Bukit Timah Turf City Transformation Guide
Bukit Timah Turf City is a neighbourhood-scale redevelopment around the former racecourse. For anyone considering Vanda Green, understanding the plan means separating long-term public infrastructure from the features and delivery date of a particular condominium.
What URA has announced
In its May 2024 announcement, URA described a programme for approximately 15,000 to 20,000 public and private homes, with the estate’s full development envisaged over roughly 20 to 30 years. The plans bring together housing, retained heritage, greenery and community amenities. Read the original URA announcement alongside the Master Plan 2025 Turf City page for the official planning context.
That scale matters when evaluating a home. The first residential projects can be occupied while other parts of the district are still being planned or built. A rendering of the completed estate is a vision of the wider programme, not a description of every facility available on move-in day.
Heritage and greenery shape the plan
URA’s 2024 proposals included studying 27 heritage buildings and structures for retention and repurposing, and retaining most of the Eng Neo Avenue Forest and Bukit Tinggi areas. The racecourse’s history and landscape are therefore part of the planning approach, rather than simply a backdrop for new apartments.
For a buyer, the useful follow-up is to identify which public spaces have detailed delivery information. Distinguish a retained building from a confirmed tenant, and a planned landscape connection from a route already open to pedestrians. These are different stages of progress.
Transport: compare two time horizons
Begin with today’s Sixth Avenue MRT connections. For the future, LTA’s Cross Island Line programme identifies Phase 2 opening by 2032. The King Albert Park guide explains the planned Downtown Line interchange and why future service should be assessed separately from existing travel options.
A useful home assessment has two columns: the trips you can make with current services, and the potential alternatives once announced works open. Avoid making essential daily arrangements depend entirely on a future station or pedestrian route.
Questions to ask about each development phase
- Which shops, community facilities and outdoor spaces are operating now?
- Which nearby construction packages may overlap with the expected period of residence?
- Where are the confirmed pedestrian entrances and routes?
- Which dates are official infrastructure targets, and which concern the private development?
For practical options already available in the wider area, explore local shopping and the Rail Corridor. The Dunearn Road guide brings the day-to-day considerations together.
Neighbourhood improvements may change how an area is used, but the plan alone does not establish a future resale price or rental outcome.
Sources reviewed: 1 October 2026. Check the linked official pages for later updates.
