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The Octagon

πŸ“ 105 Cecil Street Singapore
πŸ—ΊοΈ D01 β€” Raffles Place, Marina, Cecil
🏒 MCST 1521OfficeπŸ†” UEN S90MC1521Dβœ“ Management Directory

About The Octagon

The Octagon is a 25-storey strata-titled office tower at 105 Cecil Street, Singapore 069534, in the Downtown Core, District 1. Leasing agents give a completion year of 1982 and market the building as freehold. Its Chinese name, used on some directories, is ε»Ίζ˜₯倧厦. Ownership is divided among many strata owners, so units are sold and let individually rather than by a single landlord.

The tower has a typical floor plate of about 5,400 square feet, with a central core, three passenger lifts and windows on three sides. Units are generally small, which has made the building popular with law firms, corporate service providers and other small professional practices. There is a drop-off point and a small basement car park with 36 lots. Property portals list the building as holding a BCA Green Mark certification awarded in 2018.

Interesting facts

  • Freehold strata offices are uncommon in the CBD, where most newer sites are sold by the state on 99-year leases. Several Cecil Street buildings from the 1970s and 1980s share this older tenure.

  • Cecil Street is named after Sir Cecil Clementi Smith, Governor of the Straits Settlements from 1887 to 1893.

  • The street was laid out on ground created by the Telok Ayer reclamation, which pushed the shoreline out from Telok Ayer Street. The old waterfront temples and mosques of that street are now a few minutes inland from The Octagon.

Nearby

Telok Ayer MRT (Downtown Line) is about 3 to 5 minutes' walk. Raffles Place MRT (North-South and East-West lines) and Shenton Way MRT (Thomson-East Coast Line) are each about 6 to 8 minutes away. Lau Pa Sat is a few minutes' walk, and Amoy Street Food Centre is also close. The Telok Ayer conservation area, with Thian Hock Keng temple and Telok Ayer Green, lies just to the west. Neighbouring office buildings include Cecil Court, Keck Seng Tower and Cross Street Exchange.

Key facts

  • Address: 105 Cecil Street, Singapore 069534

  • District: 1

  • Property type: Strata office

  • Completed: around 1982 (per leasing agents)

  • Tenure: marketed as freehold

  • Storeys: 25

  • Nearest MRT: Telok Ayer (DT), Raffles Place (NS/EW)

  • MCST: 1521