{"id":66072,"date":"2017-09-11T17:33:31","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T10:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/freehold-balestier-property-launched-for-sale\/"},"modified":"2017-09-11T17:38:30","modified_gmt":"2017-09-11T10:38:30","slug":"freehold-balestier-property-launched-for-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/freehold-balestier-property-launched-for-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Freehold Balestier property launched for sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nMap showing the location of 10A Jalan Ampas in Balestier. Source: Savills<br \/>\nA freehold property at 10A Jalan Ampas in Balestier has been launched for sale at a guide price of $16.8 million, marketing agent Savills Singapore said on Monday (11 September).<br \/>\nLocated within an industrial cluster, the approximately 12,070 sq ft site is currently zoned for Business 1 use under the Master Plan 2014 with an allowable gross plot ratio (GPR) of 2.5.<br \/>\nSEE ALSO: Eye on Novena: Bridging the past and future<br \/>\nHowever, subject to the Urban Redevelopment Authority\u2019s approval and payment of development charges, the site could be rezoned as residential with a GPR of 2.8.<br \/>\nThe development charges are estimated at about $16.86 million, which works out to $996 psf of the maximum allowable gross floor area of 33,974 sq ft.<br \/>\nAccording to Savills, up to 44 apartments averaging around 753 sq ft could be built on the site.<br \/>\nNeighbouring sites that have been redeveloped from Business 1 use to residential projects include The Viridian and The Interweave. \u00a0<br \/>\nThe latest project to launch in the area is City Suites, which saw transactions this year range from $1,725 psf to $1,807 psf.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s not always that a boutique freehold residential site is readily available for sale. Being single-owner owned makes for a very efficient buying process as well,\u201d said Steven Ming, managing director, head of investment sales &amp; residential services at Savills Singapore.<br \/>\n10A Jalan Ampas is located close to Zhongshan Mall, Whampoa Market and the upcoming Health City Novena.<br \/>\nThe tender exercise will close on 13 October.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nRomesh Navaratnarajah, Senior Editor at PropertyGuru, wrote this story. To contact him about this or other stories, email\u00a0romesh@propertyguru.com.sg&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : proppertyguru.com.sg\/Property Market&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.propertyguru.com.sg\/property-management-news\/2017\/9\/160272\/freehold-balestier-property-launched-for-sale\" target=\"_blank\">Freehold Balestier property launched for sale<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Map showing the location of 10A Jalan Ampas in Balestier. Source: Savills A freehold property&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-hbG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":83933,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/oxley-acquires-ampas-apartments-in-balestier-for-95m\/","url_meta":{"origin":66072,"position":0},"title":"Oxley acquires Ampas Apartments in Balestier for $95m","date":"March 28, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The freehold Ampas Apartments comprises 43 units and has a site area of 30,239 sq ft. 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