Aurea
188 homes rising on a conserved national landmark — the Golden Mile Complex. A 45-storey tower by Far East Organization and Perennial Holdings, launched March 2025 from S$2,750 psf.
The numbers, on one page.
- Developer
- Far East Organization and Perennial Holdings (GMC Property Pte. Ltd.)Source: EdgeProp / Yahoo SG / Stacked Homes
- En-bloc consortium
- Perennial Holdings (50%), Sino Land (25%), Far East Organization (25%) — bought Golden Mile Complex for S$700M, May 2022Source: Mingtiandi / Wikipedia / EdgeProp
- Tenure
- Fresh 99-year leasehold (lease commenced developer-stated 18 Nov 2024)Source: 99.co
- Total units
- 188 residential units in a 45-storey towerSource: EdgeProp / Yahoo SG / Stacked Homes
- Unit mix
- 84× 2BR · 28× 3BR · 56× 4BR · 18× 5BR Sky Villa · 2 penthousesSource: Stacked Homes / launch reporting
- District
- D7 / Beach Road — Kampong Glam, on the conserved Golden Mile Complex
- Address
- 802 Beach Road, Singapore 199980Source: OneMap
- Heritage
- Golden Mile Complex — gazetted for conservation Oct 2021, the first large-scale strata-titled building so conserved in SingaporeSource: URA / Mothership / EdgeProp
- Preview
- previewed February 2025 (developer-stated 22 Feb, appointment-only)Source: EdgeProp / Stacked Homes
- Launched
- 8 March 2025Source: EdgeProp / Yahoo SG / 99.co
- Launch take-up
- 23 of 78 Phase-1 units released (~30%) at S$3,005 psf avgSource: EdgeProp / Yahoo SG / 99.co
- Launch price guide
- from S$2,750 psf; ~S$1.92M entrySource: EdgeProp / Stacked Homes
- Completion / TOP
- Expected TOP ~Q2 2029 (some outlets Q3 2029); expected vacant possession 31 Mar 2030; legal completion 31 Mar 2033Source: 99.co / EdgeProp
- Nearest MRT
- Nicoll Highway (CC5) ~440 m · Lavender (EW11) ~580 m · Bugis ~1.2 kmSource: OneMap
Load-bearing facts on this page are corroborated against at least two independent sources before publication. Last verified 9 Jul 2026.
73% sold to date
A new tower on a conserved icon — there is no second one of these.
The Golden Mile Complex is one of the most recognisable buildings in Singapore: a stepped, terraced 1973 megastructure on Beach Road, designed by William Lim, Gan Eng Oon and Tay Kheng Soon, once nicknamed for its “Big Asia” presence on the waterfront skyline. In October 2021 it became the first large-scale strata-titled building in Singapore to be gazetted for conservation.
In May 2022 a consortium — Perennial Holdings (50%), Sino Land (25%) and Far East Organization (25%) — bought it en bloc for S$700 million, the first collective sale of a conserved strata-titled landmark. The deal carried conservation obligations: the old podium is being restored and rejuvenated as “The Golden Mile”, while a new 45-storey residential tower, Aurea, rises with it. That is what you are actually buying here — a brand-new apartment physically married to a conserved national monument.
Aurea previewed on 22 February 2025 and launched on 8 March 2025, one of the first CCR luxury launches of the year. The developer released 78 units in Phase 1 and sold 23 of them at the launch — roughly 30% of that first tranche — at an average of S$3,005 psf. That is a deliberately measured release of a 188-unit project, not a sell-out push; two- and three-bedders in the Prestige Collection took about 74% of the launch sales.
The development JV is marketed as Far East Organization and Perennial Holdings (the legal entity is GMC Property Pte. Ltd.). The tenure is a fresh 99-year leasehold commencing a developer-stated 18 November 2024, so a buyer today takes a near-full lease rather than a depleted one. What Aurea is selling is identity and location: a one-of-one address on the city fringe, not an entry price.
Launched from S$2,750 psf · S$3,005 average.
