Tanjong Pagar

Tanjong Pagar, straddling between Chinatown and Downtown area, was once a small fishing village. Over the past century, the historical district has been transformed into a vibrant business and commercial centre with tall and glassy skyscrapers that makes up part of the Singapore’s Central Business District (“CBD”). 

Major office developments lines along Anson Road in the Tanjong Pagar zone, including International Plaza, AXA Tower, Springleaf Tower, Twenty Anson, Mappletree Anson, 79 Anson Road, 78 Shenton Way, Anson House, Anson Centre and Fuji Xerox Towers. Walking further down, along Enggor Street and Hoe Chiang Road, direction, we see 100AM or AMARA Corporate Tower, Keppel Towers and Keppel Towers 2 (currently closed for redevelopment) and Tower Fifteen.  Further south at Keppel Road, there are older buildings such as ABI Plaza, Jit Poh Building, Genting Centre, and South Point. 

Tanjong Pagar Centre, the newest development at the site beside Tanjong Pagar MRT station, is a vertical towering city that integrates a premium Grade A office Guoco Tower, a 181-unit luxury residence Wallich Residences, a 5-star business hotel Sofitel, a 100,000 square feet food & beverage centre and a 150,000 square feet urban park. With highly efficient column free floor plates, Guoco Tower has attracted a diverse office tenant mix that includes some of the tech and media famous names such as Agoda and Amadeus. Conveniently accessible via Tanjong Pagar MRT station with an underground link way, Guoco Tower is a desirable business address for MNCs looking to set up their regional head office in Singapore’s CBD.

Filled with white-collar smarties in business attires on weekdays, the neighborhood of Tanjong Pagar has not lost its old-world charm. Traditional nineteen-century shophouses in Tras Street, Tajong Pagar Road, Duxton Hill, Duxton Road, Craig Road and Neil Road are highly popular among office, F&B and retail tenants alike. 

Over at Maxwell Road, we have some of the older heritage buildings, Maxwell House and Maxwell Chamber Suites (formerly Red Dot Traffic). Maxwell Chamber Suites is part of Maxwell Chambers, an integrated complex for alternative dispute resolutions.

Offering purpose-built office spaces and facilities, Maxwell Chamber Suites is a popular location for the legal firms and practitioners, The Arbitration Chambers and One Essex Court among its tenants.

10 Raeburn Park (formerly Gan Eng Seng Secondary School) is a noteworthy development over at Raeburn Park. It is a stylish and well-equipped commercial property suitable for start-ups and SMEs looking for economic office premises at the edge of Tanjong Pagar zone.

Traveling into Tanjong Pagar is a breeze. Tanjong Pagar MRT station brings people along East-West line to this area directly. One can also reach the district by taking Downtown line to Telok Ayer station or alight at Chinatown station from North-East line and take a short walk over. Maxwell MRT station (due to open in 2021) will be another optional station for train transit. Many public bus services run through the district. For those travel by car, the Central Expressway provides quick and convenient access to the zone.

Tanjong Pagar is a full-on foodie haven. Maxwell Food Centre and Amoy Street Food Centre are hawker centres where you can find authentic local delights such as Hainanese chicken rice, Fuzhou oyster cake, fish ball noodles and nasi lemak. A stroll down Tanjong Pagar road, you will be surrounded by Japanese and Korean restaurants serving everything from ramen to fried chicken and barbecue. Tras Street is thriving with bars and pubs and Duxton Hill is noted for its hip cafes and restaurants serving up all sorts of cuisines from Mexican to French. Moreover, Tanjong Pagar Centre’s 6-story F&B hub brings many new-to-market F&B brands such as the world’s first Japan Rail Café, SBCD Korean Tofu House and Chalong restaurants.

With modern high rise office buildings and historical colonial charming shophouses abound, Tanjong Pagar is a thriving multicultural business district within the CBD. Identified as the gateway of the future Greater Southern Waterfront, the growth potential of Tanjong Pagar is enormous over the next decade as the 1,000-hectare project is set to propel Tanjong Pagar to be the premier business and lifestyle district of Singapore’s CBD.