Diamond Tower

Diamond Tower

Diamond Tower is a freehold condominium located at 17 Jalan Rajah, Balestier (District 12), Singapore. This condominium building was built back in 1977 and there are a total of 27 units spread over 10 floors. Currently, EL Development is in a deal to purchase this building and transform it into a 18-20 apartment block with 100 units in order to provide more homes for people in this area.

Diamond Tower Accessibility

There are multiple bus stations within a 5-minute walk from Diamond Tower, namely Zhongshan Mall Station (50171), Opp EASB (52479) and Balestier Plaza Station (50191). The closest MRT station to Diamond Tower is Toa Payoh MRT station which is merely 900 meters away, thus ensuring residents can easily access other districts of Singapore.

Diamond Tower Project Details

Currently, the 10 floors of Diamond Tower houses 27 residential units, each with a built-up size of approximately 1,561 sqft. The entire land area of the condominium building is approximately around 27,323 sqft, and it has a gross plot ratio of 2.8.

Diamond Tower Facilities

This condominium has open-air parking available for its residents as well as a small exercise area that consists of a children’s playground, fitness station and a BBQ area. There is also security surveillance in place at the condominium to ensure the safety of its residents.

Schools and Education Institute

Balestier Hill Primary School and Balestier Hill Secondary School are both five minutes away from Diamond Tower, thus residents will not have to worry about their child’s education. If residents are looking to further their studies, they can consider Curtin University Singapore, Singapore College of Chinese Traditional Medicine or East Asia Institute of Management.

Medical Centre and Hospitals

There are many clinics near Diamond Tower, thus residents have the option of going to Carelink Family Clinic, Heal Balestier Clinic Pte Ltd or Live Well Family Clinic. For more extensive medical attention and care, residents will have to head to Tan Tock Seng Hospital or Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital.

Shops and Shopping Malls

Residents can shop, hang out or pick up groceries from any one of the glamorous malls surrounding them. Malls within the vicinity of Diamond Tower include Balestier Plaza, Zhongshan Mall and Balestier Point.

Restaurants and Eateries

Balestier is actually a food heaven for residents if they know which stalls to frequent. Popular restaurants and stalls in the area include Noi’s Bak Chor Mee which serves savory noodles, Maru Ten Udon which serves affordable Japanese food and Kitchenette which serves stellar brunches. Popular cafes in the area such as Brown Sugar, Artisan Boulangerie and INU Café, a must visit if residents who crave delicious desserts and fresh coffee.

Recreation and Leisure Options

Residents staying at Diamond Tower are not far from nature as Zhongshan Park and Novena Rise Park are in the vicinity. Golfers will be pleased to know that they can get in 18 holes at the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club. Other fun activities include bowling at the bowling alley in SuperBowl Balestier and boxing at Spartans Boxing Club Balestier. Residents can also try their hand out at ping pong or swimming at the Singapore Table Tennis Association and the Toa Payoh Swimming Complex respectively.

Diamond Tower Developer

EL Development Pte Ltd started out as a small business unit within one of Singapore's leading builders and was incorporated as a separate company in 2007.Since then, the company has dabbled into property development and redevelopment projects from private enbloc sales. Currently, they are looking to buy over Diamond Tower and transform it into a 18-20 apartment block with 100 units in order to provide more homes for people in this area.

Diamond Tower Selling Details

This development underwent an en bloc sale in 2010 and redeveloped into Skysuites 17. The selling price of the en bloc property is reported to be S$1.83 million per unit. Prior to that, the average price per unit of this apartment building was at S$ 980,000. If you have an interest in other properties within a similar price range, please check out this list of properties.