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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

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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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