Yes. Linktown Residences is the official project name of the homes planned on the Hougang Central Government Land Sales site at Hougang Avenue 10. Hougang Central GLS, Hougang Central Condo and Hougang Central Residences are all names that grew up around the same development before its official name was released.
Under the Government Land Sales programme, the state releases land for private development through public tenders. Each site is announced with a name taken from its location, because at that stage there is no project and no developer. The site at Hougang Avenue 10 and Hougang Central was therefore known simply as Hougang Central, and through the tender and the award, property news and buyers followed it under that name.
Descriptive names follow naturally. People searching for a new home near Hougang MRT look for a "Hougang Central condo" or "Hougang Central Residences", and those phrases become shorthand for the development long before the developer settles on a brand. When the official name is chosen, it joins rather than replaces them in everyday search.
Hougang Central GLS is the tender name of the land. Hougang Central Condo and Hougang Central Residences are descriptive names for the homes on it. Linktown Residences, sometimes written The Linktown Residences, is the official project name. The Hougang Central GLS site explained page sets these out side by side, so a buyer who has followed the site under any of the names can see that they refer to one development.
The Hougang Central tender closed on 16 December 2025 with three bids. The top bid, from a consortium of CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust (CICT), CapitaLand Development and UOL Group, was $1,500,738,338, or $1,179 per square foot per plot ratio, and the site was awarded to the consortium on 14 January 2026.
The land runs to about 504,820 square feet on a 99-year lease, zoned for mixed residential and commercial use at a plot ratio of 2.5. The consortium has announced about 830 homes, a mall of about 300,000 square feet of net lettable area, a new Hougang bus interchange and a town plaza, all linked to Hougang MRT station. The project details page carries the full factsheet.
A consistent name keeps a buyer's research in one place. News of the tender and the award was reported under the Hougang Central name, while the brochure, the floor plans and the price list will carry the Linktown Residences name. Knowing they are the same development means nothing is missed between the two. It also helps when comparing information: anything published about the Hougang Central site, from the land price to the planned bus interchange, applies to Linktown Residences.
The same holds when the developer's materials arrive. The e-brochure, the site plan and the Sale and Purchase Agreement use the official name, so the e-brochure request page and the showflat appointment page are the places to register for those releases.
The latest updates page records each release as it happens, dated to the event. The location page maps the site beside Hougang MRT, and the developer page sets out the roles of UOL Group, CapitaLand Development and CICT. Registering places you on the list for the e-brochure, the floor plans and the pricing on the day each is issued.
The Government Land Sales programme is the main way new land for private housing comes to market in Singapore. Sites are announced in half-yearly programmes, either on the Confirmed List, which is launched for tender on a set schedule, or on the Reserve List, which is released when a developer commits to a minimum bid. Each tender sets out the permitted use, the plot ratio, the lease term and any special requirements, such as the public facilities a developer must deliver.
At Hougang Central those requirements shaped the whole development. The site came with a bus interchange, a town plaza and a direct link to Hougang MRT as part of the brief, which is why the winning bid came from a consortium able to deliver homes and a town-centre mall together. The tender record, the award announcement and the planning parameters all sit under the Hougang Central name, while the homes built on the site are marketed as Linktown Residences.
Because the development has carried several names, search results for it vary. News coverage of the tender and the award uses Hougang Central; commentary on the homes may use Hougang Central Condo or Hougang Central Residences; and the developer's own launch material uses Linktown Residences. A buyer comparing information from different sources can treat all of these as describing the same site at Hougang Avenue 10, beside Hougang MRT station.