DUO RESIDENCES

DUO RESIDENCES (TOP SOON), HIGH QUALITY HOTEL, OFFICE, RETAIL, RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS 

DUO Residences has more than 90 per-cent of prime residential apartments sold out. The development with the combination of offices, hotel, retail and residential space offers great investment opportunity with the ultimate connectivity and convenience.

Scheduled to achieve temporary occupation permit this year, this multi use integrated iconic building will be bustling with activites. Currently about 90% of the residential unit has been sold.

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DUO HOTEL - ANDAZ SINGAPORE BY HYATT

A 352-room five-star hotel occupies levels 25 to 37, with a signature restaurant on level 38, observation deck on level 39 and amenities including ballrooms, meeting rooms, all-day dining restaurant, outdoor swimming pool, pool bar, executive lounge, fitness centre, spa wellness area.  The hotel is managed by Hyatt, a world class well known hotel chain, DUO Residences will be talk of town. 

DUO OFFICE  - DUO TOWER 

DUO TOWER has an approximate net lettable area of 570,000 square feet premium Grade A office over twenty levels.

The dynamic architecture and scale of the development provides a striking corporate marque and with class leading floor plates sizes combined with innovative design features. 

• One of the largest net lettable floor plates in the Bugis micro-market with up to approximately 31,000 square feet

• 3m clear floor to ceiling height

• 150mm raised flooring

• Knock-out panels for inter-floor connectivity

• Exclusive Sky Terrace Garden on Level 8 as alternative recreational point

• Outdoor event space and water features set within lush landscaped gardens

• Boutique food and beverage and lifestyle retail offerings

• 5-star hotel with 352 rooms

• Panoramic City Skyline view from observation deck

• Bicycle parking lots and shower facilities

• BCA Green Mark Platinum Certified

DUO RETAIL PODIUM - DUO GALLERIA

DUO Galleria is part of an integrated mixed-use development located at Ophir-Rochor and scheduled for completion in 2017. A boutique retail plaza incorporating 56,000 square feet of restaurants and retail offerings, set within a rich park-like environment. 

PROPERTY INFORMATION

Duo Residences' Summary

DUO RESIDENCES FACILITIES

DUO Residences' Facilities - 4 levels of amenities decks : 

KEY BENEFITS

LOCATION! LOCATION! LOCATION!

DUO RESIDENCES IS LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO ENTRANCE/EXIT OF 2 MRT TRAIN LINE - THE DOWNLINE AND EAST WEST LINE. 

• Live, work, play within an integrated development

• Iconic architecture by Ole Scheeren

• Connectivity – islandwide via MRT and expressways. DUO is served by Bugis MRT station (via direct underground pedestrian link ways). Existing East-West and future Downtown line (Stage 1 estimated completion end 2013). Proposed future underground links to Gateway and Suntec City

• Cultural, Heritage and Educational locale

• Excellent views of city skyline / sea / Marina Bay and towards Kampong Glam

• One of the tallest residential development in Bugis area.Wide array of lifestyle choices – eclectic, cultural, cosmopolitan

• Next to shopping malls -Bugis Junction, Bugis

FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND POTENTIAL OF BUGIS

The Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore has zoned this area off to further develop and enhance. Also, there are plans going underway to make this area an arts and culture hub.  With all these reasons, Duo Residences is certainly the best investment choice you can make.

Right next to Bugis is Kampong Glam, a thriving conservation district with a rich history of over a hundred years. Its colourful shophouses are today the inspiring abodes of an eclectic smorgasbord of specialty boutiques, art galleries, artisanal cafes and alfresco eateries.

Like a bridge linking the past  with the present, DUO RESIDENCES connects its historical neighbours on the one side to the pulsating buzz of the contemporary Central Business District (CBD) on the other.

CONVENIENCE

People love staying at mixed development because of the convenience. When you want to grab a grocery item or a quick bite, all you need to do is to head to the Duo Galleria Retail Podium and you can find pretty much everything you require.

MULTI-LEVELS OF VERTICAL CONNECTIVITY 

There is a low supply of residential units around the immediate vicnity. Potentially good tenant take up rates due to the proximty to CBD, MRT and other public transportations. 

PRESIGIOUS ADDRESS @ 1 FRASER STREET

Other than just the prestigious address, Duo Residences has paranomic scenic views.

