The Boulevard Residences (BLVD) (D10, Freehold, SC Global)
The Boulevard Residences (BLVD)Taking luxury living to new heights from London to San Francisco, services once the preserve of privileged guests at the world’s most prestigious hotels are now featured in premier residential developments sited in elegant urban locations.
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Today, this level of service and luxury comes to Singapore by way of The Boulevard Residences (BLVD). The BLVD is not only an assent to living well but a defining experience of consummate quality and style.
Tucked away from the bustle of Orchard Road, yet presiding over its skyline, the BLVD is a study in urbane sophistication. Two slender 36-storey towers linked by a sky bridge are clad in full-height glass curtain walls to provide uninterrupted views of the cityscape without. Boasting four super-luxurious penthouses, two with its very own swimming pool in the sky, and 42 dream apartments, every unit is accessed via a private elevator that takes the resident from a plush lobby directly to his haven.
From your oasis of calm, you can watch the bustling city below your lofty perch. Just across from this address, the best shopping experience of Orchard Road beckons. The world’s leading fashion labels and designer couture are within short reach when ever you need that special outfit for the evening. When your stomach yearns for the finest Chinese fare, the Four Seasons Hotel’s acclaimed Jiang Nan Chun restaurant is just a hop across Orchard Boulevard. Fine dining, movie theatres, the trendiest gymnasiums and spas are all within walking distance. The term ‘a good neighbour’ has never held such promise.
Inside the BLVD, life settles into contentment and tranquility. Space is not a luxury, but a given. Each apartment measures an average of 2,034 square feet and has living rooms that face only north or south directly. This obviates the intense heat and glare from the rising or setting sun while affording a panoramic view of the pulsating world outside.
Finesse is about the things big and small that escape your attention when the world around you comes together so well. With a prime address in the heart of the city comes with the attendant traffic noise and its cacophony. But you won’t notice any of it as you’d be above it all; BLVD apartments are thoughtfully built from the sixth storey upwards to set you apart from the elements that might distract you from living well. You’d also be ensconced in the comfort of its fully air-conditioned interior without ever seeing the vents or hear its murmur. You are blissfully unaware, left only to savour the splendid life.
A dip in the pool is no less a unique experience. Residents look over a canopy of trees to the city-spread below while lazing at the infinity edge of the 28-metre lap pool that is cantilevered outwards from the third storey. A fully-equipped gymnasium is located on a higher level at the sky terrace, providing the elevation for that perfect workout. Cooling breezes waft the sky terraces constantly, caressing you as you walk bare foot over the generous timber deck after a pilates session. Next to it, the viewing lounge and generous greens provide a lush sense of the tropics in the very heart of the city. And for those special occasions that demand a party, the lounge and outdoor timber-decked areas are the perfect venue to entertain your guests.
Developer: SC Global Developments and Guocoland Group
Location: Cuscaden Walk (District 10)
Tenure: Freehold
Completion Date: 2006
Total Units: 46 in a 36-storey 180m Tower
Unit Information:
* Full curtain wall with glass fins and panoramic view for living room. All apartments have living rooms with balconies facing either directly north or south
* Residential units from 6th floor upwards
* Standard Rooms: 42 units about 2034 sqft (3 bedrooms)
* 2-level Penthouse (2 units)
* 3-level Penthouse (2 units) ~ with private swimming
Facilities:
* 3-storey high entrance dropoff lobby with water feature background
* 2 levels of sky terraces with fitness area complete with fitness equipment, viewing lounge, gardens and open function spaces
* Cantilevered lap swimming pool at level 3
* Function room and outdoor function area next to swimming pool
* Children’s pool and playground
* BBQ area with trellis
* Private lift access to all units
Price: From S$2000 psf
The BLVD itself is a work of art. Its arresting structure is laced with the signature glass fins and a perforated metal screen that runs the entire height of both towers. This metal screen ingeniously encloses a stairway that is by day a porous sheath that catches light from various angles and in the night emits the ethereal glow of soft candlelight as a lantern, marking out its place in the resplendent night sky of Orchard Road.
