Asia Square

Asia Square
General information
Status Tower 1: Completed, Tower 2: Completed
Type Office, Retail, Hotel
Location Marina Bay, Downtown Core, Singapore
Height
Roof Tower 1: 221.48 m, Tower 2: 228.95 m
Technical details
Floor count Tower 1: 43, Tower 2: 46
Design and construction
Architect Denton Corker Marshall Pty Ltd Architect 61 Pte Ltd
Website
www.thehumanbuilding.com

Asia Square (Chinese: 亚洲广场; pinyin: Yà Zhōu Guǎng Chǎng), located along Marina View at Marina Bay in Singapore. It is located in Marina Bay, Singapore’s new business and financial precinct. It comprises 2,000,000 sq ft of office space, over 30 entertainment and dining premises, as well as the Central Business District (CBD)'s largest gym.

Asia Square is also Singapore’s first-ever commercial development integrated with a business hotel, The Westin Singapore, located at Tower 2. A 100,000 sq ft landscaped plaza, ‘The Cube’, links the two towers at Asia Square.

Asia Square Tower 1, which consists of 43 floors, was officially opened on 8 November 2011 by Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong.[1]

Asia Square Tower 2, which consists of 46 floors, was officially opened on 19 November 2013.

Tenants

Citi is the anchor tenant for Asia Square Tower 1, giving Citi the right to the building signage. It houses Citi Asia Pacific, Citi Singapore headquarters and Citi Private Bank. Other Tower 1 tenants include Taipei-based Global Financial Services Group CTBC Bank at #33-02, Julius Baer, the Swiss National Bank, Bank Sarasin, Lloyd's of London, Google, Marsh & McLennan, White & Case, Royal Bank of Canada, Fidelity and Sinochem. Leading service office Regus has set up a business centre on level 7, which offers range of office solutions along with meeting rooms.Pure Fitness, a fitness brand from Hong Kong occupies the entire level 6 at Asia Square Tower 1, a total of 32,000 sq ft, said to be Singapore's largest gym.

Tenants of Asia Square Tower 2 include: Mizuho, Allianz, Westpac, Bank Mandiri,Just Office, Mercuria Energy Trading, National Australia Bank, Nikko Asset Management, Edrington, Platinum Equity Advisors, Russell Reynolds, Scor Re and Swiss Re.

Environmental sustainable design

The development incorporates several environmental sustainable features. It will house the largest photovoltaic cells (solar panel) installation on the roof in Singapore and also the first bio-diesel generation plant in a commercial development in the CBD.

Asia Square has achieved both the Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design Core & Shell (LEED-CS) Platinum certification by the US Green Building Council [2] and Green Mark Platinum Award by the Building and Construction Authority of Singapore,[3] making it one of Asia's greenest buildings.

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