Along Singapore's most storied shopping corridor, a quiet feasibility study has become a forced reckoning for dozens of small businesses: Far East Organisation is converting multiple floors of Orchard Central into office space, with Deloitte set to arrive by 2027. The notices, dated June 1, gave tenants until November 30 to leave — regardless of how many years remained on their leases. In the longer arc of urban evolution, this moment asks what a city owes to the merchants who built the character of a place, even as it reaches toward a more integrated future.
Orchard Central evicts upper-floor tenants by November for office conversion
Dozens of small business owners and service providers face displacement, including a 17-year hairdressing salon operator and fitness studios with established member communities, with limited relocation support.