Marina One is an award winning integrated development located on a plum site in the heart of the Marina Bay Financial District, Singapore’s new CBD. A landmark project by M+S Pte Ltd, in a historic collaboration between Malaysia’s Khazanah Nasional Berhad & Singapore’s Temasek Holdings, spearheaded by no less than the heads of both governments.

It is master-planned to integrate living, working, and entertaining in a business and financial hub, with a lifestyle enhanced by abundance of greenery & open spaces.

The design of Marina One was conceived by architect Christoph Ingenhoven, recognised world-wide as a leader of integrated development concepts and sustainable Supergreen architecture. It meshes Grade-A office spaces with luxury homes (Marina One Residences), and 140,000 sq ft of retail and F&B space, encircling a ‘Green Heart’ of 65,000 sq ft of lush greenery.

Marina One Residences occupies a highly coveted central location, linked to 4 MRT lines out of the 6 in Singapore. One of the gems in the necklace of civic, cultural, leisure & dining attractions strung around Marina Bay.

Supply of new high-end residential properties in the Core Central Region is relatively limited, especially one such as this that could merit a place in any legacy portfolio.

• Choice of 1-, 2-, 2 + Study-, 3- or 4- bedroom apartments.
• With private lifts / lift lobbies except for one bedders and the smallest 2 bedroom units.
• Pneumatic Refuse Conveyance System (PRCS). Collection point at Basement 2 PRCS room.
• The 4th storey level is 26m above the 1st Storey floor level (equivalent to 8th storey).
• Residential Private Lifts: 9; Residential Common Lifts: 6; Carpark Lifts: 2
• All basement lift lobbies are air-conditioned.
• Street side facing windows, sliding doors and curtain wall are double glazed. Windows are tinted with low-emission coating.
• Security: Card Access System for levels 2 & 3 residential facilities, lift lobbies and private lifts; biometrics lock sets for residential units’ main doors.
• Residential car spaces are not allocated. First come first served basis. Carparks are charged at prevailing market rate.

• 40,000 sq ft of event space + 140,000 sq ft of retail and F&B space at the podium levels and along the underground pedestrian network.
• The retail podium encircles, and is part of the ‘Green Heart’.
• Mix includes lifestyle shops, a supermarket, F&B outlets, signature restaurants, food court.

• Two 30-storey prime Grade A commercial towers symmetrically sited at the north of the site, facing the Central Linear Park and Straits View on the outside, and the “Green Heart” on the inside.
• Approximately 1.88 million sq ft net lettable area.

• Two 34-storey residential towers symmetrically sited at the south of the site, facing Marina Station Square and Marina Way on the outside, and the “Green Heart” on the inside.
• 521 luxury homes in each Marina One Residences tower; total of 1,042 apartments.
• Facilities on Levels 2 & 3, with spaces to relax and rejuvenate, and spaces to entertain.
• Spaces to Relax & Rejuvenate: landscaped garden, pools & jacuzzis, relaxation cabanas, and the Green Heart with its waterfalls.
• Spaces to Entertain: residents’ clubhouse with concierge counter, Teppanyaki terraces, BBQ terraces, party zone, private dining rooms, private lounge.

According to a 22 January 2018 report by The Business Times, consultants are expecting high-end projects to perform well this year. As the Singapore economy recovers and stabilises, the real estate market should grow at a steady pace, with the luxury sector leading the market.Bank of Singapore’s (BOS) head of strategy Eli Lee said that he expects foreign buyers to return to the Singapore property market and kick the upturn into higher gear, especially in the prime residential segment.

One reason is that the Singapore market is starting to recover after falling 12% the last 4 years, compared with international residential markets, which have peaked or are peaking. Prices of Singapore luxury residential properties in particular are lower than for the major gateway cities.

At the same time, household income – and hence housing affordability – has improved.

“This stands in contrast to major peer cities such as Hong Kong, Tokyo, Sydney, London and San Francisco, where prices have instead increased and housing affordability has worsened over the same period. We believe Singapore residential property now presents attractive relative value,” Mr Lee said.

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• Cool colour scheme: 1BR, 2BR, 2+Study, Penthouse; Warm colour scheme: 3BR & 4BR
• Marble and timber flooring.
• Bathrooms: sanitary ware from Villeroy & Boch (Germany); fittings from Steinberg (Germany).
• Kitchens equipped with Miele (Germany) appliances & Poggenphol (Germany) cabinets.
• Air-conditioning system: Daikin.
• Cooker hobs: Gourmet Servery – Induction; Wet kitchen – Conventional.

Some of the Marina One Residences showflat photos below may show sea views. But note that as the land to the south gets built up in future, such views could become obstructed.

Use the arrows to scroll through the Marina One showflat photos. Or click to enlarge.

Owned 60:40 respectively by Khazanah Nasional Berhad and Temasek Holdings, M+S Pte Ltd was set up on 27 June 2011 to develop 4 parcels of land in Marina South and 2 parcels in the Ophir-Rochor areas of Singapore. These were unveiled as 2 integrated developments, Marina One and DUO. Duo Residences is now 97% sold, while Phase 1 of Marina One Residences is 80% sold.

Marina One was designed by an award-winning team of Christoph Ingenhoven of Ingenhoven Architects, and landscape architect Kathryn Gustafson from Gustafson Porter + Bowman.

Gustafson Porter is a landscape architectural practice based in London that has received acclaim for creating engaging spaces within a global portfolio. The projects they do are sensitive to their site, often taking reference from the history and culture of the place, and creating connections between the building’s architecture and its context.

Many have observed that their work is fluid, sensual, and sculptural. They also have a reputation for extremely high design quality, and have won numerous awards. Some of their work includes Gardens by the Bay (Singapore), Woolwich Square (London), Old Market Square (Nottingham, England), Valencia Parque Central (Spain), Cultuurpark Westergasfabriek (Amsterdam).

Marina One is a Supergreen integrated development with numerous features that have earned it LEED Platinum & BCA Green Mark Platinum ratings, and several design & sustainability awards.

Marina One . Green Architecture . Sustainability Features . Click to Enlarge

With its design of a lush central oasis, the architects have created a garden within a city within a garden. Its stepping form at its core is inspired by the natural beauty of Asian rice terraces.

Marina One Singapore. Landscape Concept . Click to Enlarge

Marina One’s landscape design draws upon the diversity of flora found at different altitudes in the tropics. From the Green Valley at Levels 1, 2 & 3 that re-creates the sense of enclosure and intimacy of a rainforest, to the Cloud Forest at Levels 4 & 15 that mirrors the transition through a tropical cloud cover, to the Mountain Top that depicts a montane forest at the Rooftop level.