 SEAMLESS ACCESS TO ADVANCE HEALTH-CARE AT YOUR DOOR STEP 

Raffles Medical Hospital is located opposite DUO Residences. 

WORLD CLASS FITTINGS FOR DUO RESIDENCES

Snaidero (Italy) - Kitchen Cabinet

Miele (Germany) - Kitchen Appliances

Villeroy & Boch (France) - Sanitary Wares

Steinberg (Germany) - Sanitary Fittings

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AMENITIES

STAR BUY

More than 90% unit sold. 
PRICE FROM S$2,0xxpsf For High Floor Units! 

5% DISCOUNT FOR STAR BUY UNITS 

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JULY 2015 Weird buildings? It's about higher quality living: DUO RESIDENCES ARCHITECT

The German-born 45-year-old is the brains behind some of the most talked-about buildings in Asia, including the China Central Television Station (CCTV) building in Beijing, the Mahanakorn in Bangkok and the Angkasa Raya in Kuala Lumpur - all of which sport unusual designs which, he says, represent how we can find better ways to live in the city. The confrontational nature of his designs makes people either love them or hate them, and has even drawn comments from President Xi Jinping, who described his CCTV building as “weird architecture”. 

Has fengshui ever influenced your work, especially when working in countries like Hong Kong and China?

I have often spoken to fengshui masters and I think there are aspects of it that you can rationalise. There are other aspects that are simply about the question of: You enter a room, why does it make you feel good or bad? Fengshui is also about things being in their proper place and things in a way configured correctly

Duo (a mixed development in Singapore's Kampong Glam area) is a good example of that. The building opposite is a very pointed, blade-like building. People considered this site almost unbuildable because of this conflict of the blade hitting the site. I conceived a strategy to design a building around those things, and actually carve everything problematic out of the allowable buildings volume. So were able to turn a highly problematic situation into something very positive.

 

 

 

 

 

The Duo Residences and Duo Tower, a mixed-use development along Beach Road designed to offset what's considered negative fengshui energy from the building on the far left. (Photo: Büro Ole Scheeren group) 

Duo is near its completion soon - but it’s in a very different location, and a very different concept from The Interlace. What can we expect?

The interesting situation of the Duo project is that it was an insertion into a fairly derelict urban context. It was almost a piece of no man's land located between two buildings that had no real relationship to each other. To the side of it is Kampong Glam, one of the really interesting historic places of Singapore.

But all these pieces sort of had no way to relate to each other. I was interested in designing a building that would reorder and reconfigure the urban environment… and be a social catalyst for the area. The entire ground floor is basically a huge garden, completely open to the public 24 hours. There will be multiple pathways that will connect the underground subway stations and underpasses to the different Bugis areas - the busy restaurants, and the historic area.

Adapted from Channel News Asia. 

JAN 2015  Andaz Singapore set for 2017 opening @ DUO

DAVID UDELL: GROUP PRESIDENT ASIA PACIFIC FOR HYATT

Singapore: Hyatt has entered into a management agreement with M+S Pte. Ltd for a 340-room Andaz hotel in Singapore's Ophir-Rochor district.

Expected to open in 2017 in the DUO development, Andaz Singapore will be the brand's first hotel in the city city. 

The DUO development, owned 60:40 by Malaysia's strategic investment fund, Khazanah, and Singapore's investment company, Temasek, has a gross floor area of 1.73 million square feet. Designed by Ole Scheeren, as well as the hotel, it will consist of 660 residences, 570,000 square feet of prime Grade A office space, and a unique retail gallery of 56,000 square feet

Tan Sri Azman Yahya, chairman of the Board of M+S, said: "Following a rigorous selection process, we're delighted to collaborate with Hyatt as we help to introduce the company's first Andaz hotel to South-east Asia as an integral part of the DUO development. Andaz Singapore at DUO marks a significant milestone for M+S in our efforts to transform Singapore's cityscape through our two iconic projects: DUO and Marina One. When completed, DUO will offer a distinctive 24/7 live-work-play environment and reaffirm Singapore's leading position as the region's preeminent investment destination."

David Udell, group president Asia Pacific for Hyatt, said: "Singapore is one of the main business and commercial centres of Asia with robust demand for both business and leisure travel, and Hyatt is committed to being in the locations where we know our guests are traveling. The Andaz brand is an ideal fit for the vibrant DUO development, and this hotel will join several other exciting Andaz hotels in the pipeline in locations like Delhi, Munich, and Bali. It is our pleasure to collaborate with M+S to bring Andaz Singapore to life, and we look forward to delivering on Hyatt's promise of delivering the highest level of service and hospitality to our loyal guests who will be visiting this hotel from around the world."

