[This post is first published on Little Big Red Dot on 4th March 2025]

This is a new segment which we will be featuring on Little Big Red Dot. As property is always a hot topic, we thought “why not start a property showdown type blogpost?” I have been blogging about property and investing for quite a good number of years. If you would like to read my blog about investing, you can access it at daryllum.com.

Now back to the very first Property Showdown blog article on Little Big Red Dot. We are going to compare two very recent launches. Aurea at Beach Road by Far East Organization and Perennial Holdings and Chuan Park by Kingsford Development and MCC Singapore.

Property Showdown: Aurea vs Chuan Park

We will be breaking down this showdown into 7 categories. They are:

1. Number of MRT stops to the city centre (Raffles Place MRT Station)

2. Distance to the nearest hawker centre

3. Distance to the nearest shopping mall

4. Primary schools within a 1 kilometre radius

5. Price per square foot

6. Premium over the resale units in the vicinity

Category 1: Distance to the nearest MRT Station

Let us look at Aurea for a start. The nearest MRT station in this case would be Nicoll Highway MRT Station. This is a station on the circle line.

The walk from Aurea to Nicoll Highway MRT Station

The distance from Aurea to Nicoll Highway MRT Station is 700 meters. According to Google Maps, the walk will take 9 minutes. In this case, there is a portion of the walk that is unsheltered. I am assuming that you would be able to link from Aurea to Golden Mile Complex and subsequently Golden Mile Tower, as it was before. Then the last leg of the journey, about a third of the 700 meters, would be unsheltered.

Chuan Park’s distance to its nearest MRT station, Lorong Chuan MRT Station, is a lot shorter. The development is located literally next to the MRT station. Lorong Chuan MRT Station is similarly located along the Circle Line. It would take just a minute to walk the 64 meters to Lorong Chuan MRT Station from Chuan Park.