(April 28): Standard Chartered Plc is weighing options to downsize its office space in what could become the biggest floor cuts by a bank in Singapore in recent years, according to people familiar with the matter.
The London-based bank is weighing options that would see it give up some of the 21 floors it leases at Marina Bay Financial Tower 1 in the business district, according to people familiar, who requested not to be named because the matter is private. An option for the bank is to cut a minimum of four floors the equivalent of about 80,000 square feet one of the people said. The plans are under discussion and subject to change, the people said.
The Straits Times
Standard Chartered bank considers slashing Singapore office space: Sources
Standard Chartered currently occupies 21 floors in Marina Bay Financial Tower 1 in the business district.PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO
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Standard Chartered Plc is weighing options to downsize its office space in what could become the biggest floor cuts by a bank in Singapore in recent years, according to people familiar with the matter.
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DBS Group is poised to trim office space in Singapore to pare its footprint in the city-state during the coronavirus pandemic.
Southeast Asia’s largest bank plans to surrender about two and half floors in Tower 3 of the Marina Bay Financial Centre (MBFC), according to people with knowledge of the matter. The lender occupies more than a dozen floors in the building, located in the central business district.
DBS is set to give up the floors in December, the people said, asking not to be identified because the plans are private. A representative for the company declined to comment.
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