Mount Pleasant estate to have 6,000 HDB flats, up from 5,000 previously announced
Four Build-to-Order (BTO) projects are prepared for the upcoming Mount Pleasant estate, which will produce around 6,000 new flats upon finish. This is 1,000 more than the 5,000 units formerly released for the 33ha site, HDB states in a Sept 2 news release.
Eugene Lim, key director at ERA Singapore, notes that the white flat design at Mount Pleasant Crest might attract younger Singaporeans and homeowners meaning to do extensive renovations. “A white level typology will provide the option to tailor-make their format to accommodate their real estate needs, allowing for flexibility over the much longer term,” he claims.
Offered by the brand-new Mount Pleasant MRT Terminal on the Thomson-East Coast Line, Mount Pleasant will be a car-lite estate and include Transit Priority Corridors with dedicated bus lanes, bigger foot pathways and cycling paths. New roadways, including a main road called “Old Police Academy Road”, will even be constructed to improve access. There will even be a protected pedestrian highway that attaches the various precincts in Mount Pleasant, HDB states.
HDB claims the “white flat” layout will be offered at Mount Pleasant Crest. Flat investors can select the open-concept layout, which offers an adjoining living and bedroom room without partition walls, when they are encouraged to reserve a flat.
Mount Pleasant’s proximity to Toa Payoh will also factor into demand and pricing. “The project might be a Prime BTO as resale flat costs in Toa Payoh are fairly high and the older estate has among the greatest numbers of million-dollar resale condos,” Lee adds. Prime flats are subject to tighter regulations, like a 10-year minimum occupation duration and a subsidy clawback.
The first BTO project in the Mount Pleasant estate will be launched as part of the October 2025 BTO exercise. Named Mount Pleasant Crest, it is going to give around 1,350 units of two-room flexi to four-room flats. There will even be 270 units of public rental condos.
The Mount Pleasant estate rests on the site of the Old Police Academy (OPA), near the Thomson Flyover off the Pan Island Expressway. The OPA was utilized as the training institute for the Singapore Police Force (SPF) until 2005.
According to HDB, the raised supply adheres to “more detailed planning studies” and are going to guide to meet good housing necessity.
Lee Sze Teck, senior supervisor of data analytics at Hiuttons Asia, believes the Mount Pleasant Crest project that will be launched for sale in October will draw strong interest, due to its location near to Mount Pleasant MRT Station and schools such as CHIJ Primary Toa Payoh and Singapore Chinese Girls’ School.
Six buildings, which HDB states were “identified as one of the most considerable representations of cops heritage”, have actually been conserved and will be integrated into the new estate. Four blocks will be repurposed for different uses including a neighbourhood authorities post and SPF Heritage Gallery. One block is going to continue to act as the Senior Policeman’ Mess, while another will be integrated right into future projects. Additionally, the former OPA parade square will be preserved as public space for community use.
This will be the second BTO project to present the white flat layout, after the Crawford Heights BTO project, which launched last October. According to HDB, about four in 10 flat buyers chose the style at that project.
