White sands
The name is thought to be a contraction of Pasir Iris — pasir is sand, iris to shred — and the Chinese name means “White Sands”. It was first used for a village, Passier Reis, in 1852. Before housing, the low-lying land held kampongs — Kampong Pasir Ris, Kampong Bahru and villages along Elias Road — and plantation estates such as Loh Lam and Hun Yeang. In the 1950s the beach was a favourite for water-skiing, and the Pasir Ris Hotel hosted parties from the 1950s to the early 1970s.
The new town came in the late 1980s: the first residents moved into HDB flats in 1988. Pasir Ris Park, with a six-hectare mangrove forest, and Downtown East now line the coast.
What the planning area covers
URA’s Pasir Ris planning area has eight subzones: Flora Drive, Loyang East, Loyang West, Pasir Ris Central, Pasir Ris Drive, Pasir Ris Park, Pasir Ris Wafer Fab Park and Pasir Ris West. Loyang and the private estates around Flora Drive are therefore inside it.
New launches and land sales
- Coastal Cabana — a 748-unit executive condominium on Jalan Loyang Besar, launched in January 2026. HDB awarded the site on 16 August 2024 to CNQC Realty (Progressive) Pte. Ltd., Forsea Residence Pte. Ltd. and ZACD Laserblue Pte. Ltd., on a 99-year lease.
- Pasir Ris 8 — Allgreen Properties with Kerry Properties, 487 units on a 99-year lease above the town centre, previewed in July 2021.
Getting around
Pasir Ris is the eastern end of the East–West Line. The Cross Island Line will add Pasir Ris East and make Pasir Ris an interchange; LTA expects its first phase to be completed by 2030, and a Punggol extension through Pasir Ris by 2032.
Schools with pages here include White Sands Primary, Elias Park Primary, Casuarina Primary and Pasir Ris Primary.
Who manages the buildings here
Savills Property Management (7), Newman SRE (5), Absolut Properties (5) manage the most developments inside the boundary. About a quarter of the developments here have no managing agent on record — many are small blocks run by their own council. Each building page lists its own office contact.
What to have ready
The management office will ask for the MCST number and your unit. Public carparks with live lot counts are on the carparks page; see also the District 17 and District 18 pages.
Sources: URA Master Plan 2019 planning area and subzone boundaries (data.gov.sg); NLB Infopedia (Pasir Ris); EdgeProp (Coastal Cabana); HDB (Jalan Loyang Besar award); EdgeProp (Pasir Ris 8); LTA (Cross Island Line). Buildings are listed when their coordinate falls inside URA’s boundary for the planning area; prices are left out because they change.