An art gallery and recreational outlets including an indoor children’s entertainment centre are adding to the buzz at Tanglin Village.

An art gallery and recreational outlets including an indoor children’s entertainment centre are adding to the buzz at Tanglin Village.

The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) announced yesterday it has awarded two more sites with an area of 40,135 sq m, consisting of 11 blocks, to construction company Country City Investment.

Both sites are on a three-year lease, with an option to renew up to 2015.

Some of the new additions of fine-dining restaurants, recreational and retail outlets are already open for business on one of the sites at 8 Dempsey Hill, which has seven blocks.

The 16 new outlets on the site include cafe Dome, ice-cream parlour Ben & Jerry’s, and Harry’s Bar.

Other outlets on the site, like art gallery Red Sea Gallery and Go-Go Bambini, a children’s entertainment playground, opened recently.

Country City will seek sub-tenants to open outlets on its second site at 25 Dempsey Road, formerly occupied by the Civil Service Club (CSC).

The SLA said it received a good response from bidders with nine bids ranging from $38,000 to $94,000 for the 16,300 sq m site, which has four blocks.

Country City’s first sub-tenant at Tanglin Village is established food haunt Samy’s Curry Restaurant. It had remained on site on a temporary licence when the CSC moved out last year.

General manager of Country City, Mr Nicholas Ng, said he hopes the new outlets and fine-dining restaurants will ‘be a new lifestyle destination’ for Singaporeans, expatriates and tourists.

The SLA said another property at 45 Minden Road will be put up for public tender in August.

Source: The Straits Times, 29 June 2007