Almost entirely homes
River Valley is one of the most purely residential parts of the city centre. Of the developments listed below, all but about twenty are condominiums or apartment blocks — split almost evenly between the two — most of them in District 9, with the western end in District 10. Very few are large: the typical building here is a single tower or a pair of blocks on a side road such as Kim Yam Road, Mohamed Sultan, St Thomas Walk, Leonie Hill or Jalan Mutiara.
Some of the older names still stand beside the new ones — Horizon Towers, Yong An Park and Tiara among them — while the riverfront between Robertson Quay and Kim Seng has been rebuilt with condominiums such as The Trillium, Martin Modern and Rivière.
New condos and new launches in River Valley
River Valley is where most of the city's recent new launches have been. The newest completed developments in the list carry the latest MCST numbers — Irwell Hill Residences (MCST 4964), The Avenir (MCST 4945), RV Altitude (MCST 4870) and Rivière — and five more condominiums have launched within the ring since mid-2025:
- The Robertson Opus — Frasers Property and Sekisui House, 348 units on a 999-year lease at Unity Street, Robertson Quay. Launched in July 2025.
- Promenade Peak — Allgreen Properties, 596 units on a 99-year lease at Zion Road. Launched in August 2025.
- River Green — Wing Tai Holdings, 524 units on a 99-year lease at River Valley Green, beside Great World station. Launched in August 2025.
- Zyon Grand — City Developments Limited and Mitsui Fudosan (Asia), 706 homes on a 99-year lease at Zion Road, near Havelock station. Launched in October 2025.
- River Modern — GuocoLand, 455 units on a 99-year lease on another River Valley Green parcel. Launched in March 2026.
A third River Valley Green site was awarded by URA on 23 June 2026 to SMCL Haven 3 and CSC Land Group, after a top bid from Sunway MCL and CSC Land Group. None of these are in the directory yet: a development is added once its management corporation is registered, which comes after completion.
Getting around and schools
Great World and Havelock on the Thomson–East Coast Line serve the heart of River Valley, which had no MRT station of its own until that line reached it; Somerset and Orchard lie at the northern edge. River Valley Primary School is inside the ring, about 300 metres from the centre. South across the river is Tiong Bahru.
Who manages the buildings here
Savills Property Management and Knight Frank run the most buildings in this ring, followed by JLL and Edmund Tie. Around forty of the smaller blocks have no managing agent on record; their management council is the contact. See also the District 9 page and the carparks page.
URA award: URA (River Valley Green Parcel C award). New-launch details as reported by EdgeProp (The Robertson Opus); EdgeProp (Promenade Peak); EdgeProp (River Green); CDL (Zyon Grand); EdgeProp (River Modern); EdgeProp (River Valley Green Parcel C). Unit counts and launch dates are the developers' own; prices are left out because they change.
