URA greenlights redevelopment of the Forum, voco Orchard, and HPL house

HPL will be in charge of the redevelopment.

Hotel Properties Limited (HPL) has received the Grant of Provisional Permission (PP) from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) to redevelop the Forum, voco Orchard Singapore and HPL House.

The properties located along Orchard and Cuscaden Road have a combined land area of 14,027.12 square meters (sqm) or 150,986.66 square feet (sqft).

"The approval is for a comprehensive mixed redevelopment comprising hotel, retail, office and residential components in two tower buildings of 64 storeys and 43 storeys on a 6-storey podium with a rooftop garden, a performance theatre and a basement carpark," HPL said in a bourse filing.

"A separate 29-storey tower will be erected over the contiguous basement carpark," the company added.

The total approved gross floor area for the proposed mixed development is approximately 114,153.38 sqm (1,228.736.71 sqft).

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