Newport Residences, a rare freehold mixed development in Tanjong Pagar (2025–2026 Launch Window)
Newport Residences, 80 Anson Road — My Review for the 2025–2026 Launch Window
Author: Zion Zhao Real Estate | 88844623 | WeChat: zionzhaosg
Author's note: All project particulars remain subject to the final Sale & Purchase Agreement, URA-approved plans and the developer’s formal brochure. Figures below are drawn from the 2023–2025 developers' briefing materials. Without prejudice and subject to changes
The 2025–2026 launch calendar in Singapore’s Core Central Region (CCR) is shaping up to be far more selective, far more urban, and far more design-led than previous cycles. Against this backdrop, Newport Residences (้ๆตทๅณฐ) — the freehold residential crown of the 45-storey mixed development at 80 Anson Road — stands out because it is not just “another CBD condo”, but the rebirth of a former Grade A landmark (the old Fuji Xerox Towers) into a vertical, biophilic, mixed-use hub that rides on Singapore’s CBD Incentive Scheme and the long runway of the Greater Southern Waterfront (GSW). The developer’s operational timeline — Showflat Preview on 16 Jan 2026, VIP Sales on 30 Jan 2026, and Public Sales on 31 Jan 2026.
Newport Residences at 80 Anson Road is a rare, freehold, mixed-use CBD redevelopment that converts the former Fuji Xerox Towers into a vertical, biophilic, live-work-play address aligned with URA’s CBD Incentive Scheme and the long runway of the Greater Southern Waterfront. Rising above level 23, all 246 residences sit high above the street and enjoy city, port and future GSW views — a key differentiator from older CBD condos. The rollout is structured and buyer-friendly: showflat preview on 16 Jan 2026, VIP booking on 30 Jan 2026 and public sales on 31 Jan 2026, giving time to prime local, China, SEA and UHNW buyers.
Designed by Nikken Sekkei with ADDP, the tower uses a “vertical urban hill” concept, >100% landscape replacement and has already attained BCA Green Mark Platinum Super Low Energy, appealing to ESG-aware investors. Facilities are unusually rich for a 246-unit CCR project — multiple sky gardens (Lv 25, 29, 37, 41), Club Vista (Lv 34) and the rooftop Newport Sky with pool and entertainment deck ~200m up. The unit mix is leasing-sensible: c. 80% 1- and 2-bedroom stock for CBD tenants, but topped with 2,067-sqft 4-bedroom premiums and a single 12,960-sqft super penthouse for trophy buyers.
Location is a core strength: freehold in D02, walkable to Tanjong Pagar and future Circle Line stations, minutes to Marina Bay, Orchard and the GSW growth belt. A hotel-like residential host/concierge layer (move-in help, parcel acceptance, facility booking, optional housekeeping/catering) supports higher rentability. With limited freehold CBD supply, strong developer credentials and completion timed ahead of deeper GSW activation, Newport can be positioned as a design-led, future-proof CBD residence — subject always to final URA-approved plans, SPA and developer updates.
1. Project Identity: “A Home, An Icon, An Address for All Time”
The overall development name is Newport Plaza (้ๆตท็ปผๅๅคงๅฆ). Within this vertical mixed-use stack are:
Newport Tower – offices and F&B (levels 2–9),
A new serviced apartment component (levels 10–22),
Newport Residences (้ๆตทๅณฐ) – the private, freehold residential component rising from level 23 up to level 45 and crowned by roof/facility decks.
This “top-down” placement is deliberate. By elevating all 246 homes above level 23, the developer secures view clearance above the surrounding Anson/ Bernam/ Tanjong Pagar commercial plate, allowing a significant number of units to capture city, port and Greater Southern Waterfront panoramas — a view story that is explicitly showcased in the Chinese invitation for the 4-bedroom (2,067 sqft) preview.
“A Home, An Icon, An Address for all time” — is more than branding; it signals: (i) freehold/estate in perpetuity tenure in the CBD, (ii) a design pedigree from Nikken Sekkei Ltd and ADDP Architects LLP, and (iii) a mixed-use format that is already future-proofed for the URA’s long-term plan to soften, green and “people-ise” the Downtown Core. That puts Newport in the same policy slipstream as URA’s 2019 Master Plan CBD Incentive Scheme, which seeks to turn older office-dominant plots into live-work-play districts (Urban Redevelopment Authority [URA], 2019).
