Some developers are trying to release new projects before the year-end holiday season sets in.
UOL Group is expected to preview the freehold Spottiswoode Residences condo next week, and the price is expected to be about $2,000 per square feet (psf).
The project, a 36-storey tower, is next to Spottiswoode Park, a green lung in the area, and close to Tanjong Pagar, which is slated to be transformed into a new bustling waterfront district after the container terminals in the vicinity eventually move out. 90 per cent of the 351 units comprise of one-bedroom, one-plus-study and two-bedroom apartments.
The Tanjong Pagar Railway Station site is also expected to be redeveloped after Keretapi Tanah Melayu vacates the site under a historic land-swap deal between Singapore and Malaysia announced in September.
Over at Robinson Road, agents are gathering interest for the freehold Robinson Suites at prices ranging from $2,300 psf to $3,300 psf. The 42-storey project on the VTB Building site, comprises 167 apartments and three ground-floor shop units. All the apartments are either one-bedroom-plus-study units or two-bedders. Unit sizes start at 484 sq ft.
The developer – a consortium whose shareholders include Cheong Sim Lam (whose family developed International Plaza), Fission Holdings, Tan Koo Chuan and Saw Pik Kee – is pitching the project as the ‘first-ever freehold apartments in the CBD’.
CapitaLand is getting ready to release the first phase of its 1,715-unit condo on the 99-year-leasehold Farrer Court site. The 36-storey Zaha Hadid-designed project will feature one to four-bedroom apartments, penthouses and six pairs of strata semi-detached houses.
Sim Lian is said to be looking to release Waterview, a 99-year-leasehold condo comprising 696 units at Tampines Ave 1/10 facing Bedok Reservoir, once it gets all the necessary authorities’ approvals.
The project will comprise two, three and four-bedroom apartments and penthouses. The expected price is in the $820-920 psf range.
Far East Organization will be officially launching the 214-unit The Lanai – which consists of two-, three- and four-bedroom units that range from 947 sq ft to 1,615 sq ft – along Hillview Avenue this weekend.
The 999-year leasehold project has already sold 76 units at a preview last month, which included a bulk purchase, with prices starting from $1,290 psf.