Collyer Quay () is a road in

Downtown Core The Downtown Core is the historical and downtown centre of the city-state of Singapore and the main commercial area in Singapore excluding reclaimed lands with many integrated resorts such as the Marina Bay Sands, one of the most expensive buildi ...

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that starts after Fullerton Road and ends at the junction of Raffles Quay,

Finlayson Green Finlayson Green (Chinese:芬礼逊埔) is a street and a traffic island in Downtown Core, Singapore, connecting the junctions of Robinson Road, Cecil Street and Collyer Quay and the junctions of Raffles Quay and Marina Boulevard. The traffic islan ...

and

Marina Boulevard Marina Boulevard is a road in Singapore running along the western side of Marina Bay in the Downtown Core district. Starting at Raffles Place intersecting with Collyer Quay and running south, there are a number of landmark buildings along the le ...

. The road houses several landmarks namely,

Clifford Pier Clifford Pier was a former pier located beside Collyer Quay at Marina Bay within the Downtown Core of the Central Area, Singapore. The pier, which opened in 1933, ceased operations in 2006. In 2008 the site was converted into a restaurant, One ...

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Hitachi Tower 16 Collyer Quay, formerly Hitachi Tower, is a 37- storey, , skyscraper in the central business district of Singapore. It is located on 16 Collyer Quay, in the zone of Raffles Place, near Chevron House, Change Alley, Tung Centre, and The Arcade, a ...

, Ocean Towers and

Ocean Financial Centre The Ocean Financial Centre is an office building located at Collyer Quay in the Raffles Place region of Downtown Core planning area, Singapore. It is built on the site of the former Ocean Building, which has been demolished. The new building reta ...

History

Until the late 1960s the front of Clifford Pier was a carpark. After office hours the carpark was transformed into a gathering place for musicians, mobile foodstalls and prostitutes. The carpark later made way for road-widening and construction of new developments.

New developments

There are new developments at the water front property along Collyer Quay between

and One Fullerton. A new waterfront hotel, called the

Fullerton Bay Hotel Clifford Pier was a former pier located beside Collyer Quay at Marina Bay within the Downtown Core of the Central Area, Singapore. The pier, which opened in 1933, ceased operations in 2006. In 2008 the site was converted into a restaurant, ...

, opened in 2010. The historical buildings, these being

and the former Customs Harbour Branch Building, were incorporated into the new developments. The hotel and the historical buildings are connected to incorporate the

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and to allow free pedestrian traffic along Marina Bay. A new office building, OUE Bayfront was also built to replace the former OUE building which stood beside Clifford Pier.

References

*''Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2004)'', Toponymics A Study of Singapore Street Names, Eastern University Press, '' {{Major roads in Singapore Roads in Singapore