2. Timeline: A Structured Launch Cadence
The internal rollout dates:
Virtual Brief — 5 Nov 2025, 11:30am
Architect Brief (Showflat) — 5 Nov 2025, 3:00pm
Showflat Preview — 16 Jan 2026
VIP Sales Booking — 30 Jan 2026
Public Sales Booking — 31 Jan 2026
This is a good, professional cadence: November 2025 is for internal mastery (product, floorplate, faรงade language, hospitality services); January 2026 is for conversion. It also sits nicely after URA’s usual Q4 data releases, so sophisticated buyer (or agent such as myself) can overlay URA caveats and price-volume signals for CCR/non-landed to demonstrate that a freehold CBD project has defensible scarcity and rental depth when new supply from Marina South and the GSW is still being sequenced.
3. Site, Tenure and Macro-Location: Why 80 Anson Road Still Matters
Address: 80 Anson Road
District: 02 (CCR, Downtown Core/ Tanjong Pagar)
Tenure: Estate in perpetuity (freehold)
Land area: ~5,091.2 sqm / 54,802 sqft
Total units: 246
Carpark: 131 lots, including 3 accessible lots and 2 large private lots reserved for the super penthouse.
This is a very urban site, and the location map emphasises precisely what a lot of offshore buyers like to see: 3–8 minute walk radii to Tanjong Pagar MRT (EWL), Prince Edward Road MRT (Circle Line, under construction), Cantonment MRT (Circle Line), with 5–10 minutes’ drive to Marina Bay, Suntec City, VivoCity, Orchard Road and the lifestyle belts of Duxton, Boat Quay, Robertson Quay and Clarke Quay. In other words, it is plugged into three of Singapore’s big narratives at once: (i) CBD re-greening, (ii) GSW, and (iii) circle-line completion.
This is consistent with URA’s intention for the Greater Southern Waterfront — to turn a port-edge belt six times the size of Marina Bay into a sequence of work, leisure, housing and tourism districts over 5–10–20 years, starting with the former Keppel Club and Pasir Panjang Power District (URA, 2019). A freehold residence that is already standing in Anson Road when container operations move westwards is, therefore, well placed to enjoy the “second wave” of value from this transformation, without buyers having to wait for GLS plots to be sold and built. Newport’s own presentation underscores this GSW adjacency.
4. Architecture, Urban Hill & Biophilic Design — Why This Tower Looks Like That
After going through the architect deck, I think it is worth highlighting that Newport Plaza aims to “reinvigorate and greenify the surrounding urban fabric” by introducing a vertical “urban hill” — biophilic terraces, sky gardens and cascading greenery at multiple levels: podium, level 10, level 22, level 34, level 41 and roof. This is absolutely on-trend: biophilic design has been shown to reduce urban-heat-island effects, improve perceived wellbeing and productivity, and support sustainable cooling (Kellert, 2008). It is also a key scoring area for the BCA Green Mark Platinum Super Low Energy rating that the project has already attained — an important credential for climate-conscious buyers and for tenants of the office/serviced apartment stack.
Key architectural points:
Design architect: Nikken Sekkei Ltd (Japan), the firm behind projects such as Tokyo Skytree and other complex urban icons, supported by ADDP Architects LLP locally.
Form: A distinctive, slightly triangular tower profile to maximise view corridors to the Greater Southern Waterfront, Sentosa, Marina/ Downtown even from lower residential stacks.
Residential floor-to-floor height: approx. 3.325m, with full-height curtain-wall faรงade and laminated glass balustrades for unblocked views and better acoustics — a substantial upgrade over many CBD condos launched in the 2010s.
Landscape replacement: >100%, achieved via green walls, roof terraces and sky gardens across all components — office, serviced apartment and residential.
Crown lighting: graduated colour temperatures from bottom to top to accentuate the building at night, supporting its “icon” positioning in the Anson skyline.
From an investment/occupier lens, this matters because it creates real mid-air amenity: residents are not forced to share the same podium pool as the office and serviced apartment guests. Instead, they get dedicated lifestyle decks (see next section), about 200m up in the sky, sheltered from stronger winds — not just a token pool. That supports premium pricing and long-term rentability.
5. Facilities Stack: Club Vista, Newport Sky and Four Lifestyle Gardens
Four lifestyle gardens and Two major facility levels:
Level 25 – Play Garden
Level 29 – Wellness Garden
Level 37 – Fitness Garden
Level 41 – Horizon Garden
Level 34 – Club Vista (Vista Lounge, Vista Gourmet, Vista Gym, co-work lounge, outdoor social spaces, all with sea/city aspects)
Roof Garden (crown) – Newport Sky with sky pool, sky club and live kitchen/entertaining space, with sea panoramas ~200m up.
