HDB set to launch first batch of BTO flats in Tengah's new Park district

Singapore

MORE than 1,040 Build-To-Order (BTO) flats in Tengah will be on sale this month as Singapore's newest town, billed as a "forest town", continues to take shape.

The Parc Residences @ Tengah project is the first BTO housing parcel to be launched for sale in the new Park district, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) announced on Monday.

Park is the third of five districts in the town to see a BTO launch. It will hold an estimated 7,200 new flats when fully completed.

Located next to Tengah's green lung called Central Park, the district will occupy 104 hectares and feature a number of green ways such as a 1.5km-long rainforest walk that weaves through various housing projects.

Tengah covers about 700 hectares in the west. About the size of Bishan, it is the first HDB town to be developed since Punggol more than two dec…