These homes will offer “unique hillside living in the city”, said the Urban Redevelopment Authority on Friday.For the first time in more than 40 years, Housing Board flats will be built on Pearl's Hill in Chinatown as part of efforts to provide a mix of housing options in central locations.
These are part of efforts under the Draft Masterplan 2025, which sets out development and land-use plans for Singapore over the next 10 to 15 years. Pearl's Hill houses the former police commander's bungalow and police barracks, which were built in the 1920s and 1930s, and have been conserved for their historical significance.Street-level and elevated connections will be built to offer access to Pearl's Hill City Park and transport nodes, as well as surrounding precincts such as Robertson Quay and Fort Canning Park.
Plans are afoot to offer more homes in other parts of the central region, including Turf City, Mount Pleasant and the Greater Southern Waterfront. Mr Lee said URA has called for heritage and environmental studies for Turf City. On the environmental front, it aims to understand the area's flora and fauna, as well as topography - land surfaces - and hydrology, or the movement and distribution of water. The studies are still under way, but the authorities are exploring keeping selected areas in Eng Neo Woods and Bukit Tinggi to form a network of green landscapes, he said.
Heritage elements from the Old Police Academy and pre-war black-and-white bungalows, along with surrounding greenery, will be sensitively woven into the design of the new estate, URA said.
Source: Real Estate Daily Report (realestatedailyreport.net)
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