The Industrial Properties Department (IPD) of Housing and Development Board (HDB) was first formed on 1st July 1991 with the main focus of managing HDB's industrial premises. The department's workscope has since been expanded to include the building of new industrial developments and ancillary facilities.

Today, IPD manages about 12,000 industrial tenanted properties as well as about 600 industrial lease land premises.

Acknowledging the increase importance of IT technology to businesses and government alike, the department embarked on an exciting journey into the internet universe with the launch of the E-Bidding Internet Website www.place2lease.com on 8 Nov 00 and the Hub for Business Internet Portal www.hbiz.com.sg on 6 Jul 01.

To be a provider of 1st choice industrial premises

We develop and manage quality industrial facilities to enhance the competitiveness of our customers.

IPD's corporate objectives are:

• to provide industrial facilities to meet the changing needs of industrialists

• to maximise the limited land resources

• to give value-for-money services to our customers

• ISO9002 Certification for Industrial Properties Development, Management & Maintenance Services

• ISO14001 Certification (Environment Management System) for HDB

• TrustSG Certification for online ebidding website - www.place2lease.com

• BCA's Green Mark for our environmentally friendly Ubiplex I

The HBiz acronym stands for Hub for Business.

First set up on 6 Jul 2001, the website aims to become the hub of B2B and B2C activities for HDB industrialists, thereby facilitating businesses among them and their customers. To-date, some of the pro business services available to HDB tenants include Business Directory Listings, Product Listings, Business Opportunities, trade hubs and more. These pro-business services have also now been made available to fee-paying affiliate members.

HBiz also aims to become a portal to a host of IPD's services for HDB's tenants. Some of the eservices provided to date include customer-related information, online tenancy applications, tax invoice as well as rental status checking.

Looking forward, HBiz aims to take its industrialists as well as the Industrial Properties Department to higher grounds in the internet arena!