http://www.keppelland.com.sg/img/res/singapore/pic_urbana.jpg

Location : River Valley
Road

Type of development : Condominium

Tenure : Freehold

No. of Units : 126


TOP Date : 2007


At 36 Storeys, Urbana will be one of the tallest condominiums along River Valley Road. Its solitary tower rises above the hustle and bustle of the city to command a majestic view of the Orchard Road shopping belt. It is within close proximity to the Somerset MRT station and a short drive away from the Central Business District (CBD).


The 126-unit development offers 2- to 4-bedroom apartment units and penthouses with sizes ranging from 990 to 3,200 sf.

Full condominium facilities include a landscape-themed garden, a herb and mist garden, a lily pond, a clubhouse, an infinity-edge swimming pool, a Jacuzzi, a bubble bed pool, a gum and barbecues pits. a swimming pool, tennis court and a clubhouse. Screen walls, water features ad verdant greens encircling Urbana promises Ultimate privacy within a self-contained urban retreat.

Excellent! Another tall condo!

Did you know of this project? How did you discover it?

I think cosntruction hasnt started yet?

Oh ,I was searching for info on Keppel Twrs ,when I just surfed around the Keppel website ,and I 'accidentely' discovered this under the residential projects section.:D

Wakao!! I didnt expect to see this one myself!! Good find! :)

ooh! nice looking! anymore information?

Apparently ,no.

The only info I can find is on the Keppel website.So secretive?

Urbana is secret for U R Bana... hq for eric bana lovers

I dont think they have launched it yet? if they did the newspaper will be advertising.

Anyway this is quite exciting. A new project to photograph from scratch! :banana:

Design looks a bit like deRoyale.

Construction had started.Now they are digging, I think.

Is it? Which part of River Valley Rd is it?

I called Keppel and they said its not launched yet (although they might build it first)

I forgot.I only remember it is at the corner of a junction.

you actually saw them digging?? I dont wanna rush down to an empty construction site :P

Only a few equipment on an otherwise grassless land.Only go if you happen to be in the area.

I saw the site as I was passing it but didnt take pics cos it was night. But a huge signboard with rendering is there.

The model

http://img45.exs.cx/img45/7575/urbana.jpg

http://img10.exs.cx/img10/84/urbana2.jpg

25 October 2004

http://img61.exs.cx/img61/6822/urbana2510.jpg

The man says:
"Eh, hello! Wat u doing ah?!" :D
:rofl:

he only said "HELLO" before I snapped the pic and waved back :D

btw this project is going to be launched shortly. The hard-launch that is.

Looks a bit top heavy. Haha

did you see the showroom?

did you see the showroom?

yup, they only had the 4-bedroom unit on show. Not particularly impressive but decent. The showroom is on the site.

If you like a 2-room unit check out the Strata's showroom at Scotts Rd - I like the internal airwell.

This looks nice, I bet not so many projects in Singapore got such a tennis court.

hm? i thought tennis courts were rather common? at least among larger projects, not the boutique offerings that have been rising in popularity recently.

what's an internal airwell like?

How's Urbana going now? :cool:

I was there few weeks back..construction is underway but I havent seen anything above the ground yet ^^

Just say the Urbana ad, very cool! :cool:

where was the ad?

describe.

On TV. ;)

Duet apartments launched

7 Jan 05

By KALPANA RASHIWALA

UPMARKET projects continue to dominate residential property launches.

Boutique residential developer Asia Industrial Development (AID) yesterday soft launched Duet, a freehold apartment development at the corner of Holland and Farrer roads.

The average price is about $790 per square foot for the three-bedroom units, or about $1.38 million a unit. They range in size from 1,744 sq ft to 1,927 sq ft.

Only one of the development's two 12-storey towers has been released. The 21 units in each tower include two penthouses costing an average $1.9 million. The duplex penthouse units are 3,326 sq ft in size. The project is marketed by Colliers International.

And in the River Valley area, Keppel Land is finally officially launching its Urbana condo this weekend, marked by the start of an ad campaign. The developer began selling the freehold condo quietly in the first quarter of last year in Indonesia. It has since also soft launched it here.

Based on quarterly numbers released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority, 41 of 126 units had been sold as at end-September. KepLand said yesterday the apartments are priced between $900 and $980 psf.

