What is One-North?

*Update NOV 2020*

Check out this spacious 3+study apartment at The Rochester we are currently marketing for sale!

Welcome To One-North in Singapore!

One-North is located somewhere (west) of Singapore, near Holland Village / Buona Vista / Queenstown vicinity.

The location was made up of some old residential, old parks, old warehouses previously.

Today, it has become a mix of high-tech industries, ranging from biomed to infocomm.

Master-planned by Zaha Hadid Architects, there are several notable sub-zones within the entire One-North.

  • Biopolis – biomedical R&D
  • Fusionopolis – arts, business, tech (fusion of)
  • Mediapolis – media production
  • Wessex Estate – housing units
  • Rochester Park – retail outlets
  • Vista – retail, hotel, residential
  • JTC Launchpad – SG version of “Silicon Valley”

The chart below shows a few notable residential projects located around One-North.

We can see that Dover Parkview and Heritage View are cheaper in $psf sales, and yet Heritage View is still able to get similar rent compared to The Rochester.

  • The Rochester – 334 units completed in 2011
  • One-North Residences – 405 units completed in 2009
  • Heritage View – 618 units completed in 2000
  • Dover Parkview – 686 units completed in 1997

For this set of projects, the sale price hovers around $1158psf to $1466psf whereas D’Leedon at Farrer Road (completed in 2014) averages about $1500-$1600psf with rent at about $4psfpm.

Which, do you think, makes for better investment choice?

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