This is unusually rich for a 246-unit development — many sub-300-unit CCR projects default to one main facility deck. Here, the developer is deliberately “breaking” facilities into different vertical bands so that residents experience micro-neighbourhoods in the sky. Personally, a lot of my UHNW buyers and China Chinese families who are used to hotel-like amenities, this “vertical resort” concept is extremely appealing to them.
6. Product & Unit Mix — Right-Sizing for CBD User Profiles
The core residential data points are very clear across the JMA/site-plan/diagrammatic materials:
Total units: 246
Levels: Residential from L23–L45
Mix:
1BR (431–495 sqft): 86 units
1BR+Study (581 sqft): 22 units
2BR (646–753 sqft): 24 units
2BR Premium (689–710 sqft): 30 units
2BR Premium + Ensuite Study/Study (818–926 sqft): 33 units
3BR (980 sqft): 7 units
3BR Premium (1,206 sqft): 15 units
3BR Premium + Study (1,227 sqft): 10 units
4BR Premium (2,067 sqft): 18 units
Super Penthouse (12,960 sqft) 1 unit, with dedicated lift and 2 private car-park lots.
“Residential level starts from 23rd to 45th storey”.
Two things jump out:
About four-fifths of the stack (79%) is 1- and 2-bedroom inventory. That aligns with real CBD leasing realities — senior expats, singles, couples, and pied-ร -terre investors want modern, easily maintainable, MRT-walkable units.
The top-end signalling is very strong: an extremely limited run of 18 four-bedroom premium units at ~2,067 sqft and one 12,960-sqft super penthouse at the crown — exactly the kind of “sky villa” stock that is scarce in D02 freehold because most past CBD launches were on 99-year business-district land. The Chinese invitation to preview the 4BR underscores its rareness and ceiling height (certain stacks enjoy 4.35m living-room height).
I believe the purpose of this bifurcated mix (many compact units + a few grand family units) allows the project to (a) clear bulk of sales quickly at launch, while (b) preserving prestige with trophy units — a pattern seen in other CCR mixed-use projects. You can tell developers put in a lot of thought process behind every step of the way.
7. Maintenance Fees & Holding-Cost Transparency (for now; subject to changes)
The April 20, 2023 schedule pegs estimated maintenance at:
1BR (share value 7): S$518
1BR+Study / 2BR variants (share value 8): S$592
3BR premium types (share value 10): S$740
4BR premium (share value 11): S$814
Super penthouse (share value 40): S$2,960
(Excludes GST, subject to change.) For a freehold, high-rise, city-view CCR project with multiple sky decks, this is within expectations, especially considering the residential services layer (see below). Investors preparing rental yield analyses for 2026–2030 should use the above as a working OPEX line and update once the developer issues the final schedule.
8. Hospitality-Style Residential Services
A big differentiator here (similar to W Residences) — and one that appeals to international families, relocating executives and UHNW buyers — is the residential host / concierge service described in the agent briefing I attended: reception and visitor assistance, transport arrangements, move-in support, parcel acceptance, facility booking, plus a menu of payable services like business services, restaurant/hotel reservations, laundry/housekeeping, private chef/catering, pet grooming, handyman and pest control. This is essentially CDL exporting a hotel-like operating logic into a private residence, “creating time to live” for residents. For investors, this improves tenant stickiness and supports a higher rent band than a bare-bones CBD unit. I foresee this project to attract a lot of the C-suites individuals (company pays rent) and having its' own unique recurring tenant pool.
Hospitality-integrated residences are well-supported in the literature: mixed developments that incorporate service layers often enjoy better asset resilience and tenant retention because they reduce frictional costs of urban living (Yiu & Yau, 2006).
9. Sustainability and Compliance Narrative
The project is billed as Singapore’s first private residence, and the first mixed development comprising serviced apartments, office and F&B, to attain the BCA Green Mark Platinum Super Low Energy award. This is not a cosmetic label; BCA’s Super Low Energy programme requires a combination of high-performance faรงade, efficient M&E, smart controls and often on-site renewable/green features (Building and Construction Authority [BCA], 2023). That, combined with the >100% landscape replacement, makes Newport easy to position to ESG-aware buyers and funds.
10. Investment & Policy Context
Freehold in CBD is scarce. Most Downtown Core and Marina Bay residential plots tendered in the 2000s–2020s were 99-year. A freehold CCR/CBD stack with sea views is, by definition, limited. URA’s own Master Plan notes that for CBD rejuvenation, many future sites will still be on leasehold since Government Land Sales (GLS) are rarely freehold (URA, 2019).
