About Rangoon 88
Rangoon 88 is a freehold apartment development at 88 Rangoon Road, Singapore 218374, in District 8 (Little India, Farrer Park). EdgeProp's project records show it was completed in 2014 by Kay Lim Investment Pte Ltd. It has 48 units on a site of about 896 sq m, with a gross floor area of roughly 2,687 sq m.
The project takes its name directly from its address. It is a boutique block without recorded communal facilities and remains in residential use. Rangoon Road runs from Serangoon Road past Race Course Road towards the Central Expressway, and is known locally for its coffee shops and bak kut teh restaurants.
Interesting facts
Rangoon Road shares its name with Rangoon, the former capital of Burma, now Yangon in Myanmar.
Farrer Park MRT station sits between Rangoon Road and Gloucester Road. It opened on 20 June 2003 and has eight exits, the most on the North East Line.
When the Central Expressway was completed in 1985, the junction of Rangoon Road and Norfolk Road was closed, cutting the street off from part of the old Pek Kio neighbourhood.
A Rangoon Road school is among the defunct neighbourhood schools recorded by heritage writers, along with Owen, Dorset and Norfolk schools.
Nearby
Farrer Park MRT (North East Line) is roughly five minutes' walk. The station lies beneath Connexion, which houses Farrer Park Hospital and One Farrer Hotel. Bendemeer MRT (Downtown Line) is further away to the east. City Square Mall and Mustafa Centre are close by. Pek Kio Market and Food Centre on Cambridge Road is the nearest hawker centre. Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple, founded in 1855, is on Serangoon Road. Farrer Park Primary School is nearby.
Key facts
Address: 88 Rangoon Road, Singapore 218374
District: District 8 (Little India, Farrer Park)
Property type: Apartment
Completed: 2014
Developer: Kay Lim Investment Pte Ltd
Tenure: Freehold
Units: 48
Site area: about 896 sq m
Nearest MRT: Farrer Park (NE8)
MCST: 4078