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Guides to the building, the food, and the Bugis strata market — plus notes from the other properties we follow. Subscribe by RSS.
- 2026-08-20
What is Fortune Centre, and why does it smell like that?
A 1980 strata block beside a temple turned into Singapore's densest vegetarian food cluster. Here is how the building actually works.
- 2026-08-19
Every vegetarian restaurant in Fortune Centre
The building's reputation rests on these kitchens. A floor-by-floor run through the vegetarian and vegan options, and what each one is for.
- 2026-08-18
Level 1: the ground-floor strip
Thirty-five units wrapped around the Middle Road frontage. The fastest food in the building, and most of the Buddhist retail.
- 2026-08-17
Level 2: cafés, salons and the escalator ring
The floor that rewards a slow lap. Dessert counters and cafés face the escalator; salons, a dental surgery and the first TCM halls sit behind.
- 2026-08-16
Level 3: izakayas, lashes and Buddha galleries
The most mixed floor in the building. Japanese dining at one end, beauty rooms in the middle, and an astrologer next to a nail bar.
- 2026-08-15
Level 4: the quiet food floor
Four escalators up, and most people never make it. Curry puffs, nasi lemak and soup curry, sharing corridors with TCM halls and beauty rooms.
- 2026-08-14
Where to eat at Fortune Centre for under $10
A central-district building where a full meal still costs single digits. The stalls that hold the line, and what to order at each.
- 2026-08-13
The quiet Japanese scene inside Fortune Centre
An izakaya, a bakery, an umeshu bar, a rice-ball counter and two small kitchens — hidden in a building known for something else entirely.
- 2026-08-12
The Buddhist artifact and feng shui shops of Fortune Centre
Statuary, Thai amulets, crystals, incense and consultations — clustered around a temple, and spread across all four podium levels.
- 2026-08-11
TCM, acupuncture and massage at Fortune Centre
Two dozen practitioners across four levels, from decades-old physician halls to new clinics with published price lists.
- 2026-08-10
Hair, nails and facials at Fortune Centre
Around twenty small salons, most of them one-chair operations run by their owner. Cheaper than Orchard, and you deal with the person cutting.
- 2026-08-09
Why so many accountants work at Fortune Centre
Levels 9 to 17 hold one of the densest clusters of small accounting and corporate services practices in central Singapore. Here is the roster.
- 2026-08-08
Fortune Centre, 1980 to now
How a conventional 1980 strata block beside a temple became the vegetarian food centre of Singapore without anyone deciding it should.
- 2026-08-07
Getting to Fortune Centre, and where to park
Three MRT stations are walkable, the bus stop is two minutes away, and the car park is inside the building on three levels.
- 2026-08-06
What Fortune Centre says about the Bugis strata office market
Twelve floors of small owner-occupied offices, held for decades. The tenant mix is a readable signal about who buys strata space and why.
- 2026-08-05
Buying a strata office: what people check before they commit
Tenure, share value, the management fund, permitted use and the collective sale question. A checklist, not a recommendation.
- 2026-08-04
What's open early, late and on Sundays at Fortune Centre
The building's hours are less uniform than they look. A guide to the 7am openings, the late kitchens and the units that close midweek.
- 2026-08-03
A guide for new office tenants at Fortune Centre
Lifts, loading, management office, and the fact that lunch downstairs is the single best thing about working in this building.
- 2026-08-02
How this directory is put together, and where it is wrong
246 listings, four categories, twenty levels — plus an honest account of what we cannot verify and how often it goes stale.
- 2026-08-01
What this site is becoming
The units are sold. Rather than switch the site off, we are turning it into something that answers the question people actually arrive with.