Hmm... place The Duet pics here?

http://img158.exs.cx/img158/572/dscn01418xd.jpg

http://img148.exs.cx/img148/2894/dscn01423pi.jpg

well..its ok to place them here, or in the private residential projects thread, but I can move them if necessary :)

the penthouse looks cool!

27th January 2005

http://ssc.singapenguin.net/05/050127_urbana01.jpg
Not easy to take photo of this site ^^

woohoo!

you're tall enough to do that! :D

its great, I see theyve dug out quite a substantial hole in the corner

woohoo!

you're tall enough to do that! :D

No I'm not :-p
I just sneaked into the nearby condo's carpark while the guard was not looking ^^

Btw, this condo is a 36-storey, on a hill, and by far the tallest of the area, methinks.
I hope it will look good because it will definitely show up a lot in the skyline ;-)

No I'm not :-p
I just sneaked into the nearby condo's carpark while the guard was not looking ^^

sneaky sneaky :D

yah 36-storeys IS tall in most parts of Singapore still. This one will be white though, hope it manages to still look good.

One of the penthouse floorplans

http://www.urbana.com.sg/img/fp/P2.jpg

Wow.....that must be a very pro-family unit! :D

yah..its very spacious, in fact there are 2 other penthouse layouts on the website but those have already been snapped up. The roof terrace is just divine :drool:

Not just spacious...it can sleep 9 people comfortably. The family can have 7 kids! :D

11 Feb 2005
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/redstone2/urbana.jpg

cant wait for it to rise :cool:

10th April

Good news ! It's rising ^ ^
http://ssc.singapenguin.net/05/050410_urbana01.jpg
Can you see the core on the right ?

http://ssc.singapenguin.net/05/050410_urbana02.jpg
No clue what this will be, maybe the swimming pool or car park ?

http://ssc.singapenguin.net/05/050410_urbana03.jpg
Rather unusual how the core is on the side of the building... Maybe another core will rise later ?

Great work Pengui! :okay:

finally this one is taking off

yah I think that looks like where the swimming pool will be located.

The site plan:

http://www.urbana.com.sg/siteplan.asp

Been to the showflat as well. It looks very good and classy, but the layout of some of the flats is a bit strange.
Project is 70% sold out.

High-quality and understated finishings. Grown-up and mature development, as opposed to other lightweight "boutique" developments. Tell-tale signs: a yard (for hang-drying fragile fabrics), tennis court. Cheap at around $950 psf, compared to $1,000+++ for Rivergate and Cosmopolitan.

19 Jun 2005

http://img175.echo.cx/img175/1592/dscn01747wv.jpg

it looks massive from that perspective

This particular part of River Valley Road despite being part of District 9, is actually very seedy as well. I have friends who live in the area that tell me about the hordes of moonlighting PRC gals who rent apartments in many of the older condos around - some as a place to live in, some as a "business office". For your information, these PRC gals aren't earning the factory worker salary of $900/month ;)

There are lots of eastern European call-girls living in the area as well.

The problem with the Urbana and the Residences at 338a just around the corner is that: you wouldn't want to look out of the window and see all the other old and ugly condos surrounding you.

This part of River Valley, as well as the Sophia/Emily/Selegie Rd area, is considered the "poorer" part of District 9, with secondary-market property valuations that very often fall below other "seemingly" less-prime locations further from town such as Holland and Bukit Timah (District 10), and Dunearn and Newton (District 11). This is what the property agents always choose not to tell you so don't get fooled.

but the view from the higher aparrtments in urbana must be pretty good?

13 Aug 2005
Construction Update

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/3131/p10106250wh.jpg

PS. where jchua76 and Pengui went to? no new posts?

thats interesting, the walls seem to have been painted already...:cheers:

probably unusual. Usually, they don't paint it at such a height.

exactly!

but maybe its somewhat like Kerrisdale.

Anyway it looks much more interesting, better than draping a green net over the whole structure

02 OCT 2005:
http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/2433/dsc024752uu.jpg

They are installing some windows on floor 3 already !

I like the design of the big-windows

10 December 2005

http://files.photojerk.com/RafflesCity/urbana1012.jpg

I saw it too this saturday... It's looking very HDB-ish so far, isn't it ?

a bit only lah...it seems more spacious though ^^

Well the showflat I've seen was really looking nice in fact... Just speaking about the external enveloppe :-)

3 Jan 2006
Urbana looking tall.

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/3157/dscn24876ut.jpg

WOW, SO TALL ALREADY!!!! :eek2:

^^

and much more to go :-)

6th February

http://ssc.singapenguin.net/06/060206_urbana03.jpg

http://ssc.singapenguin.net/06/060206_urbana04.jpg
Now 24 stories tall. 12 to go. Still looking like a HDB.

