Work begins on HDB flats not announced for sale yet in Tampines and upcoming Berlayar estate

Hundreds of new HDB Build-To-Order (BTO) flats that have yet to be announced for sale are being built in Tampines and the upcoming Berlayar estate — a residential area being developed at the site formerly occupied by Keppel Club.

- Ng Keng Gene Correspondent

The flats are not among the 10 developments that are slated for launch later in October - the third and final BTO sales exercise of 2025 — meaning that they will be launched in 2026 at the earliest.

In the upcoming Berlayar estate, the Housing Board has begun piling for a 1,039-unit project that will have four residential blocks ranging from 24 storeys to 40 storeys tall.

In total, Berlayar will have 7,000 HDB flats and 3,000 private homes when the area is fully developed.

The 7,000 flats include 870 sold units and 200 rental flats that will be part of Berlayar Residences, which will be launched in October as the first BTO project to go on sale in the estate.

The 1,039-unit project where piling work has begun will include a childcare centre and a single-storey commercial building. Information on when the project will be completed is not publicly available.

Based on HDB’s masterplan for Berlayar, some units in this project’s blocks are likely to have unblocked views of the Keppel Harbour area.

The project will be located about 500m from Telok Blangah MRT station.