Sim Lian Construction Co. (Pte.) Ltd. is where the Sim Lian Group story began. Founded in 1976 as a building and construction firm with extensive capabilities and expertise in construction, the company listed on the Singapore Exchange in 2000 and moved into property development in 2001 with the formation of Sim Lian Land. Today it is recognised as a comprehensive property player, with an extensive portfolio of residential, commercial, industrial, retail and mixed-use projects in the region.
A timeline of firsts marks the journey: Sim Lian became the first private developer in Singapore to take part in HDB's pilot Design, Build & Sell Scheme (DBSS) with The Premiere @ Tampines in 2006, launched its first Singapore integrated development, Hillion, in the heart of Bukit Panjang in 2013, and opened its first retail mall, Hillion Mall, in February 2017. Regionally, the group has developed landed homes at Taman Bukit Bayu in Senai, Iskandar Malaysia, the KL Trillion integrated development in Kuala Lumpur and the UB.One industrial project in Ubi, alongside Australian acquisitions including a Sydney CBD commercial building and five investment-grade neighbourhood shopping centres in Eastern Australia.
From its office at 205 Upper Bukit Timah Road, #03-01, Singapore 588181, the group continues to add to its line-up of recent projects — Rivelle Tampines, Aurelle of Tampines, Emerald of Katong and The Botany. Property enquiries can be sent to [email protected] and construction enquiries to [email protected], or made by calling (65) 6303 6200.
Long before its name appeared on condominium launches and shopping malls, Sim Lian was a builder. The company began in 1976 as Sim Lian Construction, a building and construction firm with extensive capabilities and expertise in construction. That foundation still shapes the group today — decades spent on site taught the business how projects come together from the ground up, and that perspective has carried into everything that followed.
For its first quarter-century, construction was the business. Then came a turning point: in 2000, Sim Lian Group listed on the Singapore Exchange, and in 2001, in response to changing market conditions in Singapore, it formed Sim Lian Land — the company's foray into property development. Property investment and other supporting divisions soon followed, and Sim Lian is now recognised as a comprehensive property player with an extensive portfolio of residential, commercial, industrial, retail and mixed-use projects in the region.
The group's history reads like a series of firsts. In 2006, Sim Lian became the first private developer in Singapore to embark on the pilot HDB Design, Build & Sell Scheme (DBSS), delivering The Premiere @ Tampines.
Expansion soon crossed borders. In 2010, the group launched its first Malaysian property — Taman Bukit Bayu, a landed home project in Senai, Iskandar Malaysia. A year later came KL Trillion, its first integrated development in Kuala Lumpur, where prime office units were released for sale, along with UB.One in Ubi, the group's first industrial project.
The year 2013 proved pivotal at home and abroad. Sim Lian launched Hillion, its first integrated development in Singapore, in the heart of Bukit Panjang, with the first phase of Hillion Residences condominium units released for sale. The same year, the group acquired its first Australian property — a commercial building in the heart of the Sydney central business district. A second Australian acquisition followed in 2014: five investment-grade neighbourhood shopping centres in Eastern Australia.
By 2015, the office and retail components of KL Trillion were completed. In 2016, the group was privatised and delisted from the Mainboard of the Singapore Exchange. And in 2017, it obtained T.O.P for Vision Exchange, its first commercial development, and opened its first retail mall — Hillion Mall — in February of that year.
Ask around Bukit Panjang and Hillion is likely the first name that surfaces: the integrated development that brought Hillion Residences, and later Hillion Mall, into the heart of the neighbourhood. It captures the group's approach — building large, layered projects that combine homes, retail and commercial space rather than single-purpose buildings.
Today, the property side of the business is showcased through a steady line of recent projects: Rivelle Tampines, which currently headlines the website with artist's impressions of the development, alongside Aurelle of Tampines, Emerald of Katong and The Botany. Together they sit within a portfolio spanning residential, commercial, industrial, retail and mixed-use work in Singapore and the region.
Construction remains part of the group's identity. The corporate site maintains a dedicated construction section with its own enquiry address, a nod to the capabilities and expertise the business has been building since 1976. The history-and-milestones page lays out the whole timeline year by year — a useful primer for anyone researching the company behind these projects.
Sim Lian's head office sits at 205 Upper Bukit Timah Road, #03-01, Sim Lian, Singapore 588181. The main line is (65) 6303 6200, with fax at (65) 6769 6617. Enquiries are split into two channels: property questions go to [email protected], while construction matters are directed to [email protected]. Using the right inbox is the quickest way to a reply.
Nearly five decades on from that first construction firm, Sim Lian's story is one of steady, deliberate growth — from builder to developer, from Singapore to Malaysia and Australia, and from single buildings to integrated developments that anchor whole neighbourhoods.