About Hong Guan Building
Hong Guan Building is the registered name of the strata-titled building at 173 Bencoolen Street, Singapore 189642, in District 7 (Beach Road, Bugis, Rochor). Today the public knows it as Summer View Hotel. OneMap lists the address under the hotel's name, and street directories note Hong Guan Building as the former name. The strata development is managed by MCST 0455.
The hotel is a mid-priced city hotel with about 100 rooms, according to travel booking sites, and a ground-floor cafe. It is operated by Summer View Hotel Pte Ltd. A handful of small businesses are also registered at the address. Little has been published about the building's construction, so its age, developer and architect are not stated here.
Interesting facts
About the street: Bencoolen Street recalls Bencoolen (Bengkulu) in Sumatra, which Stamford Raffles governed before Singapore, and the Bencoolen Malays who settled in this area.
Hokkien speakers knew it as Gor Beh Lor, the fifth horse carriageway, part of a numbered system for the parallel streets running inland from North Bridge Road.
Two of the street's four traffic lanes were permanently given over to wide footpaths and a cycling path when the Downtown Line works were completed, as part of Singapore's car-lite push.
Bencoolen MRT station, further down the street, opened in October 2017 and at 43 metres below ground is the deepest station in Singapore.
Nearby
Rochor MRT (Downtown Line) is about 3 to 4 minutes away on foot. Bencoolen MRT (Downtown Line) and Bugis MRT (East West and Downtown lines) are each about 8 minutes away. Sim Lim Square, the electronics mall, is a short walk north, and Albert Centre Market and Food Centre is close by for hawker food. The Waterloo Street pedestrian mall, with Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple and Sri Krishnan Temple, is one street over. LASALLE College of the Arts and the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts are also within walking distance.
Key facts
Address: 173 Bencoolen Street, Singapore 189642
District: 7 (Beach Road, Bugis, Rochor)
Property type: Hotel (trading as Summer View Hotel) with strata commercial units
Rooms: About 100, according to booking sites
Nearest MRT: Rochor (DT13), Bencoolen (DT21), Bugis (EW12/DT14)
MCST: 0455