National Parks Board Singapore

Singapore Flyer

Marina Bay has been designed with people in mind, with a 24/7 vibrancy that will include the highly anticipated Integrated Resort (a destination attraction offering world-class hotel, convention, leisure and entertainment facilities, and casino) as well as other residential, commercial and entertainment developments.

Marina Bay will be a place for people from all walks of life to live, work and play in. There will be apartments set amidst lush greenery near Singapore’s waterfront. The local community and visitors alike can enjoy the parks, waterfront promenade and attend the events and celebrations held at the Bay. State-of-the-art office space and transport infrastructure will provide seamless connectivity for companies and professionals to grow and exchange business ideas.

Many significant developments are being implemented at Marina Bay. The Government has put in infrastructure to support the upcoming and future developments. All around the Bay, construction is well underway on essential infrastructure – roads, the rapid transit stations, the common services tunnel and the barrage, which will turn Marina Bay into a stable water stage for events.

While it will take more than a decade for the entire area at Marina Bay to be fully developed, a host of projects that will offer people from all walks of life exciting and attractive options to live, work and play are already taking shape.

These upcoming developments have contributed significantly towards enhancing the area’s reputation as a location that offers something for everyone: a tropical living environment among lush greenery; a bustling global business hub and a lifestyle locale presenting a variety of entertainment and leisure choices.

Meanwhile, the Marina Bay Financial Centre incorporates the 55-storey Marina Bay Residences, comprising 428 luxury apartments and the Marina Bay Suites, a 66-storey development offering 21 exclusive bayside units.

The development of Marina Bay will further enhance Singapore’s position as one of Asia’s leading financial centres, doubling the size of the existing financial district. The new growth area set aside for the seamless extension of the existing financial district is more than twice the size of London’s Canary Wharf and will provide some 2.82 million square metres of office space, equivalent to the office space within Hong Kong’s main business district, Central.

Already, a nucleus of office developments has formed with the development of One Raffles Quay, the Marina Bay Financial Centre, and the two sites at Marina View. Several global banks and multinational corporations, including UBS, Deutsche Bank, DBS and Standard Chartered, are already located or will be locating in these developments.

The integrated resort is a world-class development that houses a casino, two theatres, 110,000 square metres of meeting and convention facilities, as well as about 2,500 hotel rooms. Other attractions include restaurants in the form of two floating crystal pavilions and an ArtScience Museum, the rooftop of which becomes an amphitheatre with tiered seating.

The Fullerton Heritage by the Sino Group, Far East Organization’s sister company, will also enhance the waterfront lifestyle experience by the Bay with fine dining, upscale shopping and entertainment. Consisting of The Fullerton Hotel, One Fullerton, The Fullerton Waterboat House, The Fullerton Bay Hotel, Clifford Pier and Customs House, The Fullerton Heritage will be one of the longest and most sought-after waterfronts in the city-state.

Building on Singapore’s green legacy, three world-class waterfront gardens of about 100 hectares have been planned for the area. With the first phase of the project slated for completion in 2010, the Gardens by the Bay will be another unique destination attraction for those visiting Singapore and a green sanctuary for people living and working in the city.

Each garden will feature a distinctive design and character. All three gardens will also be interconnected via a series of pedestrian bridges to form a larger loop along the whole waterfront and linked to surrounding developments, open public spaces, transport nodes and attractions.