Singapore's Real Estate: 50 Years of Transformation (World Scientific Singapore's 50 Years of Nation-Building)

"Singapore's Real Estate: 50 Years of Transformation documents the transformation and development of the real estate market in Singapore over the past 50 years. This volume is organised around two major themes, and covers issues from the "bricks and mortar" to the capital markets; and from local to international real estate markets. The themes aptly describe how real estate has played an important role in the economic development and growth of Singapore from a third world to a first world country. Written by well-renowned experts with deep academic and practical knowledge of the progress of real estate in Singapore, this book highlights the uniqueness of real estate markets and institutions in Singapore, which have constantly been replicated and adopted in other markets."--Provided by publisher Contents Foreword • Lawrence Wong Preface • Tan Chorh Chuan Introduction • Deng Yongheng Acknowledgements About the Editors Part A: The Making of a Global City 1 Evolution of the Real Estate Industry in Singapore • Seek Ngee Huat 2 Transforming a Nation: Role of Government Agencies • Yu Shi Ming & Sing Tien Foo 3 Changing Skyline: Real Estate Development Industry in Singapore • Sing Tien Foo 4 Role of Real Estate Service Providers in Growing the Real Estate Industry • Yu Shi Ming Part B: A Global Real Estate Market Place 5 Singapore Commercial Real Estate Industry in a Global Context • Seek Ngee Huat 6 Exporting Singapore’s Experiences in Real Estate Development and Urban Planning • Sing Tien Foo & Yu Shi Ming Part C: Real Estate Capital Markets 7 The Rise of Singapore’s Real Estate Investment Trust (SREIT) Market • Sing Tien Foo 8 Bridging the Gap between Capital and Real Estate Markets • Sing Tien Foo Part D: 50 Years of Grooming Real Estate Talents 9 Real Estate Education • Yu Shi Ming 10 Transforming Singapore’s Real Estate: Building on Firm Foundation • Sing Tien Foo & Yu Shi Ming "Singapore's Real Estate: 50 Years of Transformation documents the transformation and development of the real estate market in Singapore over the past 50 years. This volume is organised around two major themes, and covers issues from the "bricks and mortar" to the capital markets; and from local to international real estate markets. The themes aptly describe how real estate has played an important role in the economic development and growth of Singapore from a third world to a first world country. Written by well-renowned experts with deep academic and practical knowledge of the progress of real estate in Singapore, this book highlights the uniqueness of real estate markets and institutions in Singapore, which have constantly been replicated and adopted in other markets"-- Provided by publisher Transforming a nation: role of government agencies / Yu Shi Ming, Sing Tien Foo Changing skyline: real estate development industry in Singapore / Sing Tien Foo Roles of intermediaries in real estate industry / Yu Shi Ming Evolution of the Singapore commercial real estate industry in a global context / Seek Ngee Huat Exporting Singapore's experiences in real estate development and urban planning / Sing Tien Foo, Yu Shi Ming The rise of Singapore's real estate investment trust (SREIT) market / Sing Tien Foo Bridging the gap between capital and real estate markets / Seek Ngee Huat, Sing Tien Foo Real estate education / Yu Shi Ming Transforming Singapore's real estate: building on firm foundation / Sing Tien Foo / Yu Shi Ming. 50 Years of Real Estate in Singapore documents the transformation and development of the real estate market in Singapore over the past 50 years. __Singapore's Real Estate: 50 Years of Transformation__