1°18′03.8″N 103°51′43.8″E / 1.301056°N 103.862167°E
| The Concourse | |
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鸿福中心 | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Commercial and Residential |
| Architectural style | High-rise |
| Location | 300 Beach Road, Singapore 199555 |
| Owner | Hong Fok Land |
| Management | Hong Fok Land |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 41 |
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| The Concourse | |
The Concourse (simplified Chinese: 鸿福中心; traditional Chinese: 鴻福中心; pinyin: Hóngfú zhōngxīn) is a post-modern high-rise commercial and residential building on Beach Road Kallang, Singapore opposite Nicoll Highway MRT station. The Concourse is located in Singapore's "Golden Mile", which refers to the strip of land between Nicoll Highway and Beach Road. It was planned by the Singapore Government as a high-rise spine fronting Kallang Basin. The area used to be occupied by squatters and small marine industries.[1]
The Concourse's site was acquired in competition in the Urban Redevelopment Authority's 8th Sales of Sites programme in 1979. A project, developed by Cheong Eak Chong's Hong Fok Corporation, commenced in 1981 as the Hong Fok Centre but construction stopped when Singapore's economy was hit by a recession in the mid-1980s.[2]
In 1987, the architectural firm Architects 61 and architect Paul Rudolph re-designed the complex. They retained what was already constructed, and revamped the remainder in order to accommodate new programmatic requirements.
Built at a cost of S$248.1 million and to a height of 175 metres (574 ft)[3] for its office tower, The Concourse was completed on 5 February 1994.
- ^ Edwards, Norman; Keys, Peter (1988). Singapore : a guide to buildings, streets, places. Singapore, Kuala Lumpur: Times Books International. ISBN 978-9971-65-231-9. OCLC 19663390.
- ^ "Hong Fok wants more time for project". The Business Times. 28 August 1984. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "The Concourse". SkyscraperPage. Retrieved 15 August 2007.