11 Bassein Road has always appeared more of a historical site to me whenever I take a turn from Balestier Road to go to Mandalay Road. The reason being that I witness the intriguing structural ‘remains’ on the piece of plot with hoarding surrounding the site.
From the recent news on Pastoral view at 5 Bassein Road going enbloc, then I realised the plot of land belonged to OCBC bank.

I thought this is a pretty good strategy, as the land area will be 51,395 sft based on the combined land area. …

Do you know how much will a developer has to pump into a showflat for its launch? Depending on the size of the showflat, the cost will run up to few millions including the steel structure and interior fit out works. After all, the success of the launch relies very much on the Wow effect of the showflat that it is able to stir up the purchaser’s desire to put down the downpayment and sign the S&P. Therefore all developer are not stingy in spending on showflat in order to …

Following the successful collective sales of Diamond Tower and Goodwill Mansion, there is another apartment in Balestier is going for enbloc sale,. Melrose Court, a private apartment of 4 storey of 32 units, is located at No 10 Lorong Limau. It is located near to the famous Whampoa Market.
The indicative price of the development is $48 million, which works out to be $688 per square foot per plot ratio. The asking price is slightly higher than the recently transaction at 21 Kim Keat Road at $670 per square foot per …

Again we are seeing CDL making its successful presence in District 11 & 12 area with its recent launch at 368 Thomson.
After its impressive sales of the Arte followed by Cube 8 over these 2 years, CDL is returning with its last available landbank in Balestier: the former Concorde Mansion site. 80% of 120 units of the 36-storey freehold development comprising 157 units were released in Phase 1 has been snapped. Going at an average price of S$1,350 per square foot, the apartments range from S$918,000 for the 689 square …

We witnessed several successful enbloc of industrial buildings in Balestier, the 6 Jalan Ampas industrial building early this year and the recent 21 Kim Keat Road site. We are seeing the area to be slowly rejuvenating and making its way to high rise residential area after the Urban Redevelopment Authority announced the area to be considered rezoning for residential use in 2008. Today I made a trip down to capture the area before all the changes take place. 
If you are driving along Kim Keat Road, you will reach Lorong Ampas once …

From the earlier article on sale of Colorscan building at 21 Kim Keat Road, it has been successfully acquired by a boutique developer BS Capital for just over $36 million or $670 per square foot of potential gross floor area, including an estimated development charge of almost $25 million.
Looking at the recent transactions of the residential aparment, D Lotus which is located just across the road Ampas Road, the prices have been pretty good at more than $1100 psf for relatively small units. Unsurprisingly, the successful buyer BS Capital is …

There are some road names that have been  Singapore history with the city’s rapid urban development and rejuvenation. If you are still looking for a lane named Jalan Bunga Raya in Balestier and off Irrawaddy Road, you may want to know that this road has been long gone over taken by a high rise residential development currently in construction. Domus, as the name of the new development, is a 29 storey residential development of 109 units which will be completed in the year of 2013.
 
 
Jalan Bunga Raya was previously a …

So the long waited CDL project located at the former Concorde Residences, Bright Building & Balestier Court is revealed. Located at the address at 368  Thomson Road, the project is named after the old development as Concorde. With the site area of 60,566 sft, CLD the developer will be building one tower of 36 storeys with 157 residential units.
The selling price set is estimated from $1300 to $1500 psf, which is very much expected after the successful launch of Cube 8 at $1250 psf. I append herewith the different unit types …

Strayed trolleys are not only found under the void decks of HDB. I witnessed this amusing sight of few trolleys being parked just out one high end condominium development in Newton area. The residents must have it much easier to deliver their groceries from the nearby shopping mall. Guess what? The trolleys are from the Cold Storage. So are you able to guess where is this development?

Sky @ Eleven has obtained TOP last month, as reported by the media SPH today. Located in the District 11 off Thomson Road, you are able to see the development rising into the sky when you are driving along the Thomson Road towards PIE highway. There are altogether 273 units in the development, which were sold out within 30 hours of its launch in January 2007 by SPH.
So the home owners, aren’t you excited with your new home and can’t wait to move in once you are given notice by the developer?