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The UIC Building (United Industrial Corporation Limited Building) was a former 40- storey, skyscraper in the
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Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...
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History

The tower was completed in 1973, and it was the 39th-tallest building in Singapore, tied in rank with Chevron House, Meritus Mandarin Singapore Tower Two, and
One Marina Boulevard One Marina Boulevard, sometimes called NTUC Centre, is a 32-storey, skyscraper at 1 Marina Boulevard, in the zone of Raffles Place and Marina Bay, in the central business district of Singapore. The building is near other skyscrapers, such as ...
. At the time of its 1973 completion, the UIC Building was the tallest structure in the city-state and one of the tallest buildings in
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. It retained the former title for only one year, as the United Overseas Bank Plaza Two was completed in 1974. The building was renovated in 1986 and was given a new concrete facade in the Brutalist style of architecture. In 2007, United Industrial Corporation, under a collective sale, bought the 21.2 per cent of the UIC Building that it did not already own in order for a redevelopment. In 2012, during demolition works of the building, part of the building gave way and collapsed, causing injuries to a worker. Demolition work had been completed in 2013. A new development by United Industrial Corporation which includes a mix of residential and commercial units known as V on Shenton (Five on Shenton) was started on its former site and was completed in 2017.


See also

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List of tallest buildings in Singapore The city-state of Singapore has over 9,000 completed high-rises, the majority located in the Downtown Core, the city centre of Singapore. In the city, there are 96 skyscrapers. The Guoco Tower currently holds the title of tallest building in S ...
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List of tallest voluntarily demolished buildings Voluntary building demolition is the decision by either the landowner or a higher government body to demolish a structure for any number of reasons, ranging from severe structural damage to the redevelopment of the land the building sits upon. Inv ...


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