Not really from that angle ;-)

The long balconies are a giveaway

16 February
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/2516/df3oz.png

Not really from that angle ;-)

The long balconies are a giveaway

Giveaway of what? :dunno:

Giveaway of what? :dunno:

that it doesnt look like a HDB? I dont think HDB flats have such generous balconies per unit (correct me if I'm wrong)

12 February 2006

http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/9484/urbana12026qs.jpg

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/8499/buildings3pt.jpg
What is that building on the left side?

Oh!! wow!! so tall already. How many more floors to go upward?

About 5 floors more to go

Oh! wow!! tall indeed. Thanks, Un known.

What are those strange screen-like things attached to 2RVG?

^^

beats me...it cant be the facade...maybe some protective brackets?

Thats a great shot btw, River Valley looks so vertical!

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/9578/rvrvll5tm.jpg

Thanks for the update. But, it's huge and you need to rotate it.

I could see urbana from ECP too. Think its views facing the city skyline are much better than cosmopolitan's :)

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/8900/rvrvll5tm3vg.jpg

http://www.urbana.com.sg

some floor plans
http://www.urbana.com.sg/img/fp/C1.jpg

http://www.urbana.com.sg/img/fp/B1.jpg

http://www.urbana.com.sg/img/fp/D.jpg

Interior
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/2481/mwsnap0194xd.jpg

was that pic taken from Leonie Hill Rd?

nice angle, Urbana can now be seen from many vantage points surrounding the city ;-)

I've visited a 01... That floor plan really sucks ^ ^
And a 04... This one was nice :-) But didn't look quite as luxurious :-/

19 May 2005

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/9729/urbana19054kb.jpg

22nd May

http://membres.lycos.fr/pengssc/img/060522_urbana01.jpg
As seen from Orchard.

So tall liao... :eek:

Today
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/3550/newbldgs6jd.jpg

17 June 2006

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/1340/urbana17067jw.jpg

26 June 2006

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSC_1899.jpg

It looks really massive....the skyline will be transformed in future when more 36-storey towers are built in that area.

1 Jul 2006

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSC_2126.jpg

It looks like it topped.

Today
http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/3117/7255870ro6.jpg
It is topped out

loooks hdb!

Yup, very unremarkable...

I do not like it too. For some strange reason the top part is thicker than the bottom.
I also do not like these windows that stick out of it.

5th November

http://ssc.singapenguin.net/06/061105_urbana01.jpg
It's not some kind of glorified HDB at the background, it's Urbana ;-)

owners are invited to see their unit this December. Think the TOP will be around the corner.

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j67/RCSSC/urbana0511.jpg

Looked so good in renderings... :(

It looks almost completed now.

i saw the ad for this project/development last sat (25 Nov). i've always thought that its sold out .... apparently not.

i saw the ad for this project/development last sat (25 Nov). i've always thought that its sold out .... apparently not.

Anyone knows what's the asking price psf now?

the urbana is not sold out yet, still advertising in the papers.. think the last someone mentioned to me was 1050psf...

Was at the office at bugis on last sat. mostly 2 bedders and 2x4bedders left.

The asking price was 1250 psf for the 4 bedders. if i dont remember wrongly it is around 7th floor.

cheers

Was at the office at bugis on last sat. mostly 2 bedders and 2x4bedders left.

The asking price was 1250 psf for the 4 bedders. if i dont remember wrongly it is around 7th floor.

cheers13th and 14th floor.
:)

thx arthur. u r right 13th and 14th. guess my memory is failing. :)

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j67/RCSSC/urbanastreetscape.jpg

Killiney Rd

despite the HDB appearance, i went to my friend's unit, must say has a pretty decent view!! anyone got updated pictures?

Urbana has too much concrete... True, it looked better in renderings

cheers

excelsvr

Urbana has too much concrete... True, it looked better in renderings

cheers

excelsvr

Concrete is now a luxury item as it is more expensive than glass due to hike in sand costs .... :)

Heh! Developers are taking this chance to put more glass in their buildings!:lol: A plus point!:nocrook:

cheers

excelsvr

A unit at Urbana was transacted at $1,675 psf on 1st February this year.