Harbourfront

Harbourfront is a waterfront district along Singapore’s southern coast. An international business port bustling with trade and tourism, Harbourfront attracts locals and overseas visitors with its giant shopping malls, sunny beaches and an international cruise centre with cruises and ferries departing for islands like Batam. The Harbourfront zone consists of Keppel, Mount Faber, Sentosa and Telok Blangah. 

A few high quality office developments cluster round the Harbourfront MRT Station, namely, Harbourfront Centre, Keppel Bay Tower, Harbourfront Tower One and Two, and Bank of American Merrill Lynch Harbourfront. 

Harbourfront Centre (formerly World Trade Centre) on Maritime Square is among Harbourfront’s largest developments. it is a 13-story mixed-use development comprising of 7 levels of offices, 3 levels of retails space and car park floors. It is integrated with the Singapore Cruise Centre and is connected to Vivocity, the largest retail, entertainment and lifestyle centre on 2nd floor. Floor plates at Harbourfront Centre are huge at about 100,000 square feet per floor. Some offices at Harbourfront Centre enjoy beautiful harbour view and sea view. Across Maritime Square, we have the twin buildings, Harbourfront Tower One and Keppel Bay Tower, both are 18-story office towers with an attached 5-story podium block. Offices in these two buildings come with full length glass windows with breath-taking view of the sea and the marina. In between these two twin towers is Harbourfront Tower Two, a 16-story office building upgraded from the former cable car tower. 

Stretching further along West Coast High Way towards Labrador Park, we came to the Alexandra precinct, where we see a few Grade A office and business park developments. The most notable project is Mapletree Business City (“MBC”), one of Singapore’s largest integrated developments. Comprising of Mapletree Business City I and Mapletree Business City II, the development is made up of one office tower (MBC 10), seven business park blocks (MBC 20E, MBC 20W, MBC 30, MBC 50,(MBC 10), seven business park blocks (MBC 20E, MBC 20W, MBC 30, MBC 50, MBC 60, MBC 70 and MBC 80) and one retail F&B cluster (MBC 40). MBC provides a “work and play” environment especially ideal for companies who wish to locate their office to back room support functions in a single location.

It is well-supported by a full suite of modern facilities including the multi-purpose hall and meeting facilities, a gymnasium with heated pool, a convenience store, a childcare centre, a clinic and a laundromat.

Next to MBC, we have PSA Building and Fragrance Empire Building. PSA Building is a 40-story office development with a 3-story retail centre to serve as a convenience mall for its office tenants.  Fragrance Empire Building is a newly refurbished 26-story office building with shops and restaurants at ground floor and 4 levels of car park, formerly known as NOL Building. One bus stop away along Alexandra Road, we have Alexandra Point, a 24-storey office building with a 4-storey car park block.

Harbourfront zone enjoys good accessibility via major expressway and public transport. Harbourfront MRT Station is the interchange station for North-East line and Circle line; Labrador Park MRT Station brings commuters to the Alexandra precinct. Moreover, Telok Blangah MRT station is in close proximity. West Coast Highway allows for easy travel to Harbourfront via car, and there are more than ten public bus services serving the Harbourfront area.

Food options at Harbourfront are aplenty. Vivocity alone has over 100 eating places, encompassing a wide variety of cuisines and styles and caters to the diverse population in Singapore. Food Junction at Harbourfront Centre offers local delights at around $5 to S$7, and the Seah Im Foodcourt at the other side of the road houses a tantalizing array of hawker fare, from curry puffs to ayam penyet (East Javanese fried chicken dish). Over at Alexandra, Mapletree Business Centre’s FoodMaster and PSA Building’s ARC both have plenty of food stalls and casual dining options to cater to the needs of the office crowd and residents nearby.

A thriving waterfront business and lifestyle locality, Harbourfront offers a unique experience beyond the conventional business district in addition to the magnificent views and superb transport connections. Rejuvenated to meet the growing demand of businesses relocating to the fringe of CBD, Harbourfront is a superb choice for office tenants with its vibrant mix of facilities that creates a live, work and play experience unlike any other.