About The Laurels
The Laurels is a freehold condominium at 38 and 40 Cairnhill Road in District 9 (Orchard, Cairnhill, River Valley). It was completed in 2013 and has 229 apartments in two blocks rising to 19 storeys. EdgeProp lists the developer as Sing Holdings (Cairnhill) Pte Ltd and the architect as Axis Architects Planners. The site is about 7,250 sq m.
It is a purely residential estate with a pool and gym, managed by its MCST. The development stands on the lower, southern stretch of Cairnhill Road, so it is one of the closer Cairnhill condominiums to Orchard Road itself.
Interesting facts
The Laurels is a close neighbour of 42 Cairnhill Road, the Tan Chin Tuan Mansion. NLB Infopedia dates that house to the 1920s. It was restored in 2007 as part of a small condominium and won an Architectural Heritage Award in 2008.
Further up the same road, 28 two-storey terrace houses at numbers 68 to 124, and nine more at 128 to 128H, were given conservation status in 1989. They are in Late Shophouse and Art Deco styles.
The former Anglo-Chinese School building on Cairnhill, designed by Swan and Maclaren and used by the school from 1928, reopened in 1992 as the Cairnhill Arts Centre.
The development has two block numbers, each with its own postal code: 229658 for No. 38 and 229660 for No. 40.
Nearby
Somerset MRT (North South Line) is about 6 to 8 minutes away on foot and Orchard MRT (North South and Thomson-East Coast Lines) slightly further. Paragon, The Heeren, Mandarin Gallery and 313@somerset are all within a short walk, as are Mount Elizabeth Hospital and Al-Falah Mosque on Bideford Road. The Emerald Hill conservation area, with its Peranakan terrace houses, is just to the east. Newton Food Centre is the nearest hawker centre, to the north.
Key facts
Address: 38 and 40 Cairnhill Road, Singapore 229658 and 229660
District: 9 (Orchard, Cairnhill, River Valley)
Property type: Condominium
Completed: 2013
Developer: Sing Holdings (Cairnhill) Pte Ltd
Architect: Axis Architects Planners
Tenure: Freehold
Storeys: up to 19
Units: 229
Site area: about 7,251 sq m
Nearest MRT: Somerset (NS23), Orchard (NS22/TE14)
MCST: 4107