GSW will take time, but Newport is ready now. Because the project’s Expected Vacant Possession is 1 March 2030 (per project info), buyers who commit at the 2026 sales launch are effectively positioning themselves 4–5 years ahead of deeper GSW activation, and before Keppel and Pasir Panjang districts fully bloom. That is a strategic entry point.
CBD Incentive Scheme = more people living Downtown. As more older office blocks are converted or redeveloped into mixed-use, Newport benefits from an emerging residential population in Tanjong Pagar/ Shenton/ Anson, which in turn supports F&B and rentals.
Connectivity hedge. Being within short walk of three MRT stations across two lines and near the future Circle Line completion is a classic value-preservation hedge often cited in urban-economics literature (see Glaeser, 2011).
Developer quality. Hong Leong Properties/ CDL, with Woh Hup as builder and Nikken/ADDP/Ecoplan as design team, is a “who’s who” combination for a complex vertical mixed-use build. That reduces construction-execution risk relative to inexperienced developers attempting a similar format.
11. This project is suitable for who and why?
Singaporean/PR Upgraders (esp. those already working in CBD): emphasise freehold, CBD convenience, facilities, and the fact that units begin from level 23 — meaning fewer “dead views”.
China Chinese/SEA UHNW: the prestigious brand (CDL/Hong Leong), Nikken Sekkei design, sky-club lifestyle, 4BR premium’s rarity and ceiling height, and freehold CBD positioning in a politically stable, low-tax, English-speaking hub.
Investors/Family Offices: lead with scarcity, mixed-use resilience, MRT triangulation, GSW upside, and services that lift rentability.
Compliance note: always state that all images are artist’s impressions; areas, layouts, materials, brands and services are subject to contract and final approval; and nothing here constitutes investment, legal or tax advice.
12. Limitations & Fact-Check Notes
All public-facing numbers (unit sizes, levels, car-park counts, maintenance fees as of 20 Apr 2023) are as per developer/agent briefing and can be amended at the developer’s discretion.
Purchasers should refer to the URA approved plans for exact boundaries as the schematic and typical-floor plans in the JMA / site-plan document are expressly described as illustrative.
Travel times in the location map are subject to actual traffic.
All policy context on CBD rejuvenation, GSW phasing and Green Mark requirements is based on published URA/BCA frameworks (BCA, 2023; URA, 2019).
Conclusion
Newport Residences is, in essence, a rare, design-driven, freehold vertical neighbourhood atop a proven CBD address. It matches Singapore’s planning direction (more liveability Downtown, more greenery, more mixed-use), plugs into a multi-station MRT network, rides the GSW long-term upgrade, and complements all of that with hotel-style residential services. The January 2026 preview and Jan 30–31, 2026 booking dates give the market enough time to digest this narrative and concept.
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References (APA 7th ed.)
Building and Construction Authority. (2023). BCA Green Mark 2021: Super Low Energy for residential buildings. Singapore: BCA.
City Developments Limited / Hong Leong Properties Pte Ltd. (2023). Newport Residences — Project information & agent briefing deck (internal circulation). 80 Anson Road, Singapore.
Huttons Asia Pte Ltd. (2023, March 14). Newport Residences preliminary information [Internal presentation]. (Information subject to change.)
Kellert, S. R. (2008). Biophilic design: The theory, science, and practice of bringing buildings to life. Wiley.
Nikken Sekkei Ltd., ADDP Architects LLP, & Ecoplan Asia Pte. Ltd. (2023). Newport Residences architect briefing: Design concept, sky gardens and facilities. (Internal presentation.)
Urban Redevelopment Authority. (2019). Master Plan 2019. Singapore: URA. (Greater Southern Waterfront, Downtown Core and CBD Incentive Scheme sections.)
Yiu, C. Y., & Yau, Y. (2006). An explanatory study on the value of building services in high-rise residential developments. Property Management, 24(3), 271–282.
Newport Residences marketing team. (2023). NP maintenance fee 20 Apr 23 (confidential schedule).
Newport Residences marketing team. (2023). Newport Residences – Location map. (Printed as at April 2023; subject to change.)
Newport Residences marketing team. (2025, Nov 5). Newport Resi Architect Briefing on 5.11.25. (Virtual and showflat briefing.)
All information above is prepared for discussion/education and does not form part of any offer to sell or solicit to buy any property. Always rely on the final SPA, Option, and official developer materials.
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