Aurea is an upcoming mixed development that is located in District 7, Core Central Region of Singapore. The site of Aurea has previous belonged to Golden Mile Centre. It was successfully acquired by a consortium that comprises of Perennial Holdings and Far East Organisation in 2022. The development resides in the Bugis Planning area.
The Bugis planning zone is under the planning are of Downtown Core. Its infamous history is always associate with the Bugis Street transvestite shows but the government has cleaned up these acts ever since the 1980s. This area houses numerous buildings of great historical values such as Singapore Sultan Mosque, the old Rochor Centre and also glistening skyscrapers, this area today is a heritage and hip area that has been attracting a good blend of locals and tourists.
The government has drawn out plans to bring new vibrancy to this area ever since its masterplan that was drawn out in 2008. The Rochor-Ophir Corridor was planned to inject exciting mix usage cluster with seamless connectivity to the MRT and attractive streetscape in the next 1 to 1.5 decade. For the next few years, the redevelopment of Bugis saw new iconic development such as DUO which is designed by Ole Scheeren, the MRT network upgrading and also upcoming mixed integrated projects such as The M and Guoco’s Midtown Modern and Midtown Bay.
The 2019 Master Plan by the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Bugis has drawn out more new plans for this area by injecting improvements on streetscape and new green spaces that will connect the cultural and arts districts at the Civic District, the Fort Canning, the Bugis-Bras Basah that spans from Rochor River to Kampung Glam. In the meantime, the Kampong Bugis area, which is next to Kallang River, will be transformed into a residential zone that is car-lite with an upcoming of approximately 4000 housing units.
The rich array of Bugis that comprises of the new and old builds this area to be one of most famous districts that is in Singapore. From pasar malam to famous dining spots, nobody will be bored when discovering this area. Bugis is named after the population here that settled here back in the 1800s. Today this area is still a prosperous business hub. This numerous dining establishments that make their homes here.
Throughout the years, Bugis has popped up new retail malls that serves to the more stylish crowd. There are 2 major retail malls here which are the Bugis+ and Bugis Junction which are linked to one another through a link pedestrian bridge. The Bugis Junction is an integrated project that combines 3 rows of conserved shophouses and has a variety of dining and entertainment concepts in 1 location. The Bugis+ also houses vibrant stylish fashion and F&B concepts.
At the Bugis Village, families can look forward to having anything for everyone. It is just adjacent to the Bugis+, this once sordid district has transformed into a pasar malam, like the famous Chatuchak night market. From fruit stalls to street foo and souvenir stores, there is a lot to explore at these rows of conserved shophouses. For ladies, they can go up to get their fashion needs at the boutiques or do their manicure and pedicure as well as they hairs done at the different hair and beauty salons.
In accordance with the 2008 Master Plan, the corridor of Rochor-Ophir is planned to be an extraordinary one that encompasses of the Bras Basah education, entertainment, culture and arts centre. Being this, this area will be revitalized with the extension of the current street-level, vibrant experience in conjunction with sequence s of active plaza, linkways and courtyards that is linked by pedestrian-centric uses and activities. At the meantime, the downtown financial core will be expanded to match Marina Bay.
The next 1 to 1.5 decade will see Bugis having mix-usage projects with blend of residential, hospitality, offices as well as other supporting amenities in park-like setting. The district development will be constructed the planting tree programme of Singapore by making a string of project that are set in park-like environment with green, lush landscape and attractive backdrop.
About Far East Organisation
Far East Organisation is a property emporium with numerous businesses. The company is a Christianity company, and it seeks to be a place of work that graces and a community that is filled with love which opens its arms to both non-Christians and Christians equally that will work together happily. As the company join its hands to construct an enterprise garden that bears the honoring of its late founder’s vision, the firm wish to do excellent business and excel in its businesses.
Being a company of Christianity, the company embraces the perpetual truths in the Words of God. The applications of the truths to its businesses as they are words of business and life is, in any case, as segment of life. Hence, the company operates its businesses on its strong foundation of its rock, Jesus Christ and its values. The core values of the company are practiced together with Jesus Christ’s teachings. Its identity of Christianity is integrated greatly into the company’s brand.
