Mount Pleasant estate to have 6,000 HDB flats, up from 5,000 previously announced
Mount Pleasant’s closeness 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 quite high and the older estate has among the greatest numbers of million-dollar resale flats,” Lee adds. Prime flats are subject to tighter rules, such as a 10-year minimum occupation period and a subsidy clawback.
Eugene Lim, key director at ERA Singapore, indicates that the white flat design at Mount Pleasant Crest may appeal to more youthful Singaporeans and house owners meaning to do extensive renovations. “A white flat typology will give them the option to tailor-make their format to cater to their real estate needs, allowing for flexibility over the longer term,” he states.
According to HDB, the increased supply adheres to “additional detailed planning studies” and will assist to match good housing interest.
Lee Sze Teck, senior director of data analytics at Hiuttons Asia, thinks the Mount Pleasant Crest project that will be launched for sale in October will draw strong interest, as a result of its location close to Mount Pleasant MRT Terminal and schools like CHIJ Primary Toa Payoh and Singapore Chinese Girls’ School.
HDB says the “white flat” layout will be given at Mount Pleasant Crest. Flat clients can opt for the open-concept layout, that provides an adjoining living and bedroom room without separation surfaces, when they are welcomed to reserve a flat.
Four Build-to-Order (BTO) projects are planned for the upcoming Mount Pleasant estate, that will yield approximately 6,000 brand-new condos upon completion. This is 1,000 greater than the 5,000 units formerly released for the 33ha site, HDB says in a Sept 2 news release.
The first BTO project in the Mount Pleasant estate will be opened as section of the October 2025 BTO exercise. Called Mount Pleasant Crest, it will offer around 1,350 units of two-room flexi to four-room flats. There are going to also be 270 units of public rental flats.
The Mount Pleasant estate rests on the location of the Old Police Academy (OPA), close to the Thomson Flyover off the Pan Island Expressway. The OPA was utilized as the training institute for the Singapore Police Force (SPF) up until 2005.
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, around four in 10 flat purchasers went with the style at that project.
Offered by the new Mount Pleasant MRT Terminal 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, wider foot pathways and biking routes. New roads, including a major road called “Old Police Academy Road”, will additionally be built to improve accessibility. There will additionally be a protected pedestrian thoroughfare that links the numerous precincts in Mount Pleasant, HDB states.
Six structures, which HDB states were “recognized as one of the most considerable representations of police heritage”, have been preserved and will definitely be incorporated into the new estate. Four blocks will be repurposed for alternate uses like a neighbourhood authorities post and SPF Heritage Gallery. One block will continue to serve as the Senior Law Enforcement Officer’ Mess, whilst another will be integrated into future developments. Additionally, the former OPA parade square will be retained as public space for community use.