Aurea launched on 8 March 2025 with 23 of the 78 Phase-1 units booked — about 30% of that first release — at an average of S$3,005 psf. Prices were guided from S$2,750 psf, with two-bedroom apartments from roughly S$1.92 million. That puts Aurea squarely in the band the recent District 7 integrated launches set:
- Midtown Modern (GuocoLand, TOP 2025): averaging ~S$3,017 psf on recent transactions
- The M (Wing Tai, completed 2023): roughly S$2,200 – 3,500 psf across unit types
- Aurea launch: from S$2,750 psf, S$3,005 average over the Phase-1 release
The premium over the older Bugis launches buys the conserved landmark and a fresh 99-year lease. Whether that premium holds on resale is the open question — there is no precedent transaction for “new tower on a conserved strata landmark”.
| Project | District | Units | Tenure | Completion | PSF (launch / transactions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aureasubject | D7 · Beach Road | 188 | 99-yr | 2029 | from S$2,750 · launch avg S$3,005 |
| Midtown Modern | D7 · Bugis | 558 | 99-yr | 2025 | S$2,765 – 5,114 · avg ~S$3,017 |
| Midtown Bay | D7 · Beach Road | 219 | 99-yr | 2024 | S$2,804 – 3,883 |
| The M | D7 · Bugis | 522 | 99-yr | 2023 | S$2,201 – 3,500 · ~3.8% gross yield (2026) |
Source: Aurea's launch figures are from EdgeProp / Yahoo SG / 99.co launch reporting (Mar 2025). Comparable PSF figures are from each project's own listing and transaction data (PropertyGuru / 99.co). Comparables are the nearest District 7 integrated launches; none is a like-for-like for a conserved-landmark address.
Three collections, from 2-bedders to a triplex penthouse.
Aurea's 188 units split into a Prestige Collection (2- to 4-bedroom), a Signature / Sky Villa tier (the 18 five-bedroom units higher up), and a Penthouse Collection of two six-bedroom homes — a duplex of 5,608 sqft and a triplex of 8,816 sqft. Two- and three-bedders dominate by count and took roughly 74% of the launch sales. The exact per-stack split and floor plans funnel through the brochure request below.
| Type | Total units | Size (sqft) | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-bedroom | 84 | 635 – ~750 | from ~S$1.92M (from S$2,750 psf · Prestige Collection) |
| 3-bedroom | 28 | ~850 – 1,001 | mid-S$2,700s to mid-S$2,900s psf (developer-guided) |
| 4-bedroom | 56 | 1,442 – 1,798 | Signature / Prestige — funnels to #brochure |
| 5-bedroom Sky Villa | 18 | 2,863 – 3,251 | ~S$3,100 – S$3,250 psf (developer-guided) |
| Penthouses (6BR duplex / triplex) | 2 | 5,608 / 8,816 | by appointment |
Source: unit counts and size ranges from launch reporting (Stacked Homes / EdgeProp). Some mid-size ranges are approximate and developer-listed sizes take precedence; the bedroom-level price split funnels to the brochure. Drop your contact below for the live balance list and floor-plan PDFs.
802 Beach Road — Kampong Glam edge of the city.
Aurea sits on Beach Road at the Nicoll Highway corner, on the Kampong Glam edge of the city fringe. The conserved Golden Mile podium is the immediate neighbour; the Sultan Mosque, Haji Lane and the Arab Street F&B and retail cluster are a few minutes' walk west.
The transit is the strong suit here. Nicoll Highway MRT (CC5, Circle Line) is about 440 m — a 5 to 7 minute walk — and Lavender MRT (EW11, East-West Line) is around 580 m, roughly a 9-minute walk. The Circle Line puts Marina Bay, the Stadium / Sports Hub and the Promenade interchange a few stops away; the CBD fringe is a short ride.
What it is not is a school-catchment address. The nearest mainstream primary schools — Farrer Park Primary and Bendemeer Primary — are about 2 km away, outside the 1 km Primary 1 priority tier. International schools (Stamford American at Woodleigh, Insworld) are a drive. This is a city-living and transit play, not a family-catchment one.
