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SINGAPORE: Home buyers can look forward to seven Plus projects and one Prime project in the upcoming Build-to-Order (BTO) sales exercise next week, which will be the first to classify public housing under a new framework.
The Plus projects – defined as flats sited in “choicer locations with good connectivity and/or unique features” – will comprise 3,273 units in four towns, namely Kallang/Whampoa, Ang Mo Kio, Bedok and Geylang, announced the Housing and Development Board (HDB) on Wednesday (Oct 9).
These include the Kallang View project, which is located between Kallang and Geylang Bahru MRT stations.
Two other BTO projects in the Plus category – Bayshore Vista and Bayshore Palms – are located slightly further from the city centre, but offer “a unique waterfront living experience, with sea view on the upper floors”, HDB said.
The sole BTO project to be labelled as Prime – a category for projects in “exceptionally good locations” – is situated in Kallang/Whampoa. Crawford Heights, located at the junction of North Bridge Road and Crawford Street, will have 312 flats on offer.
Another seven BTO projects are Standard flats located in five towns, namely Bukit Batok, Jurong West, Pasir Ris, Sengkang and Woodlands.
A total of 4,988 Standard flats – ranging from 2-room flexi to 3Gen flats – will be launched, accounting for more than half of the supply of new flats in the upcoming BTO sales exercise.
Flats in October's BTO exercisePRIME
Crawford Heights in Kallang/Whampoa - 312 flats
PLUS
Kallang View in Kallang/Whampoa - 271 flats
Towner Breeze in Kallang/Whampoa - 355 flats
Central Trio in Ang Mo Kio - 422 flats
Bayshore Vista in Bedok - 734 flats
Bayshore Palms in Bedok - 710 flats
Kembangan Wave in Bedok - 348 flats
Merpati Alcove in Geylang - 433 flats
STANDARD
West BrickVille in Bukit Batok - 689 flats
Taman Jurong Skyline in Jurong West - 1,844 flats
Costa Riviera I in Pasir Ris - 276 flats
Costa Riviera II in Pasir Ris - 491 flats
Fernvale Oasis in Sengkang - 851 flats
Fernvale Sails in Sengkang - 545 flats
Marsiling Ridge in Woodlands - 292 flats
Collapse ExpandIn total, HDB will offer 8,573 flats across 15 projects in nine HDB towns in the upcoming BTO sales exercise.
This will mark the largest number of projects launched in a BTO exercise to date, National Development Minister Desmond Lee said at an HDB roadshow held at the Singapore University of Technology and Design.
The number of new flats launched will also account for more than 40 per cent of the new HDB flat supply for 2024otso, HDB said in its press release.
