- SIA Building
Infobox Skyscraper
|building_name = SIA Building
location =Shenton Way ,Downtown Core ,Singapore
use = Commercial
type =High-rise
roof = 176 m, convert|576|ft|m|abbr=on
floor_count = 40
status = Occupied
architect = Obayashi Gumi Corporation, SAA Partnership
developer =
management = TSO Investment
owner = TSO Investment
contractor =
website =The SIA Building is a high-rise
skyscraper located in the central business district ofSingapore . The building is located on 77 Robinson Road, just next to DBS Building Tower One and Two. [citeweb | title = Asia Travel : Map of SIA Building (S) 068896 | publisher = StreetDirectory.com | url = http://www.streetdirectory.com/asia_travel/travel/travel_id_7969/travel_site_3012/ | accessdate = 2008-02-05 ] The SIA Building is the flagship building forSingapore Airlines . [citeweb | title = SIA Building, Singapore | publisher =Emporis | url = http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=siabuilding-singapore-singapore | accessdate = 2008-02-05 ]The building has a net floor area of around 295,000 square feet (27,400 square metres). It has a total of 180 car park lots. [citeweb | title = Singapore: SIA Dispose of Its Namesake SIA Building | publisher = FMAccounting | url = http://fmaccounting.com/singapore-sia-dispose-of-its-namesake-sia-building/ | accessdate = 2008-02-05 ]
History
SIA Building was designed by Obayashi Gumi Corporation, and SAA Partnership, and structural engineering of the development was done by T. Y. Lin International [citeweb | title = Structurae [en] : SIA Building (1998) | publisher = Nicolas Janberg | url = http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0011900 | accessdate = 2008-02-05 ] . Construction of the building was completed in 1998. Other firms involved in the development included
Singapore Airlines , PCR Engineers Private Limited, PCR Engineers Private Limited, Rider Hunt Levett & Bailey, Levett & Bailey Chart, and Quantity Surveyors Ltd. [citeweb | title = SIA Building, Singapore | publisher =Emporis | url = http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=siabuilding-singapore-singapore | accessdate = 2008-02-05 ]Architecture
The SIA Building was one of the first high-rises in Singapore with its exterior made out of glass. As the flagship building for Singapore Airlines, it bears the Singapore Airlines' logo. The roof of the building also incorporates a tail fin design, similar to that of an airplane. [citeweb | title = SIA Building - SkyscraperPage.com | publisher = SkyscraperPage | url = http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=3356 | accessdate = 2008-02-05 ]
Selling of building
In 2006 [citeweb | title = SIA sells its Robinson Rd building for $344m | publisher = SGHousing.com | url = http://www.sghousing.com/2006/06/29/sia-sells-its-robinson-rd-building-for-344m/ | accessdate = 2008-02-05 ] , Singapore Airlines sold the SIA Building to TSO Investment, which is a unit of a real estate fund managed by CLSA Capital Partners. It comes at a price of
S$ 343.9 million, which amounts to some $1,165 dollars per square foot. According to the company, the sale was "in line with the non-core business strategy". It was valued at $118.8 million then. SIA subsequently used proceeds from the sale for investment and growing the company and its subsidiaries. [citeweb | title = Singapore: SIA Dispose of Its Namesake SIA Building | publisher = FMAccounting | url = http://fmaccounting.com/singapore-sia-dispose-of-its-namesake-sia-building/ | accessdate = 2008-02-05 ]See also
*
Singapore Airlines
*List of tallest buildings in Singapore References
External links
* [http://www.singaporeair.com/saa/en_UK/index.jsp Singapore Airlines] - homepage
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