These core values include:
Businesses with Grace – it involves the respect and dignity of every single customer, business partner and staff. It also means to value the needs as well as relationships of others. With Grace, the company has achieved win-win situations without the need of sacrificing the expenses of any party while profiting. The company builds relationships which will last and able to do great business and well in businesses by doing so.
Unity – The company is unified in its mission to develop a lasting company. It recognizes the significance for everyone to work in hand together (as community), embraces on style of individual and at the same time to accept opinions and differences which transforms the diversities into might.
Integrity – The heart of its businesses are its core values. And in the heart of its core values will be Integrity. It is an expression of symbolic of how this value secures tightly with the rest of its core values. Integrity will mean having honest business dealings with each single individual in the market segment which includes its customers, business partners and each one of them. Still more significantly, integrity will require each individual to be living in life of authenticity, free from personal contradictions and inconsistencies.
Love – It is exemplified by the company’s showings of honest caring to others, be it their customers, partners, and colleagues. The company shows selflessness and also putting others before itself. The company demonstrates love by having commitments and loyalty in its relationship with others. When it exercises its choices with its follow-up actions, this commitment comes true. The principle that directs its actions will be doing to others what it will like them to do to the company.
Diligence – This is an essential value to flourish the rest of its core values. Individual that are diligent need not amplify themselves. They strive to achieve excellence in everything they are doing as well as quiet confidence. This means even small things. It may not yield instant results every time but over time with the presence of this core value, it will build an impact that is unmistakable which everyone will recognize.
The company fulfills its Christianity values obligations by seeking the city’s welfare, supporting the needy causes and showing its neighbours love. Via the philanthropy of spaces that is aided by the Sports Facilities/Community Scheme by the government, the company has donated spaces that are purpose-built in its project for the community to use. These spaces are found in development such as the SBF Centre, the Novena Specialist Centre, the Junction 10, theHillV2 and the Clarke Quay.
To thanksgiving gratefully to God for its founder’s life, the company’s initiatives in gifting targets to be giving back to the community as such it will also maintains the honours and memories of its founder’s vision which is to develop a lasting company. The company also controls Agape Services. It is an social enterprise which target to offer meaningful benefits and employments to those who have underprivileged backgrounds which demonstrates Jesus Christ’s teachings and love. The company’s staff members also actively participate in volunteered projects with non-profitable organizations and charities which contribute to improvement and inspiring lives. These projects include the youth, education and underprivileged programmes and their initiatives are meant for family framework to be strengthen.
Perennial Holdings is a Singapore based company that has businesses in the healthcare and real estate segments. Being a property manager, developer and owner, the company concentrates its resources in mixed-use large-scaled projects strategically. It has operations in Sri Lanka, Indonesia Malaysia, China and Singapore. The company’s portfolio has a combined gross floor area of approximately 80 million square feet.
The company is also a healthcare service provider, operator and owner in the People’s Republic of China. The main 3 business segment in the healthcare sector include integrated medical hub, senior and eldercare housings as well as healthcare centres and hospitals. Its senior care services include rehabilitation care, dementia care, medical care and elderly care. The company currently operates in 10 cities in China and operates about 10,000 beds with more than 5,000 more in the pipeline that it has committed.
The company is also a leading commercial real estate developer in China. It has involvements in mixed-use large-scale projects. Some of the company’s developments include High Speed Railway Integrated Development in West Hangzhou, High Speed Railway Business and Healthcare City in South Kunming, High Speed Railway International Business and Healthcare City in South Tianjin, High Speed Railway International Business and Healthcare City in North Xi’an and High Speed Railway International Business and Healthcare City in East Chengdu. These developments are all just beside 5 of China’s biggest High Speed Railway Stations. Most of these centres are regional commercial and medical hubs which encompasses eldercare, healthcare and medial facilities. Other prominent developments under the company’s track record include Longemont Integrated Project in Shenyang and Tongzhou Integrated Project in Beijing.
Back locally, the company has been managing and investing in iconic developments like site in Caldecott Hill, Perennial Commercial City, Chinatown Point Shopping Mall, CHIJMES, Capitol Singapore and AXA Tower (which the company will be redeveloping) in the Jurong Lake Hub, downtown financial core, Civic District and prime residential districts.