Heritage, transit, and the Kampong Glam buzz.
The defining features of this address are the conserved Golden Mile podium beneath you, two MRT lines within a short walk, and the Kampong Glam lifestyle district next door. The trade-off is schools: there is no strong mainstream primary catchment within the priority radius, which is typical for a city-fringe CCR site.
- Farrer Park Primary~1.96 km · outside 1 km P1 tier
- Bendemeer Primary~2.08 km
- St Andrew's Junior School~3.15 km
- Stamford American (Woodleigh)~3.8 km · International
- Insworld Institute (Stamford)city centre · private
- Nicoll Highway MRT (CC5)~440 m · 5–7 min walk
- Lavender MRT (EW11)~580 m · ~9 min walk
- Bugis MRT (EW12 / DT14)~1.2 km · interchange
- Nicoll Highway / ECPdirect to the CBD & East Coast
- Marina Bay / CBD fringea few CCL stops
- Conserved Golden Mile podiumat the doorstep
- “The Golden Mile” retail & officesrestored mixed-use podium
- Medical suites (planned)within the development
- Kampong Glam CC~245 m
- Beach Road / Suntec / Bugismalls & offices a short ride
- Sultan Mosque / Arab Street~5 min walk · Kampong Glam
- Haji Lane F&B & boutiques~6 min walk
- Kallang Riverside / Promenade~10 min walk · waterfront
- Marina Bay waterfront~5 min drive
- National Stadium / Sports Hub2 CCL stops
Two buyers it fits — and one it doesn't.
Aurea is a specific buy, not a mass-market one. Here is where the conserved-landmark address genuinely earns its premium, and where it doesn't.
Scarcity, transit, city-fringe tenancy.
The pitch is a one-of-one address — there is no second “new tower on a conserved national landmark” — on the city fringe with two MRT lines a short walk away. The nearby D7 integrated launches (The M at ~3.8% gross yield (2026); Midtown Modern in the same belt) show real tenant demand in this belt.
The honest caveat: at a S$3,005 psf launch average and an S$1.92M-plus entry, the yield math is tighter than in the outer regions. We won't quote a yield figure for Aurea — rentals haven't commenced. The cleanest read is to pull URA rental data for The M and Midtown Modern and work from real transactions.
City-livers who want identity and a fresh lease.
If you want to live in the heart of the city fringe — Kampong Glam character, Circle and East-West lines on your doorstep, Marina Bay minutes away — and you value living above a conserved icon, Aurea is close to unique. The fresh 99-year lease from November 2024 means you're not buying a depleted term.
The honest version: your immediate neighbour is a working commercial podium, not a quiet private estate, and this is not a school-catchment home. For the buyer who wants heritage and connectivity over a family-catchment, that's the point; for others it's a trade-off.
Value hunters and school-catchment families.
If your priority is price-per-square-foot value or a strong Primary 1 catchment, Aurea is not your project. CCR pricing above S$2,750 psf is a premium for identity and location, and the nearest mainstream primaries sit ~2 km away, outside the priority tier. Buyers who want quiet, low-density private living should also weigh the commercial podium and the footfall a restored mixed-use landmark brings. None of that is a flaw — it's just not what value or catchment buyers are looking for.
What the brochure won't tell you.
The launch was measured, not a sell-out.23 of 78 Phase-1 units (~30%) sold over the March 2025 launch — a deliberate tranche release of a 188-unit project, not a rush. Read the live sell-through in the availability box above, and don't confuse the 23-of-78 launch figure with a 23-of-188 project figure: the denominators are different.
CCR pricing, premium entry. From S$2,750 psf and an S$1.92 million-plus entry, this is Core Central Region money. The premium over the nearby Bugis launches buys the conserved landmark and a fresh lease — not a wider unit or a value discount.
Your neighbour is a commercial podium.The conserved Golden Mile podium below will operate as a mixed-use development — retail, offices, medical suites. That's convenient and full of footfall, but it's not the quiet of a standalone private estate. If you want low-density calm, weigh this carefully.
