Potential BTO at Kallang Basin Swimming Complex, St Wilfred Sport Centre sites likely to be Plus flats: ERA Singapore
The Kallang Basin ActiveSG Swimming Facility and the St Wilfred ActiveSG Sports Centre are going to cease operations permanently in the second half of 2025. On June 13, URA, HDB and Sport Singapore jointly announced the closing of the centers upon their rent expirations. The Kallang Basin complex, established on Geylang Bahru Lane, will shut on Sept 1, and the St Wilfred center on St Wilfred Road will shut on Oct 1.
The Kallang Basin Swimming Complex location is throughout walking range of Geylang Bahru MRT Terminal and the Geylang Bahru Market and Food Center. Lim notes that a lot of the public property blocks in the Geylang Bahru area were established in the 1970s, showing a need for brand-new developments that will certainly invigorate the location.
Meanwhile, the St Wilfred Sport Center is a 10-minute walk from Boon Keng MRT Stop. It is located near to St George’s Road, where many of the existing HDB flats go back to the 1980s, according to Lim.
Locals will have connection to a new Sport-in-Precinct establishment in nearby Kolam Ayer, that is scheduled to start at the end of the year. Meanwhile, plans to introduce housing project at the two sites are presently being examined, according to the agencies.
Lim believes that future Build-to-Order (BTO) projects at the site might be designated as Plus flats due to their closeness to town and features. Plus apartments have tighter resale constraints compared to Standard classification flats, consisting of a longer minimum occupation phase of ten years and restrictions on renting the flat.
He forecasts the future BTO project at the site could feature a mix of 2- to four-room apartments. “The close-by sites have a plot proportion of 2.8, and assuming a the same plot ratio, we might see some high-rise BTO condos, possibly approximately 36 storeys,” he adds.
The ideas to close the Kallang Basin and St Wilfred sports facilities for redevelopment are reasonable, given that both sites are substantially older matched up to some other sports facilities, sees Eugene Lim, major executive officer at ERA Singapore. “It makes sense for the sites to pave the way for far better land use, especially given that they are found fairly close to the city facility,” he adds.
