Just over half of units at 8@BT condo sold over launch weekend
The Straits Times|September 24, 2024
Bukit Sembawang Estates' Upper Bukit Timah condominium project 8@BT sold 83 units, or 53 per cent, of its 158 units over its launch weekend, at an average selling price of $2,719 per sq ft (psf).
Just over half of units at 8@BT condo sold over launch weekend

The best-selling units were the one-bedders, with a sales rate of 91 per cent.

These units were priced from about $1.34 million, said ERA Singapore chief executive Marcus Chu.

Around 60 per cent of the two-bedroom units and 49 per cent of the three-bedroom units were sold, he added, with the two-bedroom units starting from about $1.81 million and the three-bedroom units from $2.55 million.

Located in District 21 near Beauty World MRT station, the 99-year leasehold project sits on 49,633 sq ft of land acquired at a state tender in 2022 for $200 million, at $1,343 psf per plot ratio.

The condo's units will be housed in two 20-storey blocks.

This story is from the September 24, 2024 edition of The Straits Times.

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