Mount Pleasant estate to have 6,000 HDB flats, up from 5,000 previously announced
The Mount Pleasant estate remains on the spot of the Old Police Academy (OPA), near the Thomson Flyover off the Pan Island Expressway. The OPA was used as the training institute for the Singapore Police Force (SPF) up until 2005.
The very first BTO project in the Mount Pleasant estate will be opened as part of the October 2025 BTO exercise. Labelled Mount Pleasant Crest, it will offer around 1,350 units of two-room flexi to four-room flats. There will even be 270 units of public rental flats.
According to HDB, the raised supply follows “further detailed planning investigations” and will help to meet good real estate interest.
Eugene Lim, key executive officer at ERA Singapore, notes that the white flat style at Mount Pleasant Crest may appeal to more youthful Singaporeans and property owners meaning to do extensive renovations. “A white level typology will certainly give them the option to personalize their design to accommodate their real estate needs, allowing for adaptability over the longer term,” he says.
This will be the 2nd BTO project to offer the white flat layout, after the Crawford Heights BTO project, which launched last October. According to HDB, referring to four in 10 flat purchasers opted for the style at that project.
Lee Sze Teck, leading supervisor of data analytics at Hiuttons Asia, thinks the Mount Pleasant Crest project that will be launched for sale in October will attract strong attention, because of its area near Mount Pleasant MRT Station and schools like CHIJ Primary Toa Payoh and Singapore Chinese Girls’ School.
Six buildings, which HDB claims were “recognized as the most substantial depictions of cops heritage”, have actually been conserved and will definitely be incorporated into the brand-new estate. 4 blocks are going to be repurposed for alternate uses including a neighbourhood cops post and SPF Heritage Gallery. One block will remain to serve as the Senior Law Enforcement Officer’ Mess, while another will be integrated right into future developments. Additionally, the former OPA parade square will be maintained as public space for community use.
HDB says the “white flat” layout will be given at Mount Pleasant Crest. Flat buyers can opt for the open-concept layout, which provides an adjoining living and bedroom area without dividers walls, when they are welcomed to book a flat.
Four Build-to-Order (BTO) projects are planned for the upcoming Mount Pleasant estate, that are going to yield approximately 6,000 new condos upon finish. This is 1,000 more than the 5,000 units formerly announced for the 33ha site, HDB claims in a Sept 2 press release.
Served by the new Mount Pleasant MRT Stop on the Thomson-East Coast Line, Mount Pleasant are going to be a car-lite estate and include Transit Priority Corridors with dedicated bus lanes, bigger foot pathways and cycling pathways. New roads, consisting of a major road called “Old Police Academy Road”, will additionally be built to enhance accessibility. There will additionally be a sheltered pedestrian thoroughfare that connects the various precincts in Mount Pleasant, HDB says.
Mount Pleasant’s distance to Toa Payoh will also factor into need and prices. “The project might be a Prime BTO as resale flat prices in Toa Payoh are rather high and the mature estate has among the highest numbers of million-dollar resale flats,” Lee adds. Prime flats are subject to tighter guidelines, such as a 10-year minimum occupation period and an aid clawback.
