Opening of CityDev’s gigantic South Beach hotel delayed by manpower shortage

Soft launch has been pushed back to September.

The luxurious 654-room South Beach hotel was originally intended to be launched in April. However, the mega-development soon ran into an equally massive hurdle: Singapore’s intense manpower crunch.

A report by RHB Research said that South Beach hotel has delayed its soft launch to September this year due to labour shortages and the project’s mega scale.

South Beach is being developed by Singapore-based City Developments Limited and IOI Group Malaysia.

The hotel will be complemented by South Beach Quarter, which will span 13,000 sq ft of retail space, consisting of a 2-storey conservation block.

This will house four brand-new food and beverage (F&B) concepts to the market, with an additional exclusive “word-of-mouth only” nightclub.