Eminent Plaza/Lavender Food Sq to be redeveloped

TWO associated companies of Tong Eng Group will be tearing down Eminent Plaza and the next-door Lavender Food Square later this year and redeveloping the amalgamated freehold site into a 16-storey project with office and retail units, some of which will be put up for sale soon.

Hawkers at the famous Lavender Food Square will move out in about six to nine months. The two associated companies of Tong Eng Group built the development, in the Lavender Street/Jalan Besar locale, in the 1980s.

The new development, ARC 380, will have 167 strata units comprising 23 retail units on ground level and 144 office units on levels five to 16. Tong Eng will release 71 units for sale - comprising 52 offices and 19 retail units (six shops and 13 food & bevera…