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Novena condo to offer smaller units at soft launch

Posted on 21 Oct 2009 | Comments Off on Novena condo to offer smaller units at soft launch

AN UPMARKET freehold condo in the Novena area, that has been adapted to create smaller units than first planned, will have a soft launch tomorrow.
An artist’s impression of Lincoln Suites at night. The average price of a unit is $1,680 per sq ft.

Lincoln Suites is being developed by a consortium comprising Koh Brothers Group, Heeton Holdings, KSH Holdings and Lian Beng Group.

The first phase consists of 56 units located on the 6th to 12th floors at an average price of $1,680 per sq ft. Most of the lower floors are for the project’s 190 car park lots.

As with many developments these days, Lincoln Suites was reconfigured to fit a number of small units – 44 studio units and 22 one-bedders. Prices start at over $800,000 for a small unit. Continue reading →

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Lure of ‘shoebox’ flats

Posted on 18 Oct 2009 | Comments Off on Lure of ‘shoebox’ flats

Affordability of such units – some the size of 21/2 carpark lots – is the main lure
Vutton is a 21-storey condominium in Akyab Road whose smallest flat is a 1-bedroom 484 sq ft flat. — PHOTO: HUTTONS REAL ESTATE GROUP

What do you call an area equivalent to 21/2 carpark lots?

An apartment, covering 258 sq ft.

Such units were among apartments of various sizes put up for sale at the Suites@Guillemard pro-ject in Guillemard recently.

The cost of the small unit? $374,000 or $1,450 psf – and all four such units were snapped up.

They might well be Singapore’s smallest private apartments, beating out a 312 sq ft unit at Kent Residences near Farrer Park, which made the news in June last year. Continue reading →

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