Thin school catchment. The nearest mainstream primary schools (Farrer Park Primary ~1.96 km, Bendemeer Primary ~2.08 km) are outside the 1 km Primary 1 priority radius. This is a city-living address, not a family-catchment one.
TOP vs the legal long-stop. Expected TOP is around Q2 2029 (some outlets Q3 2029); the expected vacant-possession date is 31 March 2030 and expected legal completion is 31 March 2033 — backstops, not the target. Build a buffer into your timeline; conservation-linked redevelopments can move slower than a standard GLS site.
No resale precedent.“New tower on a conserved strata landmark” has never traded on resale before. The identity premium is real today; whether it holds, widens or compresses a decade out is genuinely untested. Both sides of that are honest.
What's still available, what's actually being booked.
We'll send the current balance-unit list, indicative pricing by stack and collection, and any developer-side incentives still active. Tell us the bedroom count or budget you're working with — our partner agent can pull the matching options before the showflat call.
What buyers keep asking.
- When is Aurea TOP? +
- Aurea's residential tower is expected to TOP around Q2 2029 (some outlets say Q3 2029); the expected vacant possession date is 31 March 2030 and expected legal completion is 31 March 2033 — these are different milestones, not one date. As of June 2026, treat ~Q2 2029 as the expected handover, 31 March 2030 as the expected vacant possession, and 31 March 2033 as the contractual legal-completion backstop; sources sometimes quote one for the other. Most outlets simply say "completion 2029".
- What was the launch price and take-up at Aurea? +
- Aurea previewed on 22 February 2025 and launched on 8 March 2025. The developer released 78 units in Phase 1 (two- to four-bedroom apartments, levels 4–16) and sold 23 of them at the launch — about a 30% take-up of the Phase-1 release, at an average of S$3,005 psf. That 23 is out of 78 released, not out of the 188-unit project. Prices were guided from S$2,750 psf, with two-bedders from about S$1.92 million. As of June 2026, the live sell-through is shown in the availability box above.
- How many units does Aurea have, and what's the unit mix? +
- Aurea has 188 residential units in a single 45-storey tower. Per launch reporting, the mix is roughly 84 two-bedroom, 28 three-bedroom, 56 four-bedroom, 18 five-bedroom "Sky Villa" units, and two six-bedroom penthouses (a duplex of 5,608 sqft and a triplex of 8,816 sqft). The two- and three-bedders make up the Prestige Collection and accounted for about 74% of the units sold at the launch.
- Who is the developer of Aurea? +
- Aurea is developed by GMC Property Pte. Ltd., a joint venture marketed as Far East Organization and Perennial Holdings. There is a third party in the picture worth knowing: the Golden Mile Complex site was bought en bloc in May 2022 by a consortium of Perennial Holdings (50%), Sino Land (25%) and Far East Organization (25%) for S$700 million. Launch press and the developer's own marketing foreground Far East and Perennial; Sino Land is the quieter 25% en-bloc partner.
- What is the Golden Mile Complex, and how does it relate to Aurea? +
- Aurea is the new residential tower rising on the Golden Mile Complex site at Beach Road. The original 1973 complex — a stepped, terraced "megastructure" by architects William Lim, Gan Eng Oon and Tay Kheng Soon — was gazetted for conservation in October 2021, the first large-scale strata-titled building in Singapore to be conserved. The consortium bought it en bloc in 2022 and is conserving and rejuvenating the old podium (as "The Golden Mile", with retail, offices and medical suites) while building the 45-storey Aurea tower above and beside it. So you're buying a brand-new apartment physically attached to a conserved national landmark — a genuinely unusual proposition.
- How far is Aurea from the nearest MRT? +
- Aurea at 802 Beach Road is about 440 m straight-line from Nicoll Highway MRT (CC5, Circle Line) — a roughly 5–7 minute walk — and about 580 m from Lavender MRT (EW11, East-West Line), around a 9-minute walk. Bugis (DT/EW interchange) is about 1.2 km. The Circle Line connection puts Marina Bay, the CBD fringe and the Stadium/Sports Hub a few stops away.
