Apartments in London's Battersea Power Station to be available for Singapore buyers

The launch will be on 18 January, so be quick.

In a release, British-based Battersea Power Station Development Company (“BPSDC”) is offering buyers in Singapore the opportunity to purchase residential apartments in one of London’s most iconic landmarks; Battersea Power Station.

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The launch of the Singapore sales programme will commence with a preview for pre-registered applicants on the evening of 17 January 2013, from 6:30pm onwards, followed by a general launch from 11:00am to 7:00pm starting 18 January through to 20 January 2013.

Potential buyers are invited to the St. Regis Hotel to review the Rafael Viñoly masterplan and will have an opportunity to purchase residential apartments, across a range of sizes and prices in the first phase of this iconic development, named Circus West at Battersea Power Station.

Circus West is a mix of 800 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments, townhouses and penthouses as well as a blend of offices, shops, leisure and hospitality designed by Ian Simpson Architects and de Ryke Marsh Morgan (dRMM). Prices start from UK£338,000 for a studio apartment with first occupancy expected to be in 2016.

Battersea Power Station site is owned by a Malaysian consortium of investors consisting of S P Setia, Sime Darby Berhad and the Employees Provident Fund. The development of the project will be undertaken by Battersea Power Station Development Company.

Situated on the western side of the Power Station, Circus West at Battersea Power Station will be a thriving new community where people come to live, work, socialise and spend their leisure time. As well as over 800 apartments across 8 buildings, Circus West will have a range of amenities and services including art galleries, a Power Station Design shop, independent coffee shops, a boutique theatre, 35,000sq ft of creative business studios, a 15,000sq ft. gym, an indoor swimming pool and a health spa.

All residents will have access to an elevated residents garden, with most apartments having an enclosed ‘Winter Garden’ that will provide useable outside space all year around, whilst the penthouses will have private rooftop terraces. Circus West residents will also have access to a 5,000sq ft private Residents Club designed by the famous British interior designer David Linley – the exclusive club will have a bar, private dining space, library, business centre and a cinema.

Preparatory work on the first phase, which consists of eight core buildings to the West of the 39 acre site, has already begun with construction expected to commence in the second half of 2013. This will coincide with the start of the renovation of the Grade II* listed Power Station itself, the largest brick building in Europe and one of the most significant surviving examples of Art Deco architecture. Completion of the first phase of the development is expected in 2016.

The site will also provide large areas of public open space including a new six acre riverside park that will provide direct access to London’s prestigious Chelsea neighbourhood via a new riverside pathway adjoining the existing River Thames Walk.

The residential team at Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) has been appointed as international sales agent on the Battersea Power Station. In Singapore, S P Setia International (S) Pte Ltd. will join JLL in selling the apartments.