At the foot of Pearl’s Hill in Chinatown, Singapore is set to build its tallest public housing development yet, a striking cluster of towers soaring over 60 storeys into the sky. Announced during a Parliamentary session on March 4, 2026, the Pearl’s Hill BTO project will rise on the former Outram Park Complex site, marking the first public housing development in that location in over 40 years.
Singapore’s tallest public housing development yet will tower over 60 storeys above historic Chinatown at Pearl’s Hill.
The development will comfortably surpass The Pinnacle@Duxton, currently Singapore’s tallest public housing project at 50 storeys, by more than 10 floors. That is not a small leap. Regulatory changes from the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, introduced in August 2025, made this possible by allowing taller structures near airports, adding up to 15 extra storeys for residential developments.
Approximately 1,700 units are planned across blocks of varying heights, deliberately designed to resemble mountain ridges. Around 1,600 of those units will go to market, comprising 590 two-room Flexi flats, 580 four-room flats, 230 public rental flats, and 240 community care apartments offering assisted living services for seniors. The architectural concept draws from Shan Shui Hua, traditional Chinese landscape painting, blending nature-inspired aesthetics with practical urban living. Sky gardens, terraces, water features, and a 40-metre-wide view corridor all contribute to that vision.
Beyond the flats themselves, residents will enjoy a new 1.1-hectare neighbourhood park, a food court, supermarket, childcare centre, and retail shops. A private residential and commercial development will sit adjacent to the BTO project, and barrier-free access will connect Pearl’s Hill City Park directly to Outram Park MRT station. This broader push to deliver more homes mirrors the government’s H2 GLS programme, which also targets approximately 4,725 private units through strategic land releases across Singapore.
The government framed the project as part of a broader strategy to intensify land use across Singapore, with the Ministry of National Development committed to building taller only when conditions genuinely allow, and with careful attention to liveability. Pearl’s Hill is part of a wider plan to deliver 6,000 public and private homes in the area over the next decade. A 60-storey block can provide 50% more flats compared to a typical 40-storey block, illustrating why greater height is central to meeting Singapore’s housing supply targets. HDB has also signalled it will find more opportunities to build taller flats across Singapore, with lessons learned from Pearl’s Hill expected to inform future developments. More project details, including its classification, will be released during the October 2026 BTO exercise.
