# Gilstead Court Launches Fourth Collective Sale Tender at $198M

- **Source:** Stacked Homes
- **Published:** 2026-08-31T11:58:13.000Z
- **Author:** Hailey Khoo
- **Original:** https://stackedhomes.com/freehold-novena-condo-for-en-bloc-sale-198m-after-3-failed-attempts/
- **Topics:** New Launches, Transactions & Deals

## Featured rationale

Nearby land-sale interest and prime-home demand may support developer interest, but the 1.4 plot ratio and limited scale could constrain redevelopment economics and bidding appetite.

## AI summary

Gilstead Court launched its fourth collective sale tender at $198 million, or $1,874 psf ppr, for a freehold site potentially yielding 98 units.

## Original article

The owners of Gilstead Court, a 48-unit development at 52 Gilstead Road, have launched the collective sale tender of the freehold property at a reserve price of $198 million. This works out to $1,874 psf per plot ratio (ppr) on the development’s gross floor area (GFA) of 105,671 sq ft.

If the 7% bonus GFA for balcony plot ratio is factored, the effective land rate translates to $1,751 psf ppr. JLL is the sole marketing agent for the collective sale of Gilstead Court, which is offered in a public tender.

According to JLL, it took about six months for more than 80% of owners – by share value and floor area – to agree to the latest collective sale attempt. This is the fourth collective sale attempt by the owners of this District 11 property since 2005.

Gilstead Court spans three four-storey residential blocks. Source: JLL

Why the previous attempts closed without a successful buyer

The owners of Gilstead Court have faced a turbulent history in trying to find a developer to buy over their property. One of its unsuccessful attempts even ended up as a legal precedent.

In June 2013, 43 of the 48 owners (representing 89.58% by share value of the ownership of the development) agreed to a $150.17 million offer by an entity linked to Tuan Sing Holdings. But the remaining five owners did not agree to the deal, and objected to that collective sale agreement which reportedly placed extra costs on dissenters.

This included double contributions to the common fund, the cost of the Strata Titles Board and court proceedings, and liability for any delay. Each of the dissenters would also be paid about $42,000 less than a neighbour in an identical unit, if the sale went through.

The agreement dates back to 2011, before the courts had ruled on whether terms of that kind breached the statutory good faith requirement. Its principal draftsman was Warren Khoo, the committee’s secretary and a former High Court judge.

The High Court approved the sale in February 2015, striking the clauses out of the agreement as a condition of the sale. However, the Court of Appeal disagreed with both halves of that reasoning, and cancelled the collective sale in October 2015.

It ruled that the transaction had not been carried out in good faith under section 84A(9)(a) of the Land Titles (Strata) Act, and that once bad faith is established, a court has no power to salvage a sale by editing the agreement. This means that the pro-collective sale majority that still wants to proceed with the sale, has to rework the proposal and begin again.

Lim Li Meng Dominic v Ching Pui Sim Sally now serves as a legal precedent for good faith in collective sales, and legal teams and real estate consultants have drafted their proposals around it ever since.

Gilstead Court could potentially be redeveloped into 98 units with an average size of 1,076 sq ft.

Undeterred, the owners of Gilstead Court went out to the market in June 2018, listing the property at a reserve price $168 million ($1,590 psf ppr). But that tender closed on July 10 that year without drawing a single bid.

Developer interest likely dried up due to a change in the additional buyer’s stamp duty (ABSD) regime. On 6 July 2018, four days before that tender closed, the government increased the ABSD from 15% to 20% for foreigners buying residential property in Singapore, as well as increasing the ABSD rate from 7% to 12% for Singapore citizens buying a second property. At the same time, loan-to-value (LTV) limits on first mortgages fell from 80% to 75%.

Faced with a tougher market situation, the collective sale committee of Gilstead Court at the time kept the attempt alive on the existing agreement. But more than 60% of the owners signed a supplementary agreement cutting the reserve to $153 million ($1,448 psf ppr).

The marketing agent at the time was also JLL, and the relaunched tender closed on 27 February 2019. However, this was also unsuccessful. The current guide of $198 million sits roughly 29% above the 2019 reserve price.

