Mount Pleasant estate to have 6,000 HDB flats, up from 5,000 previously announced
Mount Pleasant’s proximity to Toa Payoh will also factor right into demand and prices. “The project may be a Prime BTO as resale flat rates in Toa Payoh are fairly high and the older estate has one of the greatest numbers of million-dollar resale flats,” Lee adds. Prime lodgings are subject to tighter guidelines, like a 10-year minimum occupation duration and an aid clawback.
Eugene Lim, key executive officer at ERA Singapore, mentions that the white flat layout at Mount Pleasant Crest might interest younger Singaporeans and house owners planning to do extensive renovations. “A white level typology will certainly provide the option to personalize their format to cater to their real estate needs, allowing for adaptability over the longer term,” he claims.
According to HDB, the expanded supply complies with “additional detailed planning studies” and are going to guide to match good housing demand.
HDB says the “white flat” layout will be offered at Mount Pleasant Crest. Flat buyers can choose the open-concept layout, that provides a contiguous living and bedroom space without separation surfaces, when they are invited to reserve a flat.
Six buildings, which HDB claims were “recognized as the most substantial depictions of cops heritage”, have been preserved and will be incorporated into the brand-new estate. 4 blocks will be repurposed for different purposes like an area police post and SPF Heritage Gallery. One block will remain to serve as the Senior Law Enforcement Officer’ Mess, while another will be integrated into future property developments. Furthermore, the previous OPA parade square will be preserved as public space for community use.
The Mount Pleasant estate sits on the location of the Old Police Academy (OPA), near the Thomson Flyover off the Pan Island Expressway. The OPA was run as the training institute for the Singapore Police Force (SPF) till 2005.
Presented by the brand-new Mount Pleasant MRT Stop on the Thomson-East Coast Line, Mount Pleasant are going to be a car-lite estate and include Transit Priority Corridors with dedicated bus lanes, broader foot pathways and cycling pathways. New roadways, including a main thoroughfare called “Old Police Academy Roadway”, will also be built to improve ease of access. There will also be a sheltered pedestrian highway that attaches the numerous precincts in Mount Pleasant, HDB shares.
Lee Sze Teck, leading director of data analytics at Hiuttons Asia, believes the Mount Pleasant Crest project that will be launched for sale in October will attract solid attention, because of its location near to Mount Pleasant MRT Station and schools like CHIJ Primary Toa Payoh and Singapore Chinese Girls’ School.
This will be the second BTO project to offer the white flat layout, after the Crawford Heights BTO project, which launched last October. According to HDB, referring to four in 10 flat purchasers went with the design at that project.
Four Build-to-Order (BTO) ventures are prepared for the upcoming Mount Pleasant estate, that are going to generate around 6,000 brand-new apartments upon completion. This is 1,000 greater than the 5,000 units previously revealed for the 33ha site, HDB states in a Sept 2 announcement.
The very first BTO project in the Mount Pleasant estate will be opened as part of the October 2025 BTO exercise. Named Mount Pleasant Crest, it will give around 1,350 units of two-room flexi to four-room flats. There are going to even be 270 units of public rental flats.
