Saturday, November 9, 2013

Singapore to get first retirement village

Published on Nov 10, 2013 1:00 AM



For a long time some of Singapore's ageing baby boomers have said what Singapore needs are retirement villages like the ones you see in developed countries. They provide housing as well as a range of amenities for older people, who get to live in a purpose-built community of their own.


Now it is going to happen, with a pilot project coming up in Jalan Jurong Kechil.


Property developer World Class Land, a subsidiary of the Aspial jewellery group, is building a retirement village on a plot roughly the size of 1 1/2 football fields.


It won a tender last November by offering close to $75 million for the 60-year leasehold land. Details about the number and size of units, and the price, are still being worked out and will be announced later, a spokesman for the company said.


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