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Thomson commercial unit for sale

Space may be used for F&B, entertainment outlets or divided into small units

A FREEHOLD commercial unit at Thomson Imperial Court on Upper Thomson Road has been put up for sale by tender. The unit has a strata floor area of 11,011 square feet and faces the road.

DTZ, which is handling the sale, describes the property as a ‘rarely available large retail space’ in a ‘bank’s sale by tender’ notice. Other units in the area are as small as a few hundred square feet, said the firm’s senior director for investment advisory services, Shaun Poh.

The buyer of the unit can set up an entertainment or food and beverage outlet, he said. Or the space can be segmented into smaller units for lease.

Mr Poh reckons that the unit could attract bids of $8-9 million. This would translate to $727-817 per sq ft.

Smaller units at Thomson Imperial Court have changed hands in the past six months for about $1,200 to $1,300 psf, he said.

The unit up for sale is currently leased to Shop N Save supermarket, which pays rental of about $3.50 psf per month. The tenancy expires in the third quarter of next year.

Thomson Imperial Court is next to Sin Ming Plaza and Thomson Community Club. It is also near Marymount MRT station and has plenty of parking space, DTZ said.

The tender closes on Dec 3.

Source : Business Times – 6 Nov 2009

Marina Bay Link Mall retail space 55% taken up

FIFTY-FIVE per cent of the 176,000 sq ft of retail space at the upcoming Marina Bay Financial Centre (MBFC) has been taken up.

Phase one of Marina Bay Link Mall, which covers 93,800 sq ft, is expected to obtain its temporary occupation permit (TOP) in the second quarter of next year. And business is likely to start in Q4 next year.

According to manager Raffles Quay Asset Management (RQAM), which also manages One Raffles Quay, 40 per cent of the stores at Marina Bay Link Mall will be food and beverage (F&B) outlets. The rest will be retails.

F&B outlets will include Paradise Inn – a casual dining concept by The Paradise Group – and the Indian restaurant chain Mirchi, by the company behind Harry’s Bar.

Phase two of the mall, which covers the remaining retail space, is expected to achieve TOP status in Q2 2012.

Besides the mall, MBFC will also feature three office towers with close to three million sq ft of commercial space, as well as two residential towers with 649 luxury apartments. Continue reading