Vanguard Building

[2] Following WWII, Frank Cooper Sands, then Managing Director of MPH, restored and reopened the bookstore.

[5][6] The building reopened in November 1991, with a new cafe and the third floor being dedicated to music.

[7][8] The Singapore branch of the United States Information Service was relocated to the top floor of the newly redeveloped building.

[9][10] Vanguard Interiors bought the property for $25 million and leased it back to the MPH until 2003.

[2] The Singapore Management University signed a five-year lease for the building in 2014 and renamed it SMU Labs.