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First phase of Marina Bay Financial Centre is 67% pre-leased

The first phase of Marina Bay Financial Centre is now 67 per cent pre-leased ahead of its completion in the second quarter of next year. This phase includes Tower Two and the fully pre-leased Tower One.

The latest tenant at the location is Servcorp, a serviced and virtual office provider. In a statement, Raffles Quay Asset management said Servcorp’s seven-year lease will start next year.

Servcorp will occupy an entire floor spanning about 22,000 square feet in Tower Two. It will join other companies like BHP Billiton and the Macquarie Group.

Phase Two of the Marina Bay Financial Centre is due for completion in the second quarter of 2012. Its office space in Tower Three already has 55 per cent pre-commitment.

Source : Channel NewsAsia – 27 Aug 2009

Work space – the next frontier

DESK-SHARING may sound a little threatening to some but it is one example of the way modern offices are being reshaped to bring about efficiency and innovation.

Government agencies and companies in Singapore are looking to introduce such strategies to get the most out of their physical space.

They are following in the footsteps of global multinationals which have, for the past decade, used technology and a mobile workforce to embrace workplace strategies to cut costs and improve productivity, said Mr Peter Andrew.

He is Asia-Pacific managing director of DEGW, a London-based global strategy and design consultancy that looks at how offices can better use space and change the way people behave within that space.

Organisations in Asia are just beginning to catch on to the importance of that, he said. ‘In the past 18 months, about 90 per cent of our Continue reading