The Antares is a 265-unit development at 19 to 25 Mattar Road, District 14, built by FSKH Development Pte Ltd - a consortium of Keong Hong Holdings, Hock Lian Seng Holdings and TA Corporation. It comprises four blocks of five to 18 storeys on a site of about 67,061 sqft, with one- to four-bedroom layouts, a landscape deck holding the swimming pool and ancillary facilities, and two levels of basement car parking. It obtained its Temporary Occupation Permit in November 2022, and URA records all 265 units as taken up following its September 2019 launch.

The position relative to the train is the defining practical feature. Mattar station on the Downtown Line is about 162m away, and the estate has a sheltered linkway running from its side gate directly into the station - which means the walk to the train is covered for its full length. Very few private developments offer a covered route to a station at that distance. For broader reach, MacPherson is about 673m for the Circle Line and Aljunied about 992m for the East-West Line, so three lines are accessible within a kilometre. The Downtown Line runs directly through Bugis, Promenade, Chinatown, Downtown and Marina Bay.

The school position is similarly close. Canossa Catholic Primary School is about 241m away - roughly a three-minute walk, and one of the closest primary school placements on any private development in Singapore. Geylang Methodist School is about 860m for the primary section and about 861m for secondary, with Cedar Primary and Kong Hwa School further out. For a family buying on school access, very little else in the district competes with that.

The site itself is larger than the unit count suggests. At about 67,061 sqft carrying 265 units across four separate blocks of five to 18 storeys, the development has genuine spacing between blocks and a facility programme spread across a landscape deck. The amenities are unusually characterful for the segment - a 33.3m starlit lap pool, water spa, outdoor shower, hammock alcove, crossfit circuit, outdoor fitness zone, teppan dining place, swing nook, multi-purpose lawn, gym, kid's rock climbing zone and a space-themed kid's planet, alongside a sky terrace. The naming follows the Antares star and gives the development a coherent identity rather than a stock facility list.

On everyday provision, a FairPrice is about 416m away, a second FairPrice about 564m, a Sheng Siong about 691m and another Sheng Siong about 749m - four supermarkets within 750m. Geylang's shophouse food culture along Geylang Road and Sims Avenue is within walking distance, and Paya Lebar, with its regional centre offices and Paya Lebar Quarter retail, is two stops away.