On Feb 9, Singapore property giant CapitaLand and its joint venture partners, CapitaLand Commercial Trust (CCT) and Japanese developer Mitsubishi Estate Co. held the ground-breaking ceremony for the redevelopment of the Golden Shoe Car Park in Raffles Place. CapitaLand and CCT each hold a 45% stake in the joint venture, with Mitsubishi Estate holding the remaining 10%.
CapitaLand announced that it will convert part of Market Street into a 12,500 sq ft public park that will be integrated with an atrium named City Room, with spaces for community events.
The 51-storey Golden Shoe Car Park redevelopment will have a total gross floor area of more than 1 million sq ft when it’s completed in 1H2021. It will have 29 floors of Grade-A office space, 291-unit serviced residences branded Citadines, 12,000 sq ft of retail space and the revamped Market Street Food Centre.
Groundbreaking ceremony for the redevelopment of 88 Market Street, which was graced by Minister for National Development Lawrence Wong (fourth from right) (Credit: CapitaLand)
Market Street will be partially transformed into a 12,500 sq ft public park (Credit: CapitaLand)