The Ocean Financial Centre is an office building located at

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in the Raffles Place region of

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planning area,

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. It is built on the site of the former Ocean Building, which has been demolished. The new building retained the name and many of the tenants of the former office block, and will serve primarily as a home to financial corporations. The building features a large

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and is located next to

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. On 17 October 2011, K-REIT Asia acquired the building from

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for more than S$2 billion. Ocean Financial Centre used to house the Honorary Consulate of

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on the 37th floor of the building.

Gallery

File:Ocean Building, Dec 05.JPG, Ocean Building (taken in December 2005) File:Demolition of Ocean Building, Singapore - 20080323.jpg, Demolition of the old building. The Sail@Marina Bay can be seen in the background. File:Customs House, Singapore, under renovation - 20080324.jpg, Behind the Customs House in the foreground is Ocean Towers. Ocean Financial Centre now occupies the vacant plot to the left of Ocean Towers, in front of Republic Plaza. File:Topping out of Ocean Financial Centre, Singapore - 20101124.jpg, The

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of the new building on 24 November 2010 File:The lobby of Ocean Financial Centre, Singapore.JPG, The lobby of the completed building

References

External links

Ocean Financial Centre – an unofficial news site
2011 establishments in Singapore Downtown Core (Singapore) Marina Bay, Singapore Office buildings completed in 2011 Skyscraper office buildings in Singapore {{singapore-struct-stub