23/05/2024
*Up to 20,000 homes planned for Turf City, including first Bukit Timah HDB flats in almost 40 years.*
URA said four distinctive neighbourhoods are likely to be built in Bukit Timah Turf City, “each featuring new public spaces integrated with existing landscape and heritage buildings to reflect their unique characters while promoting community bonding”.
The first, Racecourse Neighbourhood, 🏇 will be anchored by two historic grandstands and a new central open space reminiscent of the racecourse’s original racetracks. This neighbourhood will be Bukit Timah Turf City’s civic heart, and provide “a wide variety of large-scale sports, recreational, commercial and community amenities” within a five-minute walk of the Turf City MRT station.
Stables Commune, 🐎 the second neighbourhood, will include former workers quarters and stables that will house small-scale lifestyle offerings. Located in Dunearn Road, this neighbourhood will “take after the existing street character of Bukit Timah Road”, said URA.
The third neighbourhood, Saddle Club Knolls, 🐎will “be defined by its undulating terrain and surrounding forests”. Here, the former Bukit Timah Saddle Club and its surrounding landscape will be a lifestyle node, while the old Fairways Quarters could host family-friendly activities.
The last neighbourhood, ⛰️ Tinggi Hills, located within former golf course land, will have homes with good views of the Central Catchment Nature Reserve and Bukit Tinggi.
15,000 to 20,000 new homes will be built at the former Turf City over the next two to three decades. Read more at straitstimes.com.