Nightlife outlets at Orchard Towers struggle to find new homes ahead of impending ban

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Nightlife outlets at Orchard Towers struggle to find new homes with impending ban

SINGAPORE - Operators of nightlife establishments in Orchard Towers say they are struggling to find alternative sites for their clubs, even withthat will ban public entertainment outlets in the development beyond July 2023.

The 58-year-old added that the space the bars occupy currently does not have the facilities to operate restaurants. A URA spokesman said operators of nightlife establishments at Orchard Towers could relocate their operations to other suitable commercial premises.CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust’s financial result for 2022 showed retail occupancy was at 98.3 per cent as at Dec 31, 2022. This figure excluded CQ @ Clarke Quay, which is still undergoing rejuvenation works.

“Generally, new nightlife establishments will not be allowed near residential developments or within areas where we have received adverse feedback from the local community about disamenities caused by such uses,” added the URA spokesman.Orchard Towers beauty salons exploiting regulation loophole to run vice operations

Several Thai-themed nightclubs and karaoke lounges also operated at Golden Mile Complex, a mixed-development building in Beach Road which was sold for $700 million in 2022.after the police granted public entertainment licences for businesses in the electronics and IT mall.But many owners of the 492 units in Sim Lim Square are also trying to have the six-storey building sold en bloc.

 

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