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Crowds flock to The Panorama condo preview

Published on Jan 06, 2014


HUNDREDS of people visited the showflat of The Panorama - a much-talked-about condominium in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 2 - during its preview over the weekend.

Expected to be launched later this month, the 698-unit, 99-year leasehold project adjacent to CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' School is being developed by Wheelock Properties. The Straits Times understands that the units could go for between $1,400 and $1,600 per sq ft.

"We are encouraged by the good response," said Ms Tan Bee Kim, senior executive director of Wheelock Properties (Singapore).

Set for completion in 2019, The Panorama will be a five-minute walk from the upcoming Mayflower MRT station of the Thomson Line, which is slated to be operational in 2020. The condominium is also in the vicinity of Anderson Junior College, Nanyang Polytechnic, James Cook University and Australian International School.

The six-block development with a clubhouse comprises 95 one-bedroom units, 196 two-bedroom units, 314 three-bedroom units, 68 four-bedroom units, 19 five-bedroom units and six penthouses. The sizes vary from 430 sq ft for a single-bedroom unit to 2,400 sq ft for the penthouses.

"The response on the first day of the preview has been excellent as it has been some time since a major project was last launched in Ang Mo Kio," said Mr Jack Chua, chief executive of ERA Singapore.

Mr Tan Tee Khoon, Knight Frank's executive director of residential services, said: "Among the prospective buyers who have indicated keen interest are young married couples and families with school-going children."

ERA and Knight Frank are marketing agents for The Panorama.