The revamped CQ @ Clarke Quay will be your new day-and-night dining and lifestyle destination - Alvinology

The revamped CQ @ Clarke Quay will be your new day-and-night dining and lifestyle destination

Clarke Quay is extending its appeal from a nightlife attraction to a day-and-night destination with a S$62.0 million asset enhancement initiative (AEI).

The scope of the AEI includes improving the daytime thermal comfort of the property’s inner streets, introducing tenants with an exciting blend of lifestyle and F&B concepts that best utilise the reinstated godown typology of the conserved warehouses at Block B, enhancing the selection of day-and-night dining options, updating the outdoor refreshment areas (ORAs) and working with tenants to make the property a pet-friendly attraction.

Popularly known as “CQ” for short, the property has added its initials to its name and will be marketed as “CQ @ Clarke Quay” locally and internationally to reflect its modern interpretation of Clarke Quay’s rich heritage.

The revamped CQ @ Clarke Quay will be your new day-and-night dining and lifestyle destination - Alvinology
The property façade of Block B will be given a new paint of heritage colours, which reference historical palettes and highlight the characteristics of the reinstated godown typology. This is a view of the revamped CQ @ Clarke Quay from River Valley Road.

Located along the Singapore River at the fringe of Singapore’s Central Business District, CQ @ Clarke Quay is a unique conserved landmark with beautiful shophouses as well as restored waterfront godowns which were Singapore’s key warehousing facilities in the nineteenth century. After the AEI, CQ @ Clarke Quay will comprise three main zones, each with an exciting mix of day-to-night offerings. The three zones are:

  • The Riverfront (Blocks A and D), featuring riverside dining in an alfresco or heritage shophouse setting;
  • The Warehouses (Block B), offering an exciting blend of retail lifestyle and F&B concepts in a conserved godown; and
  • The Circuit (Blocks C and E), showcasing high-energy concepts, entertainment and F&B establishments.
The revamped CQ @ Clarke Quay will be your new day-and-night dining and lifestyle destination - Alvinology
CQ @ Clarke Quay will comprise three main zones, The Riverfront (Blocks A and D), The Warehouses (Block B), and The Circuit (Blocks C and E), each with an exciting mix of day-to-night offerings.

To date, pre-commitment from tenants and leases in advanced negotiations have reached over 70% of CQ @ Clarke Quay’s net lettable area. The new tenant mix will offer a wide spectrum of day trade activities and retail offerings including breakfast and lunch options. The Warehouses will feature an all-new brewery concept by an award-winning hospitality group.

Other tenants in The Warehouses include:

  • Swee Lee
  • FairPrice Finest
  • Catching the Waves

Tenants in the other zones include:

  • Natureland
  • Seafood Paradise
  • Slingshot

In addition, existing key tenants Zouk Group and 1-Group will be refining their concepts to expand their day-to-night offerings in line with the repositioning of CQ @ Clarke Quay.

The revamped CQ @ Clarke Quay will be your new day-and-night dining and lifestyle destination - Alvinology
A view of the refreshed CQ @ Clarke Quay from the Singapore River.
The revamped CQ @ Clarke Quay will be your new day-and-night dining and lifestyle destination - Alvinology
A view of CQ @ Clarke Quay’s pet-friendly alfresco dining areas along the Singapore River.
The revamped CQ @ Clarke Quay will be your new day-and-night dining and lifestyle destination - Alvinology
The revamped CQ @ Clarke Quay will introduce more retail and lifestyle tenants that maximise the reinstated godown typology of the conserved warehouses at Block B. This is an interior view of a heritage warehouse unit with skylight.
The revamped CQ @ Clarke Quay will be your new day-and-night dining and lifestyle destination - Alvinology
As part of the creative placemaking effort of CQ @ Clarke Quay, the refreshed property façade at Tan Tye Place will be adorned with vibrant murals that celebrate life in the area.
The revamped CQ @ Clarke Quay will be your new day-and-night dining and lifestyle destination - Alvinology
In a nod to Read Bridge’s past as a social gathering place for storytelling, upgraded steps that double up as seats will be added to the landing of Read Bridge, alongside a new accessibility ramp with lookout points, as part of the revamp of CQ @ Clarke Quay.

Sustainability

CQ @ Clarke Quay will continue to operate throughout the AEI, which will be carried out in phases from 3Q 2022 to 3Q 2023. The property has been a pioneer in adopting innovative and sustainable energy management solutions, having received the “ASEAN Energy Efficient Building Award for Tropical Design” in 2006 conferred by the ASEAN Centre for Energy.

With the upcoming enhancement of its property management systems, CQ @ Clarke Quay is expected to upgrade its green building rating conferred by the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) from Green Mark Certification to Green Mark Gold (plus) upon completion of this AEI.

Around 34% of the total project cost is dedicated to green features, such as a more energy-efficient chiller and a new ETFE (ethylene tetrafluoroethylene) canopy.

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