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The Fullerton Waterboat House

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In 2005, the Waterboat House was awarded the Architectural Heritage Award by the Urban Redevelopment Authority for the restoration works done by MINKTan Architects, which included recovery of the original grey Shanghai Plaster finish and the addition of a new glass annexe.
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respectively, had officially re-opened on 19 November 2015. Later in August 2018, Galeno, the Food & Beverage company of the restaurant and rooftop sought a High Court order to compel the landlord to extend its lease and bar's license for two more years.
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soon took over the space of the former French restaurant on the ground floor of the building and opened its 100th Singapore store on 14 February 2014, which hired six clients from the
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house formerly used to supply fresh water to incoming ships in Singapore. The former Water House was gazetted for conservation in 2002 and has since reopened as a restaurant.
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On 2 February 2020, the Starbucks restaurant was closed due to its end of lease, and clarified that the closure was unrelated to the
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restaurant was closed and since moved to a new premise known as Scotts 27 from September 2013 onwards. The American coffee company
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In 2015, the Boathouse restaurant and the Prelude rooftop bar were taken over by the new management team and re-branded as
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In 1919, a three-storey Water House was completed on the former site of the Master Attendant's office, the building was an
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of the building's same namesake and its built year and the rooftop bar so named as
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Following the renovation in 2003, the Waterboat House, presently known as
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The Waterboat House was gazetted on 21 March 2002 for conservation by the
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were opened on the third floor and rooftop of the building respectively.
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opened its fourth restaurant and bar on the spaces of the former
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by Chef Sir Julien Bompard was opened on the ground (2nd) floor.
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New glass annexe of The Fullerton Waterboat House, facing the sea
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had closed down upon its extended two years expiry lease.
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In January 2010, the European restaurant simply named the
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The Fullerton Waterboat House is located in Singapore
Commercial
Art Deco
Singapore
Singapore
Coordinates
1°17′13.6″N 103°51′12.6″E / 1.287111°N 103.853500°E / 1.287111; 103.853500
Starbucks
Sino Group
Sino Group
The Fullerton Heritage
Swan & Maclaren
thefullertonheritage.com
water supply
Singapore was established
Francis James Bernard
William Farquhar
Singapore River
William Lawrence Flint
Stamford Raffles
New Harbour
Art Deco
Swan & Maclaren
Port of Singapore Authority

Urban Redevelopment Authority
Sino Group
Starbucks
Autism Resource Centre

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