Amid steady demand for commercial space in Joo Chiat, why have some shop units stayed empty for over a year?
Mihaela Măncilă
A mix of high costs, planning constraints and uneven footfall may be making it harder for some parts of the popular heritage enclave to attract tenants. In her eight years of running a gym on Joo Chiat Place, Ms Carol R Cabal, 62, has seen neighbouring businesses come and go. But since a wave of redevelopment works ended, one particular row of units has remained empty for months. The stretch of shuttered spaces on Joo Chiat Place – just off Joo Chiat Road – sits just two doors from her studio,
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