Marina Bay set to get even livelier
The Straits Times | 16 May 2013 More growth in store with new homes, offices and shops: Analysts MARINA Bay is already a flourishing neighbourhood, with hundreds of its own residents and many thousands more people streaming in each day to work and play. But the area is still very much a work in progress, said analysts, with more homes, offices and shops set to be built there over the next few years. Several empty plots are also yet to be developed. Analysts and major tenants were reflecting on the area's progress as the Marina Bay Financial Centre (MBFC) was officially launched yesterday. At the launch, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong hailed the latest addition to the Marina Bay skyline. He noted that the project added 3 million square feet of prime office space to the Central Business District - more than twice the office space at Raffles Place. It also set a new standard for green buildings. With its luxury apartments and restaurants