Singapore takes pride in its well planned urban fabric – there’s space set aside for everything in the city-state, from residential properties to parks and malls and warehouses. However, a report by JLL noted that it might be high time to review Singapore’s strict zoning rules. “A prescriptive and highly segmented blueprint approach to planning that was effective driving growth in the past 50 years may not be conducive in an era where innovation and flexibility are key,” JLL said. “The single use zone or even mixed use is not accommodative of business needs where there is a blurring of the lines between what is service and assemblage.” JLL suggests that planners could create a “grey zone” that will define what is not permissible in the zone, and yet provide flexibility for the private market to interpret and decide what they can or want to build, eventually.... Continue Reading