The sales gallery for High Park Residences was filled to the brim as 8,000 people came to view and 500 deposits were made for the 1,390 units. The previous prediction for the number of units to be developed in the site near Thanggam LRT station and the new Seletar Mall was only 1,130 but the developers, CEL Development, Heeton Homes and Kim Seng Heng Realty, had planned for a higher number of smaller units in order to churn out a larger number of new homes.
Most of the sales were for the two-bedders which are sized between 53 to 68 sq m (up to or smaller than the size of an older resale three-room HDB flat) and priced from $398, 000 for the record-setting smallest 36 sq m studio apartment in District 28. There were also three-bedders available at 81 to 92 sq m, and various other unit configurations such as four-, five-bedroom apartments, 10 semi-detached houses, 4 bungalows and 9 commercial units. But at the weekend launch, affordability was the key word, with most units under $400,000 being snapped up quickly.
Though the quickest sales were of these smaller units, property analysts are hopeful that the area will be developed for families in the future and as it will be some time before the next private residential property enters the market in this area, High Park Residences may hold its place in terms of demand and pricing for some time.
