HDB Hub

HDB Hub is the headquarters of the Housing and Development Board. It is located on Lorong 6 Toa Payoh in Toa Payoh, Singapore next to Toa Payoh MRT station.

A shot of the HDB Hub and surrounding buildings (click to view) from across the PIE.
A shot of the HDB Hub and surrounding buildings (click to view) from across the PIE.

History

The HDB Hub opened on 10 June 2002 as the headquarters of the Housing and Development Board, with all public service counters in the board's former headquarters in Bukit Merah being closed on 8 June.[1] The building cost $380 million to complete.[2] A showroom, named Habitat Forum, was launched in the hub on 24 October 2002.[3]

The building is connected to the Toa Payoh Bus Interchange.[4] The hub includes a four-storey shopping mall, named Toa Payoh Central,[5] and a 33-storey office tower.[6] Tenants of the office building initially included ABN AMRO, OCBC Bank, POSB Bank, DBS Bank, United Overseas Bank, housing agency C & H Properties, real estate firm ERA Real Estate, property agent PropNex, commercial space management company Ideal Connection.[2][7] Real estate firm DTZ and Global Real Estate later became tenants.[8] By September 2003, at least nine law firms were located in the hub.[9] The RSAF50@Heartlands event was held in the mall in 2018 to celebrate the golden jubilee of the Republic of Singapore Air Force.[10]

  • Shot of HDB Hub from across the PIE showing surrounding buildings.
    Shot of HDB Hub from across the PIE showing surrounding buildings.
  • Shot of HDB Hub in inclement weather.
    Shot of HDB Hub in inclement weather.

References
  1. "Remember...". Streats. Singapore. 7 June 2002.
  2. Paulo, Derrick A. (10 December 2002). "A home-loan hub". today. Singapore. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  3. "HDB's new showflats open today". today. Singapore. 24 December 2002. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  4. Ng, Desmond (15 May 2002). "What Prof found under the new HDB hub". The New Paper. Singapore.
  5. Robert, Crispina (12 June 2002). "Toa Payoh Central's stuffed with the new". The New Paper. Singapore.
  6. Yeo, Alicia (11 June 2002). "HDB's first day in a new home". The Straits Times. Singapore.
  7. Tan, Hui Yee (28 October 2003). "Valuair eyeing HDB Hub to set up HQ". The Straits Times. Singapore.
  8. Sreedharan, Sumita (10 January 2010). "Toa Payoh turning into hub for estate agencies". The Straits Times. Singapore.
  9. Guevarra, Vladimir (9 September 2003). "Law firms home in on Hub of HDB sales action". The Straits Times. Singapore.
  10. Alkhatib, Shafiq (11 March 2018). "RSAF makes a landing at the HDB Hub in Toa Payoh this weekend to mark its golden jubilee". The Straits Times. Singapore. Retrieved 29 June 2022.

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