THE LENTORIA CONDOMINIUM

New Lentor Condo Launch Review . 6 Mins Walk to MRT
By TID Hong Leong Group + Mitsui Fudosan . Request Updates

Here we review the Lentoria condo, a new residential project that will launch for sale in Lentor Hills Estate. This new private housing estate sits in a quiet neighbourhood, comprising landed homes, and some low to mid-rise condominiums.

Artist’s Impression . Lentor Hills Estate . Land Parcel Sale by URA

The developer for this condominium is TID Residential, an established partnership of Hong Leong Group and Mitsui Fudosan. Incidentally TID is one of the collaboration of developers that recently launched Lentor Hills Residences, just across Lentor Hills Road.

Lentor Hills Residences did relatively well at its launch weekend of 8 – 9 July 2023. It sold about 50% of its 598 units on that weekend alone, at an average pricing of $2,080 PSF.

Lentoria residences could be targeting a similar response and buyer profiles, given the similar developers and convenience of location.

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The Lentoria Residence . The Site

Of the surrounding new land parcels, the Lentoria site is one of the smaller ones. It can potentially offer up to about 265 units, half that of Lentor Hills Residences and Lentor Modern. So it should appeal to residents who prefer a smaller, more exclusive environment.

Lentoria Site Location Plan . In Lentor Hills Estate

It also has the advantage of its entire west and south-west side facing landed houses and low-rise buildings. This potentially offers wide unblocked views over Teachers’ Estate, all the way to Thomson Nature Park and Peirce Reservoir Park. The parks are actually reachable on foot, 25 minutes walk away.

They form part of the Central Water Catchment Area, the largest nature reserve in Singapore. Besides providing soothing views of lush vegetation and water, it is home to a rich diversity of flora and fauna.

The Lentoria Location Site Map . Source Google Maps

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The Lentoria Condo . The Neighbourhood

Residents can jog or cycle to Lower Seletar Reservoir and Park to the north of the estate too, via the Linear Park along Tagore Road. In fact, in the neighbourhood of Lentor Hills, there are some 157 hectares of parks, nature reserves, and reservoirs. They offer boardwalks, nature trails, and a peaceful sanctuary for de-stressing, with their cool greenery and water views.

Perhaps that’s why in their masterplan, URA envisages the estate as a pedestrian-friendly precinct set amidst lush greenery. So its layout emphasises lots of green spaces, with safe paths for cyclists and pedestrians.

Existing greenery from the former secondary forest has been retained and incorporated into a ‘Hillock Park’, to serve the neighbourhood. From the park, ‘green fingers’ radiate and link to Tagore Road Linear Park, and to some of the housing sites. One of these ‘green fingers’ continues on to border the Lentoria condo site on its north-east.

Future residents here will also be fairly well served in terms of day to day needs. The Lentor Modern mall, currently under construction and estimated to complete in 2026, is 5 minutes walk away. It will provide a fairly big supermarket, eateries, shops, services, and a childcare centre.

Lentor Modern Public Plaza at Lentor Central

The HDB estate south-east across Yio Chu Kang Road also offers the usual neighbourhood shops, stalls, and food outlets. Shops at block 603, foodcourt at blocks 608, 626, 629, market at block 628, and so on.

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New Lentor Hills Condo . Connectivity

The site is equally well served where connectivity, and access to public transport are concerned. Lentor station, on the Thomson-East Coast MRT Line (TEL), is 400 metres or 6 minutes walk away.

It provides easy connectivity to main business hubs, like Woodlands Regional Centre, and the city centre and Marina Bay.

And to the Orchard Road shopping belt too. The train ride from Lentor to Orchard station is about 22 minutes long. When fully completed, the TEL will bring residents to the east coast of Singapore as well.

Along the way, TEL joins the Circle Line at Caldecott station, the Downtown Line at Stevens station, and the North-South Line at Orchard station.

Lentor station is directly connected to Lentor Modern mall. That makes for a seamless experience. One can well imagine taking the train back from work, grabbing dinner at the mall, and then strolling home.

