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12v11: Sherianne Lew, Eremus Soh, Ho Jing En
Gather information that you might use to determine if
X has the typical characteristics of the CBD.
To determine whether this location is a CBD, we conducted ieldwor! and o site research o
Location ", managing to gather the ollowing characteristics o this m#sterious location, which
we ound to $e %ales &lace'
Maps of Location X:
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Legend:()range Bo*+ : %oad(Blue Bo*+ : Building(&urle Bo*+ : Transortation
Buildings: - : %eu$lic &la.aB : )ne %ales &laceC : The -rcadeD: Cliord Center E : Cheveron House (formerly Caltex House)/: Singaore Land Tower 0 : HSBC Ban!
%oads: - : Batter# %oadB : /ullerton SuareC D : Coll#er 3ua#E : D4almeida Street/ : 5alacca Street
Transortation: -6B : %ales &lace 5%T Station
Aerial View of Location X:
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Tallest buildings in the city
%ales &lace consists o mainl# tall oice $uildings located close to one another or eective
land use $ecause o high demand and cometition or land in this area, resulting in high rents
Building 7ame Height
8m9
Side notes
One Raffles Place 2; one o the three tallest s!#scraers in
Singaore
Republic Plaa 2; one o the three tallest s!#scraers inSingaore
!in"apore Lan# $ower 1<; 1<th tallest $uilding'
Hitac%i $ower 1=<';
C%e&ron House (formerly Caltex 1>2';
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House)
Two o the countr#?s tallest s!#scraers are located here, )ne %ales &lace and %eu$lic
&la.a, $oth o which has @; loors and are o 2; metres in height, which is the ma*imum height
attaina$le due to aviation restrictions' The 1<th tallest $uilding, the Singaore Land Tower is
also located in the area' However, desite o the height limitations, these s!#scraers are so
densel# ac!ed that the densit# o oices in this area is argua$l# the highest in Singaore'
%ales &lace thus its the CBD characteristic o containing the tallest $uildings in the cit#'
Picture 1: The Chevron House, 152.0 m tall.
Picture 2: Maybank buildin and other tall in!rastructures.
Constantly undergoing change
An 2;;, - new commercial tower was constructed ne*t to the e*isting tower, then called
)verseas nion Ban! Centre' The new tower was oened in 2;11 and uon comletion o thistower, the comle* was renamed )ne %ales &lace' -lso, the area is constantl# undergoing
renovation and re$uilding, as construction sites are seen $eside The -rcade4'
Picture 1: "noin construction and renovation beside #The $rcade%.
Picture 2: "ne &a!!les Place
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High proportion of citys ma!or offices
5an# $uildings in %ales &lace used or commercial activities and have maor oices andservice activities li!e $an!ing and inance' Some o the $an!s located in this vicinit#
include -merican E*ress Ban!, -ustralia -nd 7ew ealand Ban!, Ban! o China andStandard Chartered Ban!'
Picture 1: 'ank "! China
Picture 2: C(M' bank Picture ): Maybank
Greatest number of pedestrians
The num$er o edestrians at %ales lace ver# large, as seen rom the edestrian count at 2
dierent locations:
Location 1: An ront o %ales 5%T station
The edestrian count at the %ales 5%T rom F'1>m to F'2>m is 1<' 0enerall#, there are
a$out 1>;2;; eole assing $# at a nonea! hours'
Location 2: Junction $etween )B la.a and standard chartered
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The edestrian count outside )B la.a and standard chartered was 1>< eole rom G'>;m
to F';>m on a wor!ing da#'
/rom the inormation a$ove, it is evident that the concentration o edestrians or $oth areas at
%ales &lace is e*tremel# high' Hence, this matches the characteristic o the CBD that it has
the greatest num$er o edestrians'
High concentration of traffic" #ell lin$ed by transport systems
Location: Batter# %oad, %ales &lace'
%ight view Let iew
Time 8min9 G @ < 12 1>
7o o vehicles F1 F@ G2 G< >;
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The vehicles we counted included cars, motorc#cles, truc!s, $uses, vans, and $ic#cles'
There is a high concentration o traic at Batter# %oad, %ales &lace, with a total o 2;
vehicles counted rom G'>Fm F';<m at Batter# %oad' This num$er is considered as ver#
high eseciall# since the this eriod o time was not a ea! hour'
-lso, %ales &lace 5%T station is located in the middle o %ales lace, ma!ing it easil#accessi$le or eole to travel to the CBD area or wor! eseciall# since the mrt station is the
intersection o the 7orthSouth Line an EastIest Line' Hence, %ales lace also shows the
CDB characteristics o having the greatest concentration o vehicles'
%ales &lace is also strategicall# located with man# roads leading to it' The area is ound at themeeting oint o maor lines o transort into the cit# such as Chulia Street, Coll#er 3ua# and
Batter# %oad' -dditionall#, %ales is well lin!ed $# underasses to acilitate eas# travelling into
the area
Ma!or retailing outlets
5ost o the $uildings within %ales lace are retail outlets and are usuall# $randed chain stores
and high end services' /or e*amle, in change alle# itsel, there is a total o 1@> shos within
the mall, @F retail stores, G< shos roviding services and ood and $everage service stores
amount to a total o >2'
Highest land %alues in the city
The %ales &lace area is one o the most sought ater area in Singaore or oices $# $an!s
and inancial institutes and $usiness centres' %ales &lace has the highest concentration o
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0rade - $uildings and is !nown as the Iall Street o Singaore' The current rental rates or
remium $uildings here are in the range o S1; K S2; s 8er suare eet9 er month' This is
considered to have a higher rental than other cit# areas li!e, Dho$# 0haut, Chinatown area
which have an average rental rate o @';;s er month, highest ound was ='>;s er
month'
-s seen rom the ta$le a$ove, the rental rates at %ales &lace is the highest among the other
areas' -lthough the rental rate has droed rom 2;; to 2;1;, its rates are still among the
highest' Hence, %ales &lace has the CBD characteristics o having the highest land value in
Singaore and as comared to %ales &lace, the land values in other areas o the Cit# are
lower'
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-s seen rom the characteristics a$ove, it can $e concluded that #es, location " has the
characteristics o the t#ical CBD' Location ":
has the tallest $uildings, as well as man# other tall inrastructures situated and $uilt close
together
has the heaviest concentration o traic and edestrians
has maor retailing outlets
has the highest value o the cit# has the highest roortion o maor oices
is constantl# undergoing change
These are all t#ical characteristic o a CBD, and hence, Location " do have the t#ical
characteristic o a CBD' :9
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