An aerial view of the Gilstead Court site. Source: JLL

The development

Completed in 1978, Gilstead Court consists of three 4-storey blocks on a 75,479 sq ft site. Each block houses 24 three-bedroom apartments that span 1,389 sq ft to 1,464 sq ft.

The residential site has a gross plot ratio of 1.4 under the latest Master Plan. This means that the site has a maximum allowable GFA of 105,671 sq ft, or 113,068 sq ft with the bonus balcony space. If the site is redeveloped to its maximum, JLL puts the redevelopment potential at roughly 98 units at an average size of 1,076 sq ft.

Being an older development, the existing facilities at Gilstead Court are minimal, with just a small pool and courtyard shared among the residents. There are also no lifts serving the blocks – all units are accessible by stairs.

The 48 units at Gilstead Court share a small pool and courtyard.

The entrance of the site slopes upwards towards the top corner, which works in a developer’s favour as it allows ground-floor access or car parking without deep excavation, removing a large component from construction costs.

“We’ve seen robust interest in recent Government Land Sales in the vicinity, and just down the road, 32 Gilstead (a new ultra-luxury residential development) was sold out, signalling strong demand (for prime homes in this area) that we expect the redevelopment of Gilstead Court to replicate,” says Nicholas Ng, Head of Land and Collective Sales at JLL.

How Reserve Price of $198 million compares to recent land sales

According to JLL, the current reserve price of Gilstead Court can be measured against two recent Government Land Sales (GLS) plots nearby: the Bukit Timah Road site next to Newton MRT awarded to HH Investment at $1,820 psf ppr, and the Peck Hay Road site awarded to CDL and Hong Realty at $1,865 psf ppr.

At a land rate of $1,874 psf ppr, the reserve price of Gilstead Court sits just above both of the GLS plots – without the balcony bonus included. There is an argument to be made that the freehold tenure of the site at Gilstead Court is a compelling argument for a developer and potential buyers, in contrast to the 99-year leasehold for GLS sites.

However, both those GLS sites have a plot ratio of 4.9, allowing the developers to build over 300 units in each project. On the other hand, the site of Gilstead Court has a plot ratio of 1.4 while other developments along Gilstead Road – such as Gilstead Two – have a plot ratio of 2.8.

Thus, While the land rate may look competitive, any redevelopment of Gilstead Court does not benefit from the scale that most of the new and larger projects in the vicinity will command.

For example, 32 Gilstead, a new freehold development by Kheng Leong Co., has sold out all 14 of its units. The ultra-luxury development set a median selling price of $3,455 psf, though the project features much larger apartments of over 4,200 sq ft.

Likewise, Buckley Classique, the nearest older freehold project, has recorded some of its resale units going for $2,500 psf to $2,800 psf, and its most recent resale unit this year changed hands for $2,430 psf.

Based on caveats, only five transactions in Gilstead Court have been recorded since 2021, one in each year, at a median price of $1,913 psf. Prices range from $2.58 million in December 2021 to $2.998 million in June 2025.

Who might buy (and redevelop) Gilstead Court?

The strong school catchment in this area will be one of the main draws of this site. Anglo-Chinese School (Junior), Anglo-Chinese School (Primary) and St Joseph’s Institution (Junior) sit within one kilometre of the property. In addition, CHIJ Primary (Toa Payoh), Hong Wen School, Singapore Chinese Girls’ Primary and St Margaret’s School (Primary) all sit within two kilometres.

Gilstead Court sits on Gilstead Road between Newton and Novena. Map: URA

Gilstead Court is also located next to an established landed enclave and it is a short walk to both Novena MRT station on the North-South Line and Newton MRT interchange on the North-South and Downtown lines.

Typically, a Core Central Region (CCR) freehold site of this size tends to draw boutique private developers since it does not have the scale that most mainboard-listed developers usually pick up.

According to Ng, if Gilstead Court is successfully sold, it is more likely to be redeveloped to low-density apartments or strata-landed units.

