A freehold parcel of 61,931 sq ft at 4 Jalan Ampas is back in front of developers. EdgeProp reported on 13 October 2026 that Balestier Regency, a 10-storey block of 72 apartments completed in 1990, has been relaunched for collective sale by public tender. Bids are due by 3 pm on 12 November 2026, and the owners have kept the terms they used at their previous tender launch in May 2026.
Dorset Gardens location notes: where the Jalan Ampas plot sits
The block stands in the Balestier area, part of the city fringe, where sizeable freehold redevelopment sites are in limited supply, according to the marketing agent quoted by EdgeProp. That remark frames the relaunch. The offer is less about the 1990 building than about the ground under it and a freehold title that carries no lease clock.
Land of this size is unusual for a single block. At almost 62,000 sq ft, the plot holds far fewer homes than its planning parameters would allow, and that gap between built and permissible space is the arithmetic behind most collective sales.
Dorset Gardens briefing: from 72 homes to as many as 161
EdgeProp gives the site a gross plot ratio of 2.8. Multiplied by the land area, that yields a maximum gross floor area of roughly 173,407 sq ft, and the report puts the redevelopment potential at up to 161 apartments. Set beside the 72 units standing there, a new scheme could hold about 89 more homes, more than twice the existing count.
The eventual figure would turn on the unit mix a buyer settles on. Larger family layouts would pull the total below the ceiling, while a plan weighted towards compact homes would move closer to it.
Dorset Gardens briefing: a nominal levy and a fixed deadline
One detail sets this land apart from many older blocks. Its baseline plot ratio is 2.793, a fraction under the 2.8 permitted, so the marketing agent told EdgeProp that only a nominal land betterment charge is payable. Such charges arise when a redevelopment lifts a site's use or intensity above its baseline; with a margin of 0.007, the lift on Jalan Ampas is slight.
The agent described the parcel as an option for developers prepared to take a medium- to long-term view. The tender window stays open until 12 November 2026, with terms unchanged since May 2026.
Closer to Farrer Park, Dorset Gardens on Dorset Road presents a separate set of facts. It is a pre-launch condominium on the former Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society site, with a 99-year lease running from 16 October 2025, in District 8 and the Kallang (Farrer Park) planning area, about 330 m from Farrer Park MRT. The approved building plan provides for 425 homes on a 111,934 sq ft site. A joint venture of UOL Group, Singapore Land Group and Kheng Leong is developing it, with launch targeted for 1H 2027. The location page maps the surroundings.
Brochure and floor plan requests, as the developer releases them, can go to the Sales Concierge.
Source: EdgeProp, report of 13 October 2026 on the Balestier Regency collective sale.
General information only, not financial or legal advice.
Source: EdgeProp. This article is independent commentary; Dorset Gardens is not affiliated with the parties mentioned.
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