Andaz Singapore will feature a lounge area, restaurants and bars, a rooftop outdoor venue, meeting and event spaces, spa services, a fitness centre, an outdoor swimming pool, and a gift shop.
Adpated from Boutique Hotel News .com

APRIL 2015 

PHARMACEUTICAL giant Abbott will be moving its offices to the Duo integrated development in Bugis, The Straits Times understands.

Industry sources said a lease is being drawn up for Abbott to occupy three floors in the project's office block, named Duo Tower. The American firm will also be an anchor tenant - and the largest in the building so far - taking 100,000 sq ft.

In what is likely to be this year's largest leasing deal so far, Abbott is said to be planning to move its offices from HarbourFront Centre in Telok Blangah, Gateway West in Beach Road and Visioncrest Commercial in Penang Road to the Duo building, after its completion in 2017.

Abbott also has premises at the Biopolis in one-north. It is understood that property firm JLL brokered the deal, but it declined to comment when contacted. Abbott, too, declined to comment, saying: "We do not comment on market rumours."

The firm's impending move follows a spate of relocations into the Bugis office sub-market.

Multinational firms such as Facebook, Sanofi, Rabobank, TMF Group, Bain and Company and De Lage Landen were earlier reported to be moving to the nearby South Beach Tower, the office component of City Developments' South Beach mixed-use project.

Rents secured there ranged from $9 to $12 per sq ft (psf), said South Beach Consortium, the group developing the project in Beach Road.

Duo, located between Ophir Road and Rochor Road, has a gross floor area of 1.73 million sq ft and a net lettable area (NLA) of 570,000 sq ft. Its 39-storey commercial tower will have a retail component, named Duo Galleria, as well as office floor plates spanning 28,000 sq ft - the largest in the Bugis office segment so far.

M+S had also in January stitched a deal with Hyatt Hotels and Resorts to develop a 340-room, five-star Andaz hotel - a boutique brand under the Hyatt group - within Duo. The development will comprise a 49-storey residential block with 660 units, ranging from studios and one- to four-bedroom apartments, to penthouses.

Colliers International said in a report that a "lack of significant new office completions" this year could shore up occupancies. "Nonetheless, rents may still be reined in due to pre-leasing activities from sizeable projects, (which are) expected to be completed in 2016," said the firm.

This includes developments such as M+S' other integrated development, Marina One in Marina Bay, with an NLA of about 1.9 million sq ft, and GuocoLand's GuocoTower in Peck Seah Street, with an NLA of about 890,000 sq ft.

Monthly rents of Grade A offices in the Central Business District (CBD) were $11.40 per sq ft in the first quarter, data from CBRE showed, up 1.8 per cent from the preceding quarter.

Though South Beach and Duo are in the fringe areas of the CBD, Dr Lee Nai Jia, associate director of research at DTZ, said the Bugis area is becoming popular with international firms because of its accessibility and buildings with large office floor plates.

"Bugis serves as an interchange for East-West and Downtown MRT lines," said Dr Lee. "It is extremely accessible by car as the area is serviced by many expressways. With South Beach and Duo coming up there, it will further energise the area."

NOV 2013  Buyers pick up 87% of Duo Residences in Bugis within three days

The 660-unit Duo Residences in Bugis had sold 468 units out of the 540 units released as at 3pm on Friday, its developer M+S told The Straits Times. This works out to a take-up rate of about 87 per cent within three days. More units are likely to be sold by the end of Friday, as queues at the showflat were still long when The Straits Times visited at 3pm.

The average selling price was about $2,000 per sq ft (psf) and the highest price psf achieved was $2,600 psf for a studio apartment, M+S said in a statement. M+S chief operating officer Kemmy Tan told The Straits Times that demand was strong enough for the 49-storey project to "achieve a good pricing from the developer's point of view". 

Most of the buyers - 78 per cent - were Singaporeans. Of these, the bulk were investors who already stay in private homes.Malaysians accounted for 16 per cent of buyers. The remaining 6 per cent were mostly Indonesians, Chinese and Americans, Ms Tan said.

From Strait Times Singapore

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