (THM) Group differentiates itself from other developers through its focus on avant-garde design, even for usually drab developments like industrial buildings.
For instance, the design of one of its completed industrial buildings in Bukit Merah, called Central Link, was inspired by the Eiffel Tower, except that instead of an iron lattice tower, it boasts a full glass façade that lets daylight stream into every one of its eight storeys.
Group CEO Kenny Tan said that it was a visit to Paris which inspired the design. The well-travelled businessman, who first started his business in fashion, has also taken a visual design course in Tokyo which enables him to visualise the final look of a building prior to its construction.
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