Shopping Mall Citygate – 0.3km The Concourse – 0.4km Golden Sultan Plaza – 0.4km The Plaza – 0.4km Aperia – 0.8km The Golden Landmark – 0.8km Duo Galleria – 0.8km Suntec City Mall – 1.0km Bugis Junction – 1.1km Bugis Village – 1.1km
Kindergarten PCF SPARKLETOTS PRESCHOOL @ KAMPONG GLAM Blk 462 – 0.5km PCF SPARKLETOTS PRESCHOOL @ KAMPONG GLAM Blk 806 – 0.8km Kampong Kapor Methodist Church Kindergarten – 1.3km PCF SPARKLETOTS PRESCHOOL @ KOLAM AYER Blk 12 – 1.4km Khalsa Kindergarten – 1.5km Rosemary Hall Montessori Kindergarten – 1.6km Foochow Methodist Church Kindergarten – 1.7km Jamiyah Kindergarten – 1.7km Iroha Kindergarten – 1.8km GUG The Kindergarten (Mountbatten) – 1.8km
Primary School Stamford Primary School – 0.9km Farrer Park Primary School – 1.9km School of The Arts (SOTA) – 1.9km
Secondary School Dunman High School – 2.0km
Junior College Dunman High School – 2.0km
Tertiary University of Nevada Las Vegas – Singapore – 1.3km Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts – 1.5km Lasalle College of the Arts – 1.5km Singapore Management University – 1.6km James Cook University Singapore – 1.9km
International School Insworld Institute @ North Bridge Centre – 1.3km One World International School Suntec Campus – 1.4km Invictus International School – 1.4km
Food Centre Golden Mile Food Centre – 0.1km North Bridge Road Market and Food Centre – 0.4km Berseh Food Centre – 1.1km Albert Centre Market and Food Centre – 1.2km Blk 17 Upper Boon Keng Road Market and Food Centre – 1.5km Tekka Market – 1.7km Blk 29 Bendemeer Road Market and Food Centre – 1.9km
Lifestyle Kallang Water Sports Centre – 0.6km PA Water-Venture – Kallang – 0.6km People’s Association HQ – 0.9km Singapore Indoor Stadium – 1.0km Jalan Besar Stadium – 1.0km National Stadium – 1.0km Marina Bay Golf Course – 1.3km MARINA RESERVOIR – 1.6km PWD-BCA Clubhouse – 1.7km Singapore Recreation Club – 1.7km Civil Service Club – Tessensohn – 1.8km Singapore Khalsa Association 1.8km MARINA BAY GOLF COURSE – 1.8km Singapore Swimming Club – 1.9km Singapore Chinese Recreation Club – 1.9km
Highlights of Aurea
Transport Network Aurea is approximately 400 m away from the Nicoll Highway MRT Station. This MRT station is operating the MRT Circle Line. Future residents of Aurea just need to travel 1 stop towards the Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station to arrive at the Promenade MRT Station which future residents can transit to the MRT Downtown Line. The Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station is also just 4 MRT stations away where the MRT North South Line and the MRT North East Line is readily available.
For drivers, the Marina Bay Financial Centre is approximately 7 minutes’ drive away while the Orchard Shopping Belt is approximately 8 minutes’ drive away. The development is also close to major expressways such as the East Coast Parkway, the Kallang Paya Lebar Expressway and the Central Expressway.
Amenities By being a mixed-use development with retail podium, means that future residents of Aurea need not step out of their compound to get any essential goods they need. This will mean utmost convenience for the future residents of Aurea. Also being in a district that is established and hip means that there are numerous of retail and dining options for future residents of Aurea to choose from away from their compound but just walking distances from their homes. Some of these notable retails malls nearby include Suntec City Mall, Bugis Junction, Bugis Village and Bugis+.
Aurea is also close to a number of local hawker centres as well such as Golden Mile Food Centre, North Bridge Road Market and Food Centre, Berseh Food Centre, Albert Centre Market and Food Centre, Blk 17 Upper Boon Keng Road Market and Food Centre, Tekka Market and Blk 29 Bendemeer Road Market and Food Centre.
Schools Though Bugis is not really considered a school zone, there are also many education facilities in this area which education need not be compromise. Some of the nearby education institutions include Stamford Primary School, Farrer Park Primary School, School of The Arts (SOTA), Dunman High School, University of Nevada Las Vegas – Singapore, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore Management University and James Cook University Singapore.
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