About GB Building
GB Building is a strata-titled office tower at 143 Cecil Street, Singapore 069542, at the junction of Cecil Street and McCallum Street in the Downtown Core, District 1. Recent sale notices describe it as a 26-storey development with a retail podium, an office tower and a three-storey basement car park for about 105 vehicles. The site is held on a 99-year lease that began in October 1982. EdgeProp records a land area of about 2,590 square metres and a gross floor area of about 29,000 square metres.
The building is in multiple ownership, and whole floors and the podium unit come up for sale from time to time. Agents highlight its regular, largely column-free floors, side core and four passenger lifts.
Interesting facts
The two-level retail unit at the base has a glass frontage of about 45 metres on the street corner and has approval for restaurant and bar use.
Cecil Street is named after Sir Cecil Clementi Smith, Governor of the Straits Settlements from 1887 to 1893, and was built on land from the Telok Ayer reclamation.
Nearby
Three MRT stations are within roughly 300 metres: Tanjong Pagar (East-West Line), Telok Ayer (Downtown Line) and Shenton Way (Thomson-East Coast Line), each about 4 to 6 minutes' walk. Amoy Street Food Centre is a few minutes away, and Lau Pa Sat is about 6 minutes' walk. The Telok Ayer and Amoy Street conservation area, including Thian Hock Keng temple, is just behind the building. Nearby towers include Cecil Place at 137 Cecil Street, Frasers Tower and the offices along Robinson Road.
Key facts
Address: 143 Cecil Street, Singapore 069542
District: 1
Property type: Strata office with retail podium
Tenure: 99-year leasehold from October 1982
Storeys: 26 (per sale notices), plus 3 basement levels
Floor area: about 29,000 sq m gross (per EdgeProp)
Nearest MRT: Tanjong Pagar (EW), Telok Ayer (DT), Shenton Way (TE)
MCST: 1636