About Owen 88

Owen 88 is a small apartment block at 88 Owen Road, Singapore 218901, in District 8 (Little India, Farrer Park). EdgeProp's project records give a completion year of 2007, with Ming Teik Co Pte Ltd as developer and Aedas Pte Ltd as architect. The block has 12 units on a site of about 503 sq m, and a gross floor area of roughly 1,509 sq m.

It is unusual for a project this small to carry the name of a large international practice such as Aedas. No communal facilities are recorded. The building is in residential use. Owen Road links Serangoon Road with the Pek Kio housing estate, crossing Race Course Road on the way.

Interesting facts

With 12 homes sharing about 1,509 sq m of floor area, units here are larger on average than in the studio-style blocks built nearby in the 2010s.
Heritage group My Community notes that Owen Road was still a mud track in the 1930s, when the neighbouring streets were being laid out with single-storey houses.
By the late 1950s the Singapore Improvement Trust had built Owen Estate and three neighbouring estates, which together housed about 8,000 families.
The former Farrer Park sports ground beside Owen Road is being redeveloped. Plans announced in April 2022 include around 1,600 flats, with the old boxing gym kept as a community sports space.

Nearby

Farrer Park MRT (North East Line) is roughly five to eight minutes' walk. Pek Kio Market and Food Centre, at the junction of Cambridge Road and Owen Road, is the local hawker centre. Pek Kio Community Centre is in the same estate. City Square Mall and Mustafa Centre are reached via the station. Farrer Park Primary School is the nearest primary school.

Key facts

Address: 88 Owen Road, Singapore 218901
District: District 8 (Little India, Farrer Park)
Property type: Apartment
Completed: 2007
Developer: Ming Teik Co Pte Ltd
Architect: Aedas Pte Ltd
Units: 12
Site area: about 503 sq m
Nearest MRT: Farrer Park (NE8)
MCST: 3264