Mount Pleasant estate to have 6,000 HDB flats, up from 5,000 previously announced
Six structures, which HDB states were “identified as the most significant depictions of authorities heritage”, have actually been preserved and will be integrated into the brand-new estate. Four blocks will be repurposed for alternate purposes like a neighbourhood police post and SPF Heritage Gallery. One block is going to continue to work as the Senior Policeman’ Mess, while another will be incorporated into future projects. Additionally, the previous OPA parade square will be preserved as public space for community use.
Mount Pleasant’s closeness to Toa Payoh will also factor into demand and pricing. “The project might be a Prime BTO as resale flat prices in Toa Payoh are fairly high and the mature estate has one of the greatest numbers of million-dollar resale condos,” Lee adds. Prime lodgings are subject to tighter regulations, like a 10-year minimum occupation duration and a subsidy clawback.
The first BTO project in the Mount Pleasant estate will be opened as part of the October 2025 BTO activity. Labelled Mount Pleasant Crest, it is going to offer about 1,350 units of two-room flexi to four-room flats. There will also be 270 units of public rental flats.
Lee Sze Teck, senior director of data analytics at Hiuttons Asia, thinks the Mount Pleasant Crest project that will be launched for sale in October will draw strong interest, as a result of its location near Mount Pleasant MRT Stop and schools such as CHIJ Primary Toa Payoh and Singapore Chinese Girls’ School.
This will be the 2nd BTO project to present the white flat layout, after the Crawford Heights BTO project, which released last October. According to HDB, referring to four in 10 flat customers opted for the design at that project.
The Mount Pleasant estate remains on the site of the Old Police Academy (OPA), near to 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.
Four Build-to-Order (BTO) ventures are planned for the upcoming Mount Pleasant estate, that will produce around 6,000 new apartments upon completion. This is 1,000 greater than the 5,000 units formerly announced for the 33ha site, HDB states in a Sept 2 press release.
According to HDB, the raised supply complies with “additional detailed planning investigations” and will help to meet good property demand.
HDB says the “white flat” layout will be offered at Mount Pleasant Crest. Flat investors can choose the open-concept layout, which offers an adjoining living and bedroom room without separation walls, when they are welcomed to book a flat.
Eugene Lim, key director at ERA Singapore, mentions that the white flat layout at Mount Pleasant Crest might appeal to more youthful Singaporeans and homeowners planning to do extensive renovations. “A white flat typology will give them the option to customise their layout to cater to their real estate needs, allowing for versatility over the much longer term,” he says.
Offered by the new Mount Pleasant MRT Station on the Thomson-East Coast Line, Mount Pleasant will be a car-lite estate and include Transit Priority Corridors with dedicated bus lanes, wider foot tracks and cycling pathways. New roads, including a primary thoroughfare called “Old Police Academy Road”, will additionally be built to improve accessibility. There will additionally be a protected pedestrian thoroughfare that links the various precincts in Mount Pleasant, HDB shares.
