A 16,920 sqft conservation platform in District 9 — the kind of scale you cannot manufacture.
A completed 1897 corner shophouse on a rare double-frontage lot at Robertson Quay, holding CSC, a serviced-apartment licence and built-in development headroom. Sold complete — its museum-grade collection lock, stock and barrel.
28 & 29 Mohamed Sultan Road · District 9 · Robertson Quay
The English Mansion, est. 1897 · 28 & 29 Mohamed Sultan Road · District 9
02 · The asset at a glance
The numbers a trophy asset is measured by — scale, tenure, and the approvals already in hand.
Est. 1897128 years of history
16,920 sqftTotal GFA
9,680 sqftCorner land area
3.8Plot ratio
~36,784 sqftMax potential GFA
~225 ftDepth — "the longest on the island"
999-year lease815+ years remaining
17Serviced apartments
8 July 2023CSC issued
Corner lotDouble frontage
Fronting Hong San See Temple, a permanently conserved National Heritage site; backing onto undevelopable Institution Hill. Robertson Quay riverside 3 min · Orchard 8 · CBD 10 · Changi 20.
03 · The investment case
Most trophies ask you to imagine what they could become. This one is already complete — the optionality is what's left over.
1
A scarcity stacked four ways
Singapore holds roughly 7,000 conservation shophouses — but only a small fraction carry serviced-apartment approval, sit in District 9, occupy a corner double-frontage lot, and are complete. The English Mansion is where all four converge.
2
A fully-approved mixed-use platform
Ground-floor hospitality beneath 17 serviced apartments, the licence secured through a 3-plus-year approval process, CSC issued 8 July 2023. The next owner inherits the approvals and the infrastructure already in place.
3
Development headroom, built in
Plot ratio 3.8 against today's ~16,920 sqft GFA implies a maximum potential GFA of ~36,784 sqft — meaningful headroom on an asset that is already finished.
4
Many futures, one platform
The approved envelope supports a range of repositioning paths — an ultra-luxury boutique hotel (the brochure cites partners such as Aman, Six Senses or The Standard), a private members' club, or a residence and family office, entertaining below, living above.
5
Buying certainty, not speculation
Protected within a conservation zone by law, structurally irreplaceable, on a 999-year lease with 815+ years remaining — a corner that will look the same in fifty years as it does today. Positioned for long-term preservation and legacy, not market timing.
04 · Sold lock, stock & barrel
You acquire the building. You also acquire everything inside it.
The ground-floor English House is the work of Marco Pierre White, a 3-Michelin-star chef — restored over the original 1897 timber beams in English flagstone, travertine, slate and solid timber. Not a single piece was purchased from a catalogue. The asset is sold complete, its collection included in full.
87 signed Terry O'Neill photographs — a century of culture in black and white.
A 1940s Rolls-Royce boardroom table, its original chairs still bearing intact Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust stamps.
A Bob Kramer knife in steel and meteorite, made for Anthony Bourdain — with its original certificate.
Six works by Ralph Steadman, alongside paintings by Jacques Pepin and Brad Phillips.
A rare whisky collection, including Macallan and Balvenie.
The original 1897 timber beams and 19th-century Birmingham Library bookshelves.
The collection, included in full · The English Mansion
"Marco Pierre White does not collect antiques. He collects time."
Adrian Lim · Principal · PropNex Ambassador
05 · Who's behind it
A sale of this calibre is handled quietly, or not handled at all.
An asset like this is not listed and broadcast — it is placed, discreetly, in front of the few who can move on it. That is the work I would rather do well for one owner than do loudly for many. After seventeen years and close to seventeen hundred families, I know which conversations stay private, and I know what a trophy of this register is actually worth to the right buyer. Tell me what you need to know, and I will send the full details — privately, on WhatsApp.
17+years on record
~1,700families guided
75%repeat & referral
06 · Request the details
The English Mansion, in full. The details are yours for the asking.
Message me for the full brochure, the figures, and an honest read on the asset. No mailing list, no obligation — a private reply, at your pace.
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Disclosures
The English Mansion (28 & 29 Mohamed Sultan Road) is marketed by Adrian Lim (CEA Reg. No. R009649D), PropNex Realty Pte Ltd, for informational purposes only. This page is not financial, investment, tax, or legal advice, and is not an offer or solicitation to buy, sell, or rent any property. Figures and descriptions are drawn from the property brochure and publicly available sources, are believed accurate at the time of writing, and are subject to verification. The asset is held on a 999-year lease (not freehold). The S$95M figure is a guide price only and is negotiable. Property decisions depend on individual circumstances; consult the appropriate licensed professionals before acting.
