Former ITE HQ and ITE Dover campus to be demolished by HDB for new homes
The masterplan is expected to come into force later in 2025
[SINGAPORE] The former ITE headquarters and ITE Dover campus in Dover Drive are set to be demolished by the Housing Board, with most of the site slated for housing development.
On Aug 14, the HDB was granted permission by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) to demolish the two sites: 10 Dover Drive, which served as ITE HQ from 1995 to 2012, and 20 Dover Drive, home to the ITE Dover campus from 1995 until its closure in 2010.
Based on the URA Draft Master Plan 2025, most of the 5.9ha site will be part of a new 3.8ha housing plot – equivalent to about five football fields.
The masterplan, which guides the country’s development for the next 10 to 15 years, is expected to come into force later in 2025.
In response to queries on the former ITE properties, HDB said on Sep 10 that it “will be carrying out demolition works there on behalf of the Government, and works are expected to commence in the first half of 2026”.
Property analysts estimate that the 3.8ha housing plot, which is part of the upcoming Dover-Medway neighbourhood, can yield more than 1,300 new flats.
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The URA had said when the draft masterplan was unveiled in June that the first phase of the neighbourhood – located between Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) and one-north – will have an estimated 6,000 public and private homes.
The first homes in this phase are likely to be built on a 1.35ha site in Dover Road that is slated to go on sale in November. It can hold an estimated 625 private homes and 3,000 sq m of commercial space.
Since ITE shifted out in the early 2010s, the premises at 10 and 20 Dover Drive have continued to be used for educational purposes.
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The 20 Dover Drive campus was used as a holding site by the Singapore University of Technology and Design for four years from May 2011, and later by the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) until May 5, 2025.
SIT also occupied 10 Dover Drive from 2014 to May 5, and it is currently demolishing temporary classrooms at the site.
Christine Sun, chief researcher and strategist at Realion Group – which real estate agency OrangeTee is a part of – said the planned 3.8ha housing plot can yield about 1,300 flats, or 1,900 condominium units, while ERA Singapore key executive officer Eugene Lim said the plot can hold between 1,700 and 1,900 flats.
As the neighbourhood develops, said Sun, more primary schools may be needed, as most of the educational institutions in the area cater to post-primary students.
Lim noted that the 3.8ha plot is within 1km of Fairfield Methodist School (Primary), which is well sought after and may boost the appeal of new homes to be built.
Both said that any new Build-To-Order projects on the plot are likely to have prime flats.
Despite being part of a new neighbourhood, said Lim, flats in Dover-Medway are within the popular Queenstown area, where more than 110 flats changed hands for at least S$1 million from January to August 2025.
He added that the plot’s proximity to one-north MRT station – located about 1km away – increases the likelihood of flats falling within the prime classification.
Taking pride of place at the former ITE headquarters is Root 2, a 5,000kg stainless steel sculpture that was commissioned by the institute in the late 1990s.
The sculpture, measuring 8.2m in diameter, was designed and built by local artist Robert Min Chen. According to him, ITE had commissioned it for S$300,000, selecting his design from submissions that included those from international participants.
Chen said that when ITE moved to its current headquarters in Ang Mo Kio in the early 2010s, he was approached by the institute to assess the feasibility of moving the sculpture there.
While moving the sculpture was a viable option, he said, relocating and refurbishing it would have cost ITE about S$120,000 – far more than it was willing to pay. As a result, the sculpture was left behind in Dover.
“It would be best to relocate the sculpture to a more prominent and accessible location so more people can enjoy it,” said Chen. “I would be hard put to come up with anything better if I re-did the project.”
The Dover site is currently managed by the Singapore Land Authority (SLA), and tenanted to SIT. It will eventually be handed over to HDB.
When asked about the fate of the sculpture with demolition on the horizon, ITE and SLA did not comment on its future. THE STRAITS TIMES
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