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District 8
District 8 has two listings in this guide, and they could hardly be more different: a finished commercial building and a residential project not yet launched.
ARC 380, Jalan Besar
ARC 380 at 380 Jalan Besar is a freehold commercial building of 16 floors that received TOP in 2018. Offices share it with shops and F&B outlets. A holding can be as small as about 700 sq ft or as large as a whole floor near 9,500 sq ft; offices get 4.9 m between floors and F&B levels 6.0 m. Walk roughly five minutes to reach Bendemeer station. Tong Eng Group developed it.
Because the building is complete, a buyer or occupier can inspect the actual space rather than plans.
Dorset Gardens, near Farrer Park
Dorset Gardens on Dorset Road plans 425 homes on 10,399.0 sq m of land, at a gross plot ratio of 3.5. The developer, United Venture Development (2022) Pte. Ltd, is a joint venture; its partners are UOL Group Limited, Singapore Land Group and Kheng Leong Company. Farrer Park station is about 330 m away. Sales are expected to open between January and June 2027, and the developer gives the second quarter of 2030 as expected completion. Block heights and the unit mix have yet to be released.
URA counts the Dorset Road site as Rest of Central Region.
What links them
Both sit near the Jalan Besar corridor and both are close to an MRT station. Beyond that, they serve different buyers: ARC 380 suits a business wanting freehold space now, and Dorset Gardens suits a home buyer prepared to wait for a 2027 launch.
For other homes on the city fringe, see the Rest of Central Region. For other offices, see the commercial page.
Who might look at each
A small firm wanting its own floor area in a finished freehold building can visit ARC 380 now. A household seeking a new home near Farrer Park station can register with Dorset Gardens and compare its layouts once they are released.
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