Scotts Square is a freehold development of 338 units at 8 Scotts Road, District 9, developed by Wharf Estates Singapore Pte Ltd, part of the Wheelock Properties group. The residential component is two towers - the Orchard Wing of 34 storeys and the Scotts Wing of 43 storeys - connected by a sky bridge, sitting above a retail podium covering basement one to level three with roughly 75,000 to 80,000 sqft of retail space and a retail car park at basement two. Level 35 holds a sky pool.

The project launched in July 2007, at the height of that cycle, at an average price of about $4,000 psf. Transactions in the launch month ranged from $3,638 to $4,428 psf. It subsequently became one of the reference points for how the Orchard market behaved through the following decade: by June 2012, at the peak of the subsequent recovery, a 635 sqft one-bedroom unit changed hands at $3.05 million, or $4,803 psf, and another unit reached $4,626 psf. The development's median transacted price in recent years has been around $3,425 psf.

The architecture puts the amenities on level 8, above the retail podium: a lap pool, children's wading pool, jacuzzi, eco pond, sculpture garden, verandah, viewing lounge, a drawing room with pantry, and a recreation room. It is a hotel-style arrangement rather than a conventional ground-level clubhouse, which suits a building where the ground plane is retail.

Location is the core of the proposition. Orchard MRT station is about 311m away with direct underground access, and Orchard is an interchange between the North-South Line and the Thomson-East Coast Line. On foot, Tang Plaza is about 94m, Pacific Plaza about 109m, Shaw Centre about 115m, a FairPrice about 33m and Isetan about 142m. This is the centre of the Orchard shopping belt in the literal sense.

One point on availability: URA records 267 of the 338 units as taken up, so the development has historically carried some unsold or subsequently resold stock. Current availability and the specific transaction record are worth checking directly.