Dempsey tenants maintain out hope they’ll proceed enterprise at ‘second dwelling’

“I’ve seemed and checked round however there’s nothing appropriate for my trade, which is a bit on the mid-market to the higher market,” he stated.

He added that Dempsey is a “fantastic place” for his enterprise.

“Push involves shove, and we can not discover a appropriate place to maneuver in come March, then there is a extremely doubtless risk that we’d have to shut store,” he informed CNA.

He stated that the tenants are holding out hope that the authorities will empathise with them.

In response to queries from CNA, the Singapore Land Authority (SLA), which manages Dempsey, stated it would interact all direct and grasp tenants earlier than the top of their tenancy phrases.

“SLA might think about an extension of tenancies on a case-by-case foundation, making an allowance for elements reminiscent of the precise circumstances of the location and the general planning intention of the precinct,” it stated. 

“SECOND HOME” LIKE NO OTHER

One other enterprise proprietor in the identical boat as Mr Hedger is Ms Ang of Woody Vintage Home.

The shop has referred to as Dempsey dwelling for greater than twenty years.

“This is sort of a second dwelling already,” she stated, including that expat prospects who’ve left the nation go to the shop with new mates every time they return right here.

She famous that when the shop first opened, it was amongst a number of furnishings retailers promoting teak wooden and artefacts, together with many carpet retailers as nicely.

Woody Vintage Home is now one of some furnishings retailers that stay on the in style way of life vacation spot, she stated.

“There’s this rustic allure the place you understand, individuals can come right here, they’ll flick through all of the retailers after which they’ll discover little treasures, hidden within the corners and issues like that,” she stated.