Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the office life had to transition from what was physical and face-to-face into pixelated digital screens. As employees switched to working from home, simple actions such as catching up with colleagues over a cup of coffee in the pantry has become a luxury. However, Singapore has recently relaxed its pandemic measures on 26 April with no more limits on the workforce returning to the office.

South Beach warmly welcomed back its tenants to the integrated development with two weeks of tenant engagement events.

The ‘Welcome Tenants Back Experience’ kickstarted on 19 April with a Healthy Fruit Day. The office community received a health and immunity boost with fruits, and banana was the most popular choice of fruit among the office crowd, sweeping off the baskets in a blink of an eye.

The second event on 25 April saw nearly 350 tenants receive a perk-me-up morning coffee as they stepped into the South Beach Tower entrances. Sponsored by South Beach’s F&B tenant, Crafted by Peter Zwiener, the coffee aroma proved to be a sure-fire way to chase their Monday blues away.

South Beach tenants have expressed their delight with these pick-me-up treats, many complimenting that it was a nice gesture and a pleasant surprise in the morning as they make their way back to the office.

One happy tenant, Rabobank Chief Executive Officer Mr Kuiper shared in a note to South Beach, “What a nice surprise that staff received the fruits this morning when they entered the office building, great initiative, well done! Here’s to a healthy and sustainable future! Thank you!”

South Beach Consortium General Manager Ms Samantha Tan said, “The ‘Welcome Tenants Back Experience’ will continue to roll for the next 2 months, in May and June. In the pipeline, there are several interesting new activities such as jogging, POUND classes, health maintenance workshops and more, to motivate our tenants to come back to the workplace.”