Buying ·
Buying a Home Near a Primary School in Singapore
The 1km rule still decides P1 priority at most schools, but not at 12 of them. What proximity buys and the 30-month commitment.
Hudson Place Residences is about 70% sold. We review the remaining unit mix, one-north location and prices buyers should compare.
Ming Chen ·
Hudson Place Residences sold more than six in ten homes over its May launch weekend. By July, many of the lower-priced compact units were gone. Buyers now need to compare each remaining stack, floor and view with earlier caveats.
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Location | Media Circle, one-north |
| Tenure | 99-year leasehold |
| Project size | 327 homes plus ground-floor retail |
| Unit types | Two- to four-bedroom homes and five penthouses |
| Expected TOP | Third quarter of 2029 |
| Launch result | 201 homes sold at an average $2,458 psf |
The project has two residential blocks of 15 and 23 storeys above a seven-storey podium. Unit sizes run from 646 sq ft for a two-bedder to 2,196 sq ft for the largest penthouse. The consortium behind the project includes Qingjian Realty, Forsea Holdings, CYZ Land and Jianan Capital.
These project details and the launch result come from EdgeProp's Hudson Place launch report. The developers sold 201 of 327 homes on 16 and 17 May 2026, with Singaporeans and permanent residents accounting for about 99% of buyers.
Launch prices started above $1.4 million for a 646 sq ft two-bedder, above $2 million for a three-bedder from 893 sq ft, and above $2.7 million for a four-bedder from 1,152 sq ft. Those figures describe the opening price list. They do not promise the same entry point two months later.
A 99.co project snapshot viewed in mid-July showed about 70% sold and around 98 homes available. It also listed remaining two-bedders from $1.87 million and three-bedders from $2.45 million. Portal inventory can lag bookings and returned units, so ask for the developer's dated balance-unit chart before drawing conclusions from those figures.
The sales pattern explains part of the change. All 14 units in the 893 sq ft three-bedroom deluxe layout sold during launch weekend, while buyers took more than 88% of the 1,152 sq ft four-bedroom premium units. A buyer arriving now may face a larger or higher-floor version of the same bedroom count. Compare the actual floor area and total price, not the launch headline.
Run these four checks on each shortlisted unit:
Our guide to buying a completed versus uncompleted new launch explains how construction timing changes your cash flow and certainty.
Hudson Place sits in Mediapolis, near offices and institutions across one-north. Our one-north location deep-dive walks the precinct in detail; the short version is that Star Vista, Fusionopolis and Galaxis provide established retail and food options, but the immediate Media Circle streets still feel like a business district under construction. The project has 4,306 sq ft of retail space on its ground floor, which should cover some daily needs without replacing a mature town centre.
The transport trade-off deserves a weekday test. This is not a doorstep-MRT condo. Walk the route at the hour you expect to leave for work, then repeat the trip after rain. A five-minute difference on a sales map becomes a recurring part of your commute.
URA's Greater one-north plan shows more homes, walking routes and cycling paths coming to Mediapolis. Buyers will live through that build-out. New neighbours can support shops and bus services, while nearby construction brings noise, dust and competing homes when you resell.
Agents often frame one-north as a ready tenant pool because technology, media, biomedical and education employers operate nearby. Proximity helps, but a workplace cluster does not guarantee your target rent or a short vacancy. Tenants can choose from neighbouring projects, including Bloomsbury Residences, or rent farther away near an MRT station.
Use the current purchase price in your yield calculation and deduct maintenance, property tax, agent fees, vacancy and repairs. Do not pair today's price with an optimistic future rent. If the purchase only works after several years of rent growth, you are paying for the precinct plan before tenants have done so.
Hudson Place makes the clearest case for an owner-occupier who works around one-north, wants a new home and can hold through the area's construction cycle. The larger layouts also suit families who value internal space over a direct MRT connection. The launch response for the 893 sq ft and 1,152 sq ft layouts points to the same owner-occupier demand.
Investors should demand a margin of safety. A unit priced well above comparable caveats needs a view, layout or floor advantage that future tenants and buyers can recognise. Marketing language about an innovation district cannot replace that unit-level case.
HDB upgraders also need to settle the sale sequence before signing an option. Our guide to selling your HDB before buying a condo covers the Additional Buyer's Stamp Duty (ABSD), temporary housing and timing trade-offs.
The project reached about 70% sold by mid-July. That take-up shows demand for Media Circle, but it also means many of the cheapest units are no longer available.
Request three documents before paying the booking fee: the current price list, the balance-unit chart and the floor plan for the exact unit. Match them against URA caveats and the surrounding Master Plan. A good Media Circle purchase now depends less on the project's launch story and more on whether the remaining unit earns its price.
Sources: EdgeProp launch report, EdgeProp preview details, URA Greater one-north plan, 99.co availability snapshot.
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