[1] Following the end of World War II, the 1-acre (0.40 ha) facility was started in 1945 by entrepreneur Tan Gna Chua on his residential home premises at Upper Serangoon Road.

Originally created to share Tan's passion for crocodiles, the farm also supplied skins to his tannery within its premises, produced items such as shoes, wallets, belts, and handbags which would also be exported overseas.

[4] Tan Gna Chua died in 2000 at an age of 85, leaving behind an estimated $30 million worth of assets, which caused legal disputes between the children of Tan Gna Chua’s two wives.

[5] The farm was eventually closed in 2012 with its former site consisted of 790 Upper Serangoon Road and another adjoined site being 1 Surin Road were sold in a tender conducted by Colliers International to the Nobel Design Holdings and Pinnacle Asset Group.

The strata landed housing project known as One Surin was built in 2014 on these sites and was completed in 2017 [6]