- Is Aurea freehold? +
- No. Aurea is 99-year leasehold, but it's a fresh lease that commenced on a developer-stated 18 November 2024 — so a 2026 buyer effectively takes on a near-full 99-year term rather than a depleted one. This is a redevelopment of a conserved site, not a freehold plot; the conservation of the old Golden Mile Complex podium is a separate matter from the residential tenure.
- Was Golden Mile Complex really Singapore's first conserved strata building? +
- Yes, with a precise comparator. When it was gazetted in October 2021, Golden Mile Complex became the first modern, large-scale strata-titled development to be conserved in Singapore — earlier conservation had focused on shophouses and single-owner buildings, not large strata-titled developments with hundreds of owners. Its May 2022 collective sale was also the first en-bloc of such a conserved strata building. The superlative is specifically about large-scale strata-titled developments.
- How does Aurea compare to other District 7 launches? +
- Aurea's S$3,005 psf launch average sits right in the band the recent D7 integrated launches set. Midtown Modern (GuocoLand, TOP 2025) has averaged around S$3,017 psf on recent transactions; Midtown Bay (also GuocoLand) and The M (Wing Tai, completed 2023) round out the cluster of Beach Road / Bugis launches that pushed past S$3,000 psf — a level once reserved for District 9. What Aurea adds that none of them have is the conserved-landmark address.
- Who is Aurea best suited to? +
- Aurea suits a city-fringe owner-occupier or investor who values the Kampong Glam / Beach Road location, the Circle Line connection and the one-of-one conserved-landmark identity, and who is comfortable with CCR pricing above S$2,750 psf. It is not a value play or a strong school-catchment buy — the nearest mainstream primary schools sit about 2 km away, outside the 1 km Primary 1 priority tier. The pitch is location, identity and a fresh 99-year lease, not entry price.
- What's the catch with buying on a conserved site? +
- Living atop a conserved national landmark is the selling point and the complication. The old Golden Mile Complex podium is being restored and will operate as a mixed-use development (retail, offices, medical suites) right beneath the homes — that brings footfall and convenience, but also a working commercial building as your immediate neighbour rather than a quiet private estate. Conservation also constrains what can be changed to the heritage structure over time. For some buyers the heritage is the whole appeal; for others the commercial podium is a trade-off to weigh.
- How do I book an Aurea showflat appointment? +
- To book an Aurea showflat appointment, drop your details via the form on this page. Our partner agent will get back to you with available slots, the current balance-unit list, indicative pricing by stack and collection, and any developer-side incentives still active.
Why this launch matters.
23 of 78 Phase-1 units booked at the March 2025 launch — a measured release of a one-of-one address. Here's what the buyers were reading.
23 of 78 Phase-1 units sold (~30%) over the launch, March 2025, at S$3,005 psf avg · live balance shown above · 2- and 3-bedders took ~74% of sales.
Get the balance unit list →- 01A genuinely one-of-one address.There is no second new tower on a conserved national landmark. Golden Mile Complex was the first large-scale strata-titled building in Singapore gazetted for conservation — that identity can't be replicated by the next launch.
- 02Two MRT lines within a short walk.Nicoll Highway (CC5, Circle Line) is ~440 m and Lavender (EW11, East-West Line) is ~580 m — both walkable, on different lines. For a city-fringe address that's a strong connectivity hand.
- 03A fresh 99-year lease, not a depleted one.The lease commenced a developer-stated 18 November 2024, so a 2026 buyer takes on a near-full term. On a conserved-site redevelopment that's a cleaner tenure story than buying into an ageing leasehold.
- 04Priced in the D7 integrated-launch band.The S$3,005 psf launch average sits beside Midtown Modern's ~S$3,017 psf — the level the Beach Road / Bugis integrated launches established. The conserved landmark is the extra Aurea brings that the comps can't.
- 05Demand concentrated in the smaller units.Two- and three-bedders in the Prestige Collection took about 74% of the launch sales — the most liquid, most rentable layouts, which is the cleanest signal of where investor and city-liver demand sits.
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