Parktown Residence vs LinkTown Residences: The Sister Project Behind Our Indicative Floor Plans

Parktown Residence is the project most often mentioned alongside LinkTown Residences (Hougang Central Residences), and for good reason. The two share developers, both sit over a mall and a bus interchange, and both are tied to Cross Island Line Phase 1. Parktown also has a second, more practical role on this site: the indicative unit sizes on our floor-plan pages are taken from it. This guide compares the two projects and explains exactly what that reference means.

Side by side

	Parktown Residence	LinkTown Residences
Developer	UOL-SingLand and CapitaLand Development, 50:50	CapitaLand Development (50%), UOL Group (40%), Kheng Leong (10%); mall owned by CICT
Tenure	99 years from 9 October 2023	99 years (GLS site awarded 14 January 2026)
District / region	D18, Tampines Street 62, Tampines North (OCR)	D19, Hougang Central (OCR)
Units	1,193 in 12 blocks	About 830 (UOL cites 800+)
Completion	Under construction	Expected 2030/2031
Rail	Underground link to future Tampines North station (CRL, targeted around 2030)	Directly linked to Hougang MRT (NE14) now; NEL–CRL interchange targeted around 2030
Integrated with	Mall of about 146,000 sq ft, bus interchange, community club, hawker centre	Mall of about 300,000 sq ft NLA, new bus interchange, town plaza
Land price	S$885 psf ppr (2023)	S$1,179 psf ppr (2025 tender)
Pricing	S$2,360 psf average at Feb 2025 launch weekend (UOL); about S$2,325 psf average for caveats in the 12 months to Sep 2026 (EdgeProp)	About S$2,500–2,600 psf, analysts’ estimate

Why our floor plans reference Parktown Residence

Buyers want to picture a home long before a developer publishes layouts. For LinkTown Residences, nothing has been released: no site plan, no unit mix, no floor plans. To give a useful starting point, our floor-plan pages use one representative size per unit type from Parktown Residence:

• 1-Bedroom + Study: 506 sq ft
• 2-Bedroom Premium: 678 sq ft
• 3-Bedroom Premium: 1,066 sq ft
• 4-Bedroom Premium: 1,496 sq ft
• 5-Bedroom Premium: 1,679 sq ft

We chose Parktown for three reasons. It is the most recent integrated launch involving UOL and CapitaLand Development, two of LinkTown’s three residential partners. It follows the same format of homes stacked over retail and a bus interchange. And it is recent: it launched in February 2025, so its layouts reflect what these developers are designing today.

What the reference does not mean

It does not mean LinkTown’s units will match these sizes or layouts. Three things could change them:

• The site. Hougang Central has its own shape, its own MRT and bus interchange positions, and a mall roughly twice Parktown’s retail size. Block placement drives stack layouts.
• The partners. Kheng Leong is a new partner at Hougang Central, and SingLand is not in the residential venture, so the design team may differ.
• The range within each type. Even at Parktown, sizes vary within a type. EdgeProp’s launch report listed two-bedrooms from 592 to 764 sq ft and three-bedrooms from 926 to 1,163 sq ft. Our figures are single points from those ranges.

Use the sizes to sketch a budget and to shortlist a unit type, then replace them with LinkTown’s real plans when they are out. The floor plans overview labels every size as indicative for this reason.

How Parktown sold, and what it suggests

Parktown Residence previewed from 7 February 2025 and launched on 22 February. UOL reported that 1,041 of its 1,193 units, about 87%, sold over the launch weekend at an average of S$2,360 psf. Two- and three-bedroom units made up 83% of the project. Starting prices at launch ranged from about S$2,135 psf for a four-bedroom to about S$2,311 psf for a one-bedroom plus study, per EdgeProp.

Analysts expect LinkTown Residences to average around S$2,500–2,600 psf. Against Parktown’s launch average, that would be about 6% to 10% higher; against EdgeProp’s 12-month average of about S$2,325 psf, about 8% to 12% higher. The land cost gap points the same way: S$1,179 psf ppr at Hougang Central against S$885 psf ppr at Parktown. None of this sets LinkTown’s price; our price list page shows illustrative quantums at the estimated range. Market conditions in 2027 and competing launches will matter as much.

Location: new town centre vs established one

Parktown sits in Tampines North, a newer district that is still filling in around it. Its community club and hawker centre are within the same development, which helps a young area. Tampines town centre is the established hub nearby.

Hougang Central is the opposite: a mature town of about 230,000 residents where the new project slots into existing schools, markets and parks. Montfort Junior School is next to the site, and Punggol Park, Hougang Sports Centre and Punggol Community Club are close by. Hougang has a thin supply of private retail space per person, so a 300,000 sq ft mall fills a real gap. Read more in our living in Hougang guide.

Transport: one line now, or waiting for the CRL

Parktown’s rail link depends on the Cross Island Line; until Tampines North station opens, residents rely on buses and nearby stations. LinkTown Residences starts with the North-East Line already running, direct to Serangoon, Dhoby Ghaut and HarbourFront, and gains the CRL later. Once the CRL opens, the two projects will be two stops apart via Defu.

Who each suits

Parktown Residence may suit you if your work or family is in the east, you are comfortable with a growing area, and you prefer a project that is already selling, through remaining units or later sub-sales.

LinkTown Residences may suit you if you want a working MRT line from day one, prefer a mature town, are already rooted in Hougang, Sengkang or Serangoon, and can wait for Hougang Central Residences to launch and price.

For another integrated comparison in the north-east, see Sengkang Grand Residences vs LinkTown Residences. The developer page covers each partner.

Sources, checked 28 September 2026: UOL, launch weekend release (22 Feb 2025); EdgeProp, Parktown launch prices and unit mix (6 Feb 2025); EdgeProp, Parktown Residence project page. Figures are approximate.

Register to get LinkTown Residences’ actual floor plans and prices as soon as they’re released, so you can compare them with Parktown’s.

Frequently asked questions

Why are LinkTown Residences floor plans based on Parktown Residence?

LinkTown’s own plans have not been released. Parktown Residence is the most recent integrated project by overlapping developers (UOL and CapitaLand Development), so its unit sizes are a reasonable indicative starting point. They are not LinkTown’s final plans.

What was the Parktown Residence launch price?

UOL reported that 1,041 of 1,193 units (87%) were sold over the February 2025 launch weekend at an average of S$2,360 psf.

Are Parktown Residence and LinkTown Residences by the same developer?

Partly. Parktown is a 50:50 venture of UOL-SingLand and CapitaLand Development. LinkTown’s residential joint venture is CapitaLand Development (50%), UOL Group (40%) and Kheng Leong (10%).

How far is Parktown Residence from Hougang by train?

Once Cross Island Line Phase 1 opens, targeted around 2030, Tampines North is two stops from Hougang, with Defu in between.