The Sharp Opo Centriche, Attracting Attention as a Community Facility-Specialized Complex... Introducing Gyeonggi Gwangju's First Swimming Pool

As the time spent indoors has surged due to COVID-19, residential complexes that incorporate specialized designs and community facilities within the complex to enhance residents' living convenience and comfort are attracting the attention of homebuyers in the real estate market.

In fact, the corporate-type private rental housing complex ‘Shingwanggyo Jeil Punggyeongchae’ supplied in June last year in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, achieved an average competition rate of 14.74 to 1, with all unit types closing in the first priority subscription. Experts attribute the popularity of this complex to the provision of specialized residential services such as various community facilities including an indoor swimming pool with a toddler pool and meal services. Similarly, ‘Byeollae Xi The Star,’ launched in October last year in Byeollae New Town, Namyangju, also gained attention for its specialized design featuring a large-scale community space on the ground level. The first priority subscription for Byeollae Xi The Star attracted a total of 85,593 applicants for 421 units.

Complexes that have introduced community and specialized designs also show higher price appreciation rates. According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s real transaction price disclosure system, the sale price of ‘Geomam Station Royal Park City Prugio Phase 1 (exclusive area 74㎡),’ supplied in June in Baekseok-dong, Seo-gu, Incheon, was in the mid-400 million KRW range at the time of sale but was traded at 563.7 million KRW as of January 2021. This complex promoted a ‘resort city’ concept with landscaping-specialized design and differentiated community facilities at the time of sale.

Meanwhile, ‘The Sharp Opo Centriche,’ newly announced by POSCO Construction in February for the Gwangju area of Gyeonggi Province, has also become a hot topic by introducing the first indoor swimming pool in a community facility in Gwangju. The indoor swimming pool within the complex will be built with four lanes and will include a separate toddler pool.

The ‘SPORTS ZONE’ community facilities within the complex will include an indoor swimming pool, an indoor gym, hot and cold baths, a sauna with a dry sauna, an indoor golf practice range, Pilates, a G.X room, and a fitness center.

Additionally, the education-specialized zone ‘EDU ZONE’ will feature a kids’ room, a kids’ library including a small library, a multi-room, and separate reading rooms for men and women. Other planned facilities include a guest house, music practice rooms, coin laundry, and a pet caf?.

Moreover, efforts are being made to alleviate the severe parking shortage on side streets in residential areas of Gwangju by implementing a priority parking system. Notably, while adjacent apartment complexes have an average of about 1.24 parking spaces per household, The Sharp Opo Centriche provides 1.4 parking spaces per household. When compared on the basis of the same number of households, The Sharp Opo Centriche is estimated to have approximately 230 additional parking spaces available. This figure also exceeds the recent average of 1.3 parking spaces per household provided by newly built apartments in the province.

The complex will also feature a water play area and diverse themed landscaping, which are highly favored by residents. At the center of the complex, a multi-community space tentatively named ‘The Sharp Field’ will be created, combining a lawn plaza, children’s playground, water play area, and a mountain garden. Additionally, a healing garden called ‘Mirror Garden,’ where residents can enjoy greenery reflected in a refreshing mirror pond, and a resting space called ‘Pocket Garden’ along the complex’s walking trails with seasonal flowers are planned.

A sales representative for The Sharp Opo Centriche stated, “Community facility-specialized complexes are gaining popularity in the apartment market recently. The Sharp Opo Centriche will showcase differentiated specialized designs and community facilities compared to complexes previously supplied in the Gosan and Taejeon districts, and among these, it will introduce the first indoor swimming pool in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, which is attracting high interest from buyers.”

Meanwhile, The Sharp Opo Centriche will begin special supply on the 18th (Thursday), followed by first priority subscription for the relevant area on the 19th (Friday), and first priority subscription for other areas on the 22nd (Monday). The announcement of successful applicants will follow on March 2nd (Tuesday). The contract period will be held over 10 days from March 18th (Thursday) to March 27th (Saturday).

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.