News Releases

29 November 2011

Government releases three residential sites with expected yield of 1,830 housing units in November 2011

To provide developers and home-buyers with more choices for private housing, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and Housing Development Board (HDB) have launched three residential sites at Mount Vernon Road, Jalan Lempeng and Kovan Road / Simon Road for sale by public tender today.

the three land parcels are launched for sale under the Confirmed List of the 2nd half 2011 (2H2011) Government Land Sales (GLS) Programme. Together, these sites will yield about 1,830 units, adding to the 14,945 units which have been launched under the GLS Programme this year.

Details of the three residential sale sites are as follows:

Land Parcel at Mount Vernon Road

Located in the central region and near Bartley MRT station, the land parcel has a site area of about 2.1ha and can potentially provide some 785 housing units. Residents of the future development will also enjoy easy access to the rest of the island via CTE, PIE and KPE.

Land Parcel at Jalan Lempeng

The land parcel, with a site area of about 2.4ha, is located in the west region near Clementi Town Centre. It can potentially yield about 685 housing units and is easily accessible via Clementi MRT station and the nearby PIE and AYE.

Land Parcel at Kovan Road / Simon Road

Situated within an established residential estate in the north east region, the land parcel has a site area of about 1.7ha and can potentially yield about 360 housing units. Residents of the future development will also enjoy convenient access to the nearby Kovan MRT Station.

Other Details

Tender for the residential sites at Mount Vernon Road, Jalan Lempeng and Kovan Road / Simon Road will close at 12 noon on 10 January 2012, 12 January 2012 and 18 January 2012 respectively. Selection of the successful tenderer will be based on the tendered land price only.

Details of the land parcels and their location plans are given in Annexes 1 and 2. More details on the land parcels are available on the respective URA and HDB websites at:

http://www.ura.gov.sg/sales/MtVernon/CL/MtVernon-intro(CL).html
(Mount Vernon Road)

http://www.hdb.gov.sg/fi10/fi10330p.nsf/w/LandDevMangLandSalesJalanLempeng?OpenDocument
(Jalan Lempeng)

http://www.ura.gov.sg/sales/KovanSmn/KvnSmn-intro.html
(Kovan Road / Simon Road)

Developer's packets containing details and conditions of tender of the sites are available at:

For URA sites at Mount Vernon Road and Kovan Road / Simon Road
Customer Service Centre
1st Storey, The URA Centre,
45 Maxwell Road
Singapore 069118

For HDB Site at Jalan Lempeng
HDB's Procurement Office, Basement 1, HDB Hub,
480 Lorong 6 Toa Payoh
Singapore 310480