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No more ‘future MRT stations’ in condo ads

Posted on 13 Aug 2009 | Comments Off on No more ‘future MRT stations’ in condo ads

TWO developers which included unconfirmed locations of future MRT stations in their condo advertisements have stopped using the information as a selling point.

UOL Developments has altered publicity material for its Meadows@Peirce, removing a location map that showed several MRT stations on the planned Thomson Line, which will be ready only in 2018.

Far East Organization has removed the supposed site of a future station in Marine Parade from a webpage on the Silversea condo.

The moves came after The Straits Times ran an article over the weekend on developers using unconfirmed MRT information in their sales materials.

Ms Claire Cher, spokesman for UOL Group, parent of UOL Developments, said the company realised that station sites in its Meadows@Peirce Continue reading →

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Kebun Bahru station? Where’s that?

Posted on 8 Aug 2009 | Comments Off on Kebun Bahru station? Where’s that?

THE proximity of MRT stations to new housing projects has long been a selling point when developments are launched, and it is common to find condominium advertisements displaying ‘nearby’ train stations.

But a couple of developers have taken the sales pitch one step further: by pinpointing the sites of MRT stations which have not been confirmed.

In UOL Developments’ recent advertisement for Meadows@Pierce, a freehold condominium project in Upper Thomson Road expected to be ready around 2012, the developer ran a map showing station sites of the future Thomson Line, which will only be completed in 2018.

These include ‘Springleaf’, ‘Kebun Bahru’, ‘Venus Drive’ and ‘Sin Ming’ stations. Continue reading →

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