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| Born | 1983 (age 40–41) Singapore |
| Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur, CEO |
Eugene Lim YJ (born 1983) is the founder and CEO of The Assembly Place.[1][2]
Early life and education
[edit]Eugene Lim was born in 1983 and grew up in a middle-income family living in an HDB flat.[3] His father is a property manager and his mother is a homemaker.
He completed his secondary education in Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary School follow by his college education at Yishun Junior college where he represented his JC in Rugby and from 2005 attended the University of London, earning a degree in Business Administration and Management.[4]
During his secondary school days, Eugene was very involved in Boys Brigade(5th Company). It was during his former years in his secondary school days that he became a Christian. He spends his primary school years at Ai Tong Primary School.
Career
[edit]Before he joined the real estate industry, he was a hip-hop dancer and instructor. He has investments in two dancing schools: Distinct Creative Arts and One Dance Asia.[3]
During his National Service, Eugene Lim served in the Commando Unit/Special Forces.[5]
In 2012, Eugene joined Knight Frank as Head of Project Marketing.[6] In 2014, he was promoted to Director, during which time he built relationships with property developers and launched around 35 projects.[5][7] In 2015, he took on a role on the developer side with Wing Tai Holdings(AGM of Marketing and Sales) Singapore's property developer company.[8][9]
From 2016 to 2021, he was a marketing and sales director at Oxley Holdings Limited, launching projects in Singapore, London, Malaysia, and Cambodia. During his tenure at Oxley, he worked under the mentorship of Eric Low.[10][11][12]
In May 2019, Eugene Lim founded The Assembly Place, a co-living brand in Singapore.[8][13] The company started with six rooms and has since grown to offer approximately 2000 keys.[14][15][16]
In Dec 2023, The Assembly Place together with its JV partner TS group successfully won the Ministry of Health Holdings tender that will house more than 1700 foreign healthcare workers in Singapore. The company during that same month also won the management contract to manage Serene Centre a mixed development with F&B, retail and 90 rooms of service apartments that is slated to open in Q2 2025.
Under his leadership, The Assembly Place has won consecutive 3 years(2021/2022/2023) as the Best Co-Living operator award under Asia Property Awards.
In 2023, Eugene Lim received the Rising Star Award at the PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Singapore).[17]
Other roles
[edit]Eugene Lim also serves on the board of Art House Limited, a public company under the National Arts Council of Singapore,[18] and is a board member of Singapore Athletics.[19] He also sits on the Advisory Panel under the National Arts Council to guide on the design and execution for 45 Armenian Street, which has been earmarked as an arts space.
Personal life
[edit]Eugene is married to a career adviser at the National University of Singapore (NUS), and they have one son. The family lives in a freehold house in the Thomson area.[3]
Eugene is an avid athlete that completed multiple endurance races worldwide. Some of his achievements include Ironman 70.3 Geelong(2015), Vietnam Mountain Marathon 70km(2015), Oxfam Trailwalker HK 100km(2016), Formosa Trail Taiwan 75km(2019), Lantau 70km HK(2024)
References
[edit]- ^ Oh, Samuel (22 February 2024). "Co-living player The Assembly Place eyes pole position, overseas expansion". The Business Times. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ Chow, Cecilia (9 November 2021). "The Assembly Place raises $5.55 mil in seed funding led by Oxley's Eric Low". edgeprop.sg. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ a b c Tan, Sue-Ann (14 April 2024). "Me & My Money: From undergraduate real estate agent to CEO of S'pore's largest co-living operator". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "Eugene Lim". King's College London. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ a b Barker, Christian (23 September 2021). "From High-flying Commando to Student Estate Agent… to Co-living Success". 99.co. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "Eugene Lim Profile". signalhire.com. 12 February 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ Laforga, Beatrice (23 October 2023). "Assembly Place, Apricot Capital Open Singapore Student Project". Mingtiandi. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Eugene Lim - Founder & CEO at The Assembly Place". THE ORG. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "Eugene Lim". Taxise Asia LLC. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "Undergrad real estate agent now CEO of largest co-living firm here". www.magzter.com. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "Oxley's exec director invests in co-living startup The Assembly Place". The Business Times. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ Wong, Terence (12 March 2024). "Gunning For The Pole Position in Co-Living | Azure Capital". Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ Chow, Cecilia (30 March 2022). "The Assembly Place acquires fellow co-living operator Commontown Singapore". edgeprop.sg. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "The Assembly Place Launches Its Largest Co-Living Space Till Date". Yahoo Finance. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "The Assembly Place: 1,000 rooms today, targeting 3,000 by end of next year". Yahoo Finance. 29 September 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "Co-living startup The Assembly Place acquires peer operator Commontown Singapore". The Business Times. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ Cruz, Al Gerard de la (27 October 2023). "Impressive companies, remarkable individuals take centre stage at the 13th PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Singapore)". Asia Property Awards. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "About Us - Our Board". Arts House Limited. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ Correspondent, David LeeSports (16 September 2022). "Athletics: Lien Choong Luen to lead Singapore Athletics for another 4 years". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 25 June 2024.