Artist’s Impression . The Lentoria Residences Location Map . Amenities & Features

Besides TEL, a network of trunk roads and expressways serve the estate. The nearest expressway, the Seletar Expressway that leads to the CTE, is 5 minutes drive away.

In addition, the upcoming North-South Corridor (NSC) due to complete in 2029, is 5 minutes drive away too.

This will be more than just a new expressway connecting north Singapore to the City Centre in the south. It will incorporate dedicated bus lanes, allowing bus commuters to shave 10 to 15 minutes off their journey. It will also incorporate a cycling route linking with local cycling paths and the Park Connector Network, along its length. Which undoubtedly expands the number of places around the island that active mobility users and cyclists can get to safely.

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The Lentoria Singapore . Features

Of all the new sites here, this project is likely the only one that is comfortably within 1KM radius of both CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ School, and Anderson Primary School. Buyers may value this proximity to good schools not just for for their own children, but also with an eye to leasing out or re-selling in future.

The project is also among the first in the brand new Lentor Hills private residential estate development. This is being built on previously empty land, between the landed homes of Lentor Estate and of Teachers Estate. And as it grows and transforms, Lentoria will reap the benefits of that transformation, in a shiny new neighbourhood.

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The Lentoria Condominium . The Design

The site is designated for private housing development, comprising a condominium with communal facilities. It will be lushly landscaped to enhance the overall greenery, in keeping with the vision for the estate. This should make for a very attractive living environment indeed, and hopefully promote an active lifestyle.

The Lentoria Residence Site Location Map . From Google Maps

As for Lentoria residences itself, its massing and design should relate sensitively to its site topography, and surrounding context.

To that end, the site will have two zones:
. A low-rise zone of up to 8 storeys high, facing Lentor Hills Road.
. A high-rise zone of up to 19 storeys, inclusive of sky terraces, fronting Yio Chu Kang Road.

Its building façade will employ design strategies to handle Singapore’s tropical climate, for the comfort of occupants. This includes features of tropical architecture that help channel wind flows and ward off heat, like balconies and window ledges.

The façade will also be well-articulated, with a balance of walls, voids, windows, and recesses, for visual aesthetics.

In addition, each residential block in the high-rise zone will incorporate a double-volume sky terrace. Besides enhancing visual porosity, it provides access to surrounding views, especially those towards Thomson Nature Park and Peirce Reservoir.

The edges of these sky terraces will be lushly planted. This will be visible at street level, adding to the overall “lush green verdant environment”.

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The Lentoria Singapore is being developed by TID Residential Pte Ltd. TID is a joint venture, established in 1972, between property developers Mitsui Fudosan and the Hong Leong Group.

It therefore brings to the table a unique combination of Japanese-Singapore talents and management styles. The partnership has set a track record of quality projects, such as at Optima @ Tanah Merah, and Nathan Suites. In collaboration with various sister companies, it has developed 36 residential projects together, along with hotel, commercial, and industrial properties.

Hong Leong Holdings was incorporated in 1968, as the privately-held property investment and development arm of Hong Leong Group. It was hence one of the pioneers of the Singapore property market, and a major real estate player today.

To date, HLHL has been involved in almost 100 residential projects, and manages some 10 commercial properties. Some of iconic or distinctive ones, including in partnership with its sister companies, include The Tate Residences at Claymore, The Avenir at River Valley, Grange Heights, Alto, One Balmoral, 76 Shenton, and the Atria @ Meyer.

Artist’s Impression . The Avenir by Hong Leong & Guocoland & Hong Leong

Mitsui Fudosan was established in Japan in 1941. Since its incorporation, it has engaged in the development and management, of hotels, resorts, retail facilities, residences, and office buildings.

It is now one of Japan’s largest global real estate companies, and integrated property developers. Over the years, the company has delivered some 145,000 homes in Japan, and more than 8,800 buildings. Its consolidated annual sales in 2019 alone came to SGD$25 billion.

Examples of its projects are Tokyo Midtown in Roppongi, Halekulani Hotel in Honolulu, and 50 Hudson Yards in New York. Those in Singapore include St Regis Hotel & Residences, and The Oceanfront @ Sentosa Cove.

Oceanfront at Sentosa by TID . Developer for The Lentoria Condo Singapore