Now that it has launched its fourth collective sale attempt, reaching the 80% consent threshold was only the first hurdle Gilstead Court had to overcome. The next challenge would be whether a developer can make 98 units work on a plot ratio of 1.4.

The tender for Gilstead Court closes on 13 October.

## Chinese translation

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### Gilstead Court以新元1.98亿元第四次推出集体出售招标

Gilstead Court正以新元1.98亿元底价进行第四次集体出售。这块位于Novena的永久地契地块可建约98个单位，但其1.4的较低容积率可能对发展商构成挑战。

位于Gilstead Road 52号、共有48个单位的Gilstead Court业主，已以新元1.98亿元底价推出这块永久地契物业的集体出售招标。按该项目总楼面面积（GFA）105,671平方英尺计算，相当于每平方英尺容积率（psf ppr）新元1,874元。

若计入阳台容积率7%的奖励总楼面面积，有效地价折合每平方英尺容积率新元1,751元。仲量联行（JLL）是Gilstead Court集体出售的独家销售代理，此次以公开招标方式推出。

据仲量联行表示，按份额价值和楼面面积计算，超过80%的业主同意最新一轮集体出售尝试，耗时约六个月。这是这块第11区物业的业主自2005年以来的第四次集体出售尝试。

Gilstead Court由三座四层高住宅楼组成。来源：仲量联行

为何此前几次尝试未能觅得买家

Gilstead Court业主在寻找发展商收购其物业方面历经波折。其中一次未成功的尝试甚至成为法律先例。

2013年6月，48名业主中的43人（按该项目所有权份额价值计占89.58%）同意了大成控股（Tuan Sing Holdings）关联实体提出的新元1.5017亿元报价。但其余五名业主不同意该交易，并反对据称会让异议业主承担额外费用的那份集体出售协议。

这包括向公共基金双倍缴款、分层地契委员会及诉讼费用，以及对任何延误承担责任。若出售成交，每名异议业主获得的款项还将比持有相同单位的邻居少约新元42,000元。

该协议可追溯至2011年，当时法院尚未就此类条款是否违反法定诚信要求作出裁决。主要起草人是委员会秘书、前高等法院法官Warren Khoo。

高等法院于2015年2月批准出售，并以删除这些条款作为出售条件。然而，上诉庭不同意该推理的两个部分，并于2015年10月撤销了此次集体出售。

上诉庭裁定，该交易未按照《地契（分层）法》第84A(9)(a)条以诚信方式进行；一旦认定存在不诚信，法院无权通过修改协议来挽救出售。这意味着仍希望继续推进出售的支持集体出售多数派，必须重新拟定方案并从头开始。

Lim Li Meng Dominic v Ching Pui Sim Sally一案现已成为集体出售诚信原则的法律先例，法律团队和房地产顾问此后均围绕该判例起草方案。

Gilstead Court有可能重建为98个单位，平均面积为1,076平方英尺。

业主并未气馁，于2018年6月再次推向市场，底价为新元1.68亿元（每平方英尺容积率新元1,590元）。但该轮招标于当年7月10日截止，未获任何出价。

发展商兴趣很可能因额外买方印花税（ABSD）制度调整而消退。2018年7月6日，即该轮招标截止前四天，政府将外国人购买新加坡住宅物业的额外买方印花税从15%上调至20%，并将新加坡公民购买第二套房产的额外买方印花税率从7%上调至12%。与此同时，首套抵押贷款的贷款价值比（LTV）上限从80%降至75%。

面对更严峻的市场形势，当时的Gilstead Court集体出售委员会仍以现有协议维持该轮尝试。但超过60%的业主签署补充协议，将底价下调至新元1.53亿元（每平方英尺容积率新元1,448元）。

当时的销售代理同样是仲量联行，重新推出的招标于2019年2月27日截止，但同样未获成功。目前新元1.98亿元的指导价大约高出2019年底价29%。

Gilstead Court地块鸟瞰图。来源：仲量联行

该项目

Gilstead Court于1978年竣工，由坐落在75,479平方英尺地块上的三座四层楼组成。每座楼有24套三房式公寓，面积介乎1,389平方英尺至1,464平方英尺。

