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Alba

📍 8 Cairnhill Rise Singapore
🗺️ D09 — Orchard, River Valley, Cairnhill
🚇 Newton MRT (DT11 / NS21)761 m, 10 min walk · Somerset MRT (NS23)794 m, 10 min walk
🏢 MCST 4435Condominium🆔 UEN T16MC0101E✓ Management Directory

About Alba

Alba is a small freehold condominium at 8 Cairnhill Rise in District 9 (Orchard, Cairnhill, River Valley). It was completed in 2015 and has just 50 apartments in a single tower of up to 18 storeys. The developer is Far East Organization and the architect is Ong and Ong, according to EdgeProp. The site measures about 3,850 sq m.

With so few units on the plot, Alba is one of the lower-density developments on the hill. It is fully residential and managed by its own MCST. The tower sits between Cairnhill Astoria at No. 6 and The Vermont on Cairnhill at No. 12.

Interesting facts

  • Alba has 50 homes on a site more than half the size of its neighbour The Vermont, which holds 158. That works out to roughly 77 sq m of land per apartment.

  • EdgeProp's caveat data shows an unusually international ownership mix, with foreign buyers the largest single group of purchasers.

  • OneMap lists the building simply as ALBA, with a single postal code, 229743.

  • NLB Infopedia records that nutmeg estates covered this hill in the 1840s and that high-rise living arrived in 1959 with Hilltops, built on the summit. Hilltops was itself sold collectively in 2006 and rebuilt.

Nearby

Newton MRT interchange (North South and Downtown Lines) is around 7 to 9 minutes away on foot, and Newton Food Centre is next to the station. Orchard MRT (North South and Thomson-East Coast Lines) and Somerset MRT are about 10 minutes downhill, close to Paragon, Mount Elizabeth Hospital and Ngee Ann City. The Cairnhill Road conservation terraces and Emerald Hill are within walking distance. Anglo-Chinese School (Junior) is at Winstedt Road.

Key facts

  • Address: 8 Cairnhill Rise, Singapore 229743

  • District: 9 (Orchard, Cairnhill, River Valley)

  • Property type: Condominium

  • Completed: 2015

  • Developer: Far East Organization (Far East Organization Centre Pte Ltd)

  • Architect: Ong and Ong

  • Tenure: Freehold

  • Storeys: up to 18

  • Units: 50

  • Site area: about 3,852 sq m

  • Nearest MRT: Newton (NS21/DT11)

  • MCST: 4435