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Lumiere · Le Cahier · No. 03
Folio II · The Letter
There are projects, and there are maisons. The difference is patience. A maison waits for the right address; for the right architect; for the right interior team. Lumiere Mid Town is what happens when Masterise stops counting towers and starts counting moments — the way light lands on a marble lobby at noon, the way a brass handle weighs in the hand, the way silence feels at the end of a dining table.
This monograph is your invitation. Read slowly. The address inside is one of only a handful of internationally-master-planned maisons in central Saigon — Foster + Partners on the urban grid, Masterise Homes on the residence itself, the Marriott pedigree carrying the ground.
"Lumiere is not a building. It is the moment light enters a room and decides to stay."
Moss ceramic skin meets brushed brass mullion. Each sliver of the tower turns toward a different vantage — canal, grid, park.
Folio IV · The District
Foster + Partners stitched 117 hectares into a single coherent urban fabric — view-corridors, walkable boulevards, continuous green park network.
Lumiere takes the highest register of the Masterise portfolio — interiors curated by the in-house Lumiere atelier, sourcing stone and brass to a hospitality standard.
Within The Global City: 6-star shopping centre, Southeast Asia's largest musical fountain canal, international school district, hospital, sports complex.
Folio V · The Master Plan
Foster + Partners’ master plan threads residential clusters, retail boulevards, an international school district, a Marriott-branded sports complex, and Southeast Asia’s largest musical fountain canal into a single coherent urban fabric.
Three Masteri sub-zones — Lumiere Mid Town, Park Place, Cosmo Central — each with its own architectural language and lifestyle pitch.
A 123,000 m² shopping mall, retail boulevards, F&B promenade and Grade-A offices anchor daily life around the master canal.
International school system, international hospital, sports complex, green park network — all walkable from any residence.
Folio VI · The Lifestyle
Two scales. The Global City landmarks set the rhythm of your district. Park Place privileges set the rhythm of your day. Both are at your doorstep.
The Global City · Master landmarks
Lumiere · Resident privileges
Folio V · The Atelier
A podium organised as a slow promenade — pool, sky lounge, library, private dining, wellness floor. Each space sized for a slower tempo: the kind of amenity you don't fight for at 7am.
Reading rooms above the canal, curated quarterly
Riverfront infinity edge, 50m podium length
Bookable rooms with full catering kitchen
Spa, sauna, treatment rooms, 24/7 fitness
Creative studio + outdoor garden
Marriott-trained, 24/7
Resident-only screening room
Studios + meeting rooms by reservation
Chapter 07 — Location
The Investment Wave · East Saigon
East Ho Chi Minh City is in the middle of a once-in-a-generation infrastructure cycle — new highways, the future Long Thanh airport, Metro Line 1 already running, and Metro Line 5 stopping at the doorstep. Every line lands within minutes of The Global City. For investors, this is the rising tide.
Roads · OnlineLive · Q2 2026
Interchange · 2026Under construction
Sports complex · 2026Breaks ground 15/01/2026
High-speed rail · 2026Breaks ground 30/06/2026
Metro · PlannedApproved · routing finalisedBen Thanh ↔ Suoi Tien · 7 min from site
Metro Line 1 is open. The nearest station — An Phu / Thao Dien — is a 7-minute drive, putting Ben Thanh Market and the new Thu Thiem CBD on a single seat ride.
The Payment Path · Masteri Park Place
Masteri Park Place offers two cash payment options — a slow, twelve-step progressive schedule, or a front-loaded fast-track that consolidates almost everything at the SPA stage. Both end the same way: keys at handover, expected Q1 2028.
Chinh sach thanh toan tien do
Spread 75% of the price across twelve small installments through 2027 — the most common path. Final 25% plus the maintenance fund are paid at handover.
Rhythm~28 months · 12 installments · final 25% at keys
Chinh sach thanh toan som
Front-load the price — sign the Sale & Purchase Agreement around May 2026 and settle 95% of the property within 30 days. At handover only the maintenance fund (KPBT) remains.
Rhythm5 stages · 95% paid by mid-2026 · KPBT at keys
All figures are projected (Du kien) and exclude VAT and the 2% maintenance fund unless noted. Final terms confirmed in the SPA.
Live from site · Q2 2026
Steel rising at Park Place, every week. The Global City master is already a working district — open parks, weekend events, families along the canal. Two views below: the construction site by drone, and the neighbourhood already alive around it.
Construction update — Park Place CT5
The district, alive · today
Beyond the construction fence, The Global City is already operating. The City Park is open. Weekend events, fountain shows and family weekends are on. You move into a neighbourhood that is already lived in.
Folio XI · The Address
A senior advisor reaches out within 24 hours with the official price list, the four floorplate availability, and an invitation to view Masteri Lumiere Mid Town at the Sales Gallery on Do Xuan Hop.
Masteri Lumiere Mid Town · CT7 · The Global City · Foster + Partