4 floors to be added to conserved Golden Mile Complex

Developer also gets nod for new 45-storey residential tower connected via link bridge

- Ng Keng Gene

Four storeys will be added to the conserved Golden Mile Complex, along with a new 45-storey residential tower named Aurea.

On Aug 29, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) granted developer GMC Property - a joint venture between Perennial Holdings, Far East Organization and Sino Land - permission to add four storeys of office space to the complex, which was gazetted for conservation in October 2021 and will be renamed The Golden Mile.

The developer was also given permission to build Aurea, a 188-unit condominium, which will be connected to the original Golden Mile Complex via a link bridge.

When the conservation was announced, URA said the complex, which was completed in 1973, is "considered one of the most architecturally, historically and socially significant modern buildings in Singapore".

URA added at the time that the complex "is a symbol of the architectural and engineering ingenuity of Singapore's pioneer generation of building professionals", who included principal architects Tay Kheng Soon, Gan Eng Oon and William Lim, then of home-grown firm Design Partnership, which is today DP Architects - the firm working on Golden Mile Complex's rejuvenation and the new condominium tower.

The 16-storey building was the first large-scale strata-titled building to be conserved in Singapore. Conserved buildings cannot be demolished, and works carried out on them have to comply with guidelines set by the URA.