The Brownstone is a 638-unit Executive Condominium on Canberra Drive, District 27, developed by Canvey Developments Pte Ltd - a collaboration between City Developments Limited and TID Pte Ltd. It occupies a site of about 28,563 sqm, offers two- to five-bedroom layouts, and has a 99-year leasehold tenure running from 28 April 2014. It launched in July 2015 and obtained its Temporary Occupation Permit on 31 October 2017. URA records all 638 units as taken up.

The single most important thing to understand about The Brownstone is that it is an Executive Condominium, not a private condominium, and the rules that follow from that shape both who can buy and how it can be used. Purchase is restricted to eligible Singapore citizen and permanent resident households subject to household income and family criteria, with first-timers receiving priority through the ballot. A minimum occupation period of five years applies, during which the unit cannot be sold or let, and the development becomes fully privatised and open to all buyers, including foreigners and companies, only after ten years.

The location has changed dramatically since the development was launched, and in its favour. When The Brownstone obtained its Temporary Occupation Permit in October 2017, Sembawang was served by a single MRT station on the edge of the town. Canberra station on the North-South Line opened on 2 November 2019, and it sits a few minutes on foot from the development - which turned a location requiring a bus to reach the train into one where the train is walkable. The practical effect has been to shorten the commute to the city and to bring the whole North-South Line corridor, including Yishun, Bishan and Orchard, within a walk and a short ride. Note that the local dataset used for this page records the nearest station as Sembawang at 963m; that figure predates Canberra and understates the current position.

On everyday provision, a FairPrice is about 340m away and Ang Mo Supermarket about 400m, with a Cold Storage about 519m and a Sheng Siong about 642m - four supermarkets within roughly 650m. Sembawang Shopping Centre is about 507m and Sun Plaza about 990m, and the Sembawang town centre adds further retail, food and community facilities. On schooling, Sembawang Primary School is about 773m and Wellington Primary about 969m, both inside the one-kilometre priority band; there is no secondary school within a kilometre, though Canberra Secondary and the Sembawang and Yishun secondary options are a short drive.

The scale of the site is about 28,563 sqm, which is what allows 638 units to be arranged with genuine spacing and a facility programme closer to private condominium standard than the EC tenure might suggest - multiple swimming pools, a clubhouse, gym and extensive landscaped communal areas. Historical transaction data for the development indicates an average sales price of around $1,455 psf with a gross rental yield of about 3.5 per cent.