Befitting its stature, BLVD offers many of the impeccable services and experiences that have come to be expected of a luxury hotel. The concierge would ensure your reservations are in order for that perfect night out. A valet would arrange for your deliveries to be safely sent up to your apartment. As you step out from your car and into the plush lobby for the elevator ride that takes you directly up to your haven in the sky, you’d not have a care in the world.
BLVD unit sets record $3,205 psf price for Orchard Rd area
Feb 13, 2007
BLVD unit sets record $3,205 psf price for Orchard Rd area
By Fiona Chan
TWO homes in the Orchard Road area have sold at prices that have broken past records in the prime district.
The Straits Times understands that a Singapore permanent resident has forked out more than $6.5 million for an apartment at The Boulevard Residence (BLVD).
The unidentified buyer paid $3,205 per sq ft (psf) for the 2,034 sq ft three-bedroom unit at Cuscaden Walk, said market sources.
This surpasses the price high set just a week earlier, by a unit in the Beaufort on Nassim at Nassim Hill that fetched $3,200 psf.
The prices achieved by these two sales outstrip the last-known Orchard Road record of $3,050 psf. That was held by City Developments' St Regis Residences, the first residential development here to cross the $3,000 psf mark.
But these pricey units still fall short of the $3,450 psf yardstick set by a penthouse unit at Marina Bay Residences late last year.
However, property consultants say that the latest sales lend weight to earlier predictions that Orchard Road homes will soar to new price heights this year.
'This year, most of the new launches in the Orchard Road area will start at $3,000 psf,' said Mr Ku Swee Yong, director of marketing and business development at property consultancy Savills Singapore.
He said that the high prices would be partially supported by the displaced owners of 'at least 40 different estates that have gone en bloc in the Orchard Road area'.
Mr Ku was unsurprised by the high price of the BLVD apartment, noting that the project's developer, SC Global, builds for the luxury end of the market.
The BLVD, for instance, includes imported marble finishings, concierge and valet services, as well as a private elevator for each unit.
The freehold development was completed in 2005 and is almost fully sold. Only two of its 42 units are left - one an individually customised super-penthouse that has not yet been released for sale.
Average prices of BLVD units transacted over the last 12 months have hovered at around $2,200 psf, with one apartment believed to have been sold earlier this year for $2,850 psf.
At the Beaufort on Nassim, 12 of its 30 units have been sold at prices starting from $2,300 psf.
The project is being developed by Hong Kong's HKR International, which also owns The Sentosa Resort and Spa, formerly known as The Beaufort, on Sentosa.
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SUPER PENTHOUSE AT THE BOULEVARD RESIDENCE TO BE OFFERED FOR EXCLUSIVE INTERNATIONAL
PRESS RELEASE : SUPER PENTHOUSE AT THE BOULEVARD RESIDENCE TO BE OFFERED FOR EXCLUSIVE INTERNATIONAL AUCTION BY CHRISTIE'S GREAT ESTATES AFFILIATE KEN JACOBS
Re: The Boulevard Residences (BLVD) (D10, Freehold, SC Global)
Penthouse at The Boulevard Residence may set new benchmark
By Loh Kim Chin, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 17 April 2007 2055 hrs
SINGAPORE : Market-watchers are expecting to see fierce bidding for a high-end luxurious penthouse near Orchard Road.
The unit at The Boulevard Residence is scheduled to be up for auction next month.
It is the last of only two super penthouse units at the premium freehold project developed by SC Global Developments and Guocoland.
The auction is by invitation only and will be jointly conducted by Christie's Great Estates exclusive affiliate Ken Jacobs and Colliers International.
According to some estimates, the price could reach some S$5,000 per square foot, which translates to S$35 million for the unit.
The 7,000 square feet penthouse sits at the top of a 36-storey building and boasts a 360-degree panoramic view of Singapore.
It comes with a private 11-metre lap pool overlooking the city skyline and an open rooftop terrace garden. - CNA/ch
Penthouse may go for $5K psf
Published April 18, 2007
Penthouse may go for $5K psf
MAINBOARD-listed SC Global Developments is selling a penthouse in The Boulevard Residence (BLVD) by auction next month. Colliers International, one of the two auctioneers for the property, expects the 7,029 square foot unit to fetch about $35 million or almost $5,000 per square foot.
Market watchers note this is more than double the $16 million an identical penthouse in the freehold development's other tower was sold for in May last year to high-flying Japanese fund manager Yoshiaki Murakami, who was later indicted for insider trading.
Both penthouses occupy the top three levels of the 36-storey development, which was completed in 2005.
Colliers auctioneer Grace Ng said the $5,000 psf price expectation for the 'super penthouse' is based on the surge in luxury home prices and high-floor units at the nearby 99-year leasehold Orchard Residences having already fetched over $4,000 psf.
'As well, currently, this is the only new penthouse unit in a move-in condition in the location, being offered by its developer. And it boasts 360-degree views,' she said of the BLVD unit on offer. The unit comes with an 11-metre private lap pool and an open rooftop terrace.
The auction for the penthouse will be conducted on May 20 jointly by Colliers and Christie's Great Estates exclusive affiliate Ken Jacobs.
BLVD comprises 46 units housed in two towers.
BLVD penthouse may be auctioned for $5,000 psf
April 18, 2007
BLVD penthouse may be auctioned for $5,000 psf
HOW high can home prices go?
The answer may be $35 million for the last 'super-penthouse' at SC Global's Boulevard Residence (BLVD), which will be sold at an invitation-only auction next month.
That is what auctioneer Colliers International thinks the 7,029 sq ft freehold unit at Cuscaden Walk can fetch.
The price works out to be almost $5,000 per sq ft (psf), well above the record of more than $4,000 psf reportedly fetched for a penthouse at Orchard Residences in Orchard Turn, which was a 99-year leasehold unit.
The BLVD auction on May 20 will be conducted by Colliers together with Christie's Great Estates exclusive affiliate Ken Jacobs - the same team that auctioned off 12 Botanika units last month.
Colliers' deputy managing director and auctioneer, Ms Grace Ng, expects 'strong international interest'. 'This is a rare super-penthouse and it's freehold with its own private swimming pool, unlike many of the new developments,' she said.
The unit, at the top of the 36-storey condominium, is also 'the only new penthouse in Orchard that is completed and in move-in condition', added Ms Ng.
BLVD's other 'super-penthouse' was sold for $16 million, or $2,276 psf, last May. The highest unit price achieved for a BLVD apartment so far is $3,205 psf.
FIONA CHAN
AUCTION OF SUPER PENTHOUSE AT THE BOULEVARD RESIDENCE
(Co. Registration No: 197702459K)
Auction of Super Penthouse at The Boulevard Residence
We refer to the press release dated 17 April 2007 which stated that the last of the only two super penthouse units at The Boulevard Residence will be sold via an auction conducted jointly by Christie's Great Estates exclusive affiliate Ken Jacobs and Colliers International on 20th May 2007.
In light of the strengthening market, the Group has decided to postpone the auction to a later date, which shall be announced in due course.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD
SC GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS LTD
Fong Keng Chee
Company Secretary
15 May 2007
SC Global Developments Ltd
47 Scotts Road #18-01 Goldbell Towers Singapore 228233 Tel: 6734 9119 Fax: 6235 5115 www.scglobal.com.sg
(Co. Registration No: 197702459K)
Re: AUCTION OF SUPER PENTHOUSE AT THE BOULEVARD RESIDENCE
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Originally Posted by joe
(Co. Registration No: 197702459K)
Auction of Super Penthouse at The Boulevard Residence
We refer to the press release dated 17 April 2007 which stated that the last of the only two super penthouse units at The Boulevard Residence will be sold via an auction conducted jointly by Christie's Great Estates exclusive affiliate Ken Jacobs and Colliers International on 20th May 2007.
In light of the strengthening market, the Group has decided to postpone the auction to a later date, which shall be announced in due course.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD
SC GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS LTD
Fong Keng Chee
Company Secretary
15 May 2007
SC Global Developments Ltd
47 Scotts Road #18-01 Goldbell Towers Singapore 228233 Tel: 6734 9119 Fax: 6235 5115
www.scglobal.com.sg
(Co. Registration No: 197702459K)
"In the light of strengthening market"??? Still Wonder this if this could be the real reason why they postpone?:beats-me-man:
$5000 is a good bargain already and decided to postpone??