根据最新总体规划，该住宅用地的总容积率为1.4。这意味着该地块最高允许总楼面面积为105,671平方英尺，计入奖励阳台空间后为113,068平方英尺。若按上限重建，仲量联行估计重建潜力约为98个单位，平均面积1,076平方英尺。

作为较旧的项目，Gilstead Court现有设施十分有限，居民仅共用一个小型泳池和庭院。各座楼也没有电梯，所有单位均需走楼梯进入。

Gilstead Court的48个单位共用一个小型泳池和庭院。

地块入口向角落高处倾斜，这对发展商有利，因为可以在无需深开挖的情况下实现底层出入或停车，从而省去一大笔建筑成本。

仲量联行土地与集体出售主管Nicholas Ng表示：“我们看到附近近期政府售地反应热烈，而就在同一条路上，全新超豪华住宅项目32 Gilstead已售罄，显示出（该地区优质住宅）需求强劲，我们预计Gilstead Court的重建也能复制这一势头。”

新元1.98亿元底价与近期土地交易的比较

据仲量联行，Gilstead Court目前的底价可与附近两幅近期政府售地（GLS）地块对照：毗邻Newton地铁站的Bukit Timah Road地块由HH Investment以每平方英尺容积率新元1,820元中标，以及由城市发展（CDL）与Hong Realty以每平方英尺容积率新元1,865元中标的Peck Hay Road地块。

以每平方英尺容积率新元1,874元的地价计算，Gilstead Court的底价略高于这两幅政府售地地块——且尚未计入阳台奖励。可以说，与政府售地地块的99年地契相比，Gilstead Court的永久地契对发展商和潜在买家具有吸引力。

不过，这两幅政府售地地块的容积率均为4.9，发展商每个项目可建超过300个单位。相比之下，Gilstead Court地块容积率仅为1.4，而Gilstead Road沿线其他项目——例如Gilstead Two——容积率为2.8。

因此，尽管地价看似具有竞争力，但Gilstead Court的任何重建都无法获得附近多数新建大型项目所具备的规模优势。

例如，Kheng Leong Co.开发的全新永久地契项目32 Gilstead已售出全部14个单位。该超豪华项目的成交中位价为每平方英尺新元3,455元，不过单位面积更大，超过4,200平方英尺。

同样，最近的较旧永久地契项目Buckley Classique，部分转售单位成交价为每平方英尺新元2,500元至新元2,800元，今年最近一宗转售成交价为每平方英尺新元2,430元。

根据买卖合约记录，自2021年以来Gilstead Court仅录得五宗交易，每年一宗，中位价为每平方英尺新元1,913元。价格从2021年12月的新元2.58百万到2025年6月的新元2.998百万不等。

谁可能买下（并重建）Gilstead Court？

该地区强大的学区将是这块地的主要吸引力之一。Anglo-Chinese School (Junior)、Anglo-Chinese School (Primary)和St Joseph’s Institution (Junior)均位于该物业一公里范围内。此外，CHIJ Primary (Toa Payoh)、Hong Wen School、Singapore Chinese Girls’ Primary和St Margaret’s School (Primary)均位于两公里范围内。

Gilstead Court位于Newton与Novena之间的Gilstead Road。地图：市区重建局（URA）

Gilstead Court也毗邻成熟有地住宅区，步行不远即可到达南北线的Novena地铁站，以及南北线与滨海市区线交汇的Newton地铁转换站。

通常，这种规模的核心中央区（CCR）永久地契地块更吸引精品私人发展商，因为它不具备多数主板上市发展商通常会拿下的规模。

据Ng表示，若Gilstead Court成功出售，更可能重建为低密度公寓或分层有地单位。

如今第四次集体出售已经启动，达到80%同意门槛只是Gilstead Court必须跨越的第一关。接下来的挑战是，发展商能否在1.4的容积率下让98个单位的方案成立。

Gilstead Court招标将于10月13日截止。