The Seletar Mall and Fernvale Palms Progress (18 August 2012)

The new mall near to Fernvale LRT will be named The Seletar Mall which will be completed by December this year, pretty fast right. They have just started construction few months back. This is the difference between commercial valued building and residential flats. The owner of Seletar Mall will push for the early completion of the mall so that they can start collecting rental. So, by the time we move into Palms, we will have a small shopping mall to walk around. But, the short 6 months completion of the mall makes me wonder how big the mall is. Hopefully, it is not as disappointing as Rivervale Mall and HDB don't close down the Fernvale Point. I guess all residents will welcome more amenities, the more the merrier.

I saw a report that Seletar Mall will be ready by end 2014, which seems to be a more realistic date to me.

The progress of the B blocks seems stagnant for the past 1.5 months though we are unsure if there are any E&M works on-going. The main contractor seems to be rushing civil work for the A blocks. Based on site progress, it looks like quite impossible for us to get the keys before we go for honeymoon in December. April 2013 will be a realistic date to get our keys and February before CNY will be a bonus.   

I enjoyed observing the Sengkang west-loop residents' lifestyle. There was a very queue outside a shop at Tongkang LRT in the late Saturday afternoon. I think that is our home nearest Singapore Pools outlet, which is not that near though. It was also quite common for the residents to have family BBQ at the BBQ pit beside the basketball court. I think I have met at least 3 families having BBQ when I visisted Palms. Yesterday was the first time that I met another couple who went down to observe the progress of Palms. They were taking photos of the project too. The progress of Fernvale Gardens BTO is also in full swing now. There were a lot of workers working on the project yesterday and I guess residents for the B blocks facing the basketball court will have to bear with the noise and dust for a year.