Inventory: Retail / Singapore
Streets ahead
A clutch of fresh independent businesses has opened in the neighbourhood along Joo Chiat Road, bringing a refreshing burst of modernity to the old-school area.
Peranakan-style ornate shophouses
The Joo Chiat neighbourhood on Singapore eastern coast has always been a cultural crossroads and is a world apart from the tall glassy towers of the CBD. Take a stroll and you’ll find rich Peranakan influences in the ornate shophouses and, before the pandemic, you’d have spotted a few Vietnamese restaurants, beauty salons and hawker stalls (plus the odd shady karaoke bar or massage parlour after dark).
Since lockdowns forced the city’s nightlife to lose its swagger, the street has been through a shake-up that shows…
