Bidadari

A new park will be developed to form a “green lung” in the upcoming Bidadari estate, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) announced on Sunday (May 5). The 10-hectare Bidadari Park will feature a lake, a heritage walk, experiential trails and a play area for children. In designing the park, the team drew inspiration from the fictional Hundred Acre Wood in the Winnie-the-Pooh children’s...

The first private residential-cum-retail development that is shaping up in the new Bidadari estate will offer about 680 residential units and close to 28,000 sq m of retail gross floor area. The project, being developed jointly by Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) and Japanese developer Kajima Development, will also be connected to Singapore's first air-conditioned basement bus interchange. Condominium...

The sale by tender of a mixed commercial and residential land parcel in the upcoming Bidadari housing estate has been deferred, it was announced yesterday. The site, which can yield 825 private homes and 15,000 sq m of commercial space, was due to be put on the market this month. It will now go up for tender by the end of the first quarter next year, said the Housing Board (HDB), which added that...

With applications due to close in less than four days, demand for new Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats at the upcoming Bidadari estate has continued to pick up. Over the weekend, there was a jump in applications, especially among second-time applicants. Analysts have said this could be due to the relatively higher price of the Bidadari flats, which may have priced some younger couples...

Demand for four- and five-room flats at Bidadari estate near Toa Payoh has already exceeded supply, just a day after HDB launched its biggest-ever sale of new units on Tuesday (Nov 17). Of the more than 12,400 flats on sale, more than 2,140 are at Bidadari. They range from two-room flexi to five-room units. According to data on HDB's website, the five-room units at Bidadari are already more than six...

The first batch of Build-To-Order (BTO) flats in the new Bidadari estate will go on sale in the second half of this month. More than half of the 2,139 flats available – 1,229 units – will be four-room flats. Another 192 will be two-room flats under the Flexi scheme, 567 will be three-room flats and 151 will be five-room units. The flats will be progressively completed from the third quarter of 2019,...

A total of 2,150 new flats in Bidadari estate will soon be launched for sale under the HDB’s next Build-to-Order (BTO) exercise, expected by the end of September. The BTO flats will comprise two- to five-room units. This will be the first batch of HDB flats on offer in the new estate and priority will be given to those whose parents live in Toa Payoh, Potong Pasir or within the 2km radius. The...

The first housing projects at Bidadari and Tampines North will yield more than 2,500 units, and residents can look forward to more greenery, open spaces and seamless connectivity to transportation networks, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) announced on Tuesday (Sep 9). Development plans for the two areas were first announced last year. The first public housing project for Bidadari, a former...

Plans for the upcoming Bidadari, Tampines North and Punggol Matilda housing areas have received "strong support" from the public, according to a survey conducted by the Housing and Development Board (HDB). In a statement on Monday (May 26), the HDB said close to 4,000 visitors participated in a survey conducted last August during the launch of the three housing areas. Of these, more than 9 in 10...

Bidadari is expected to be the most popular of the three recently announced housing areas among home buyers due to the area’s convenient location. Property analysts compared the area with Punggol Matilda and Tampines North and said that Bidadari’s city-fringed location and proximity to two MRT stations will work in its favour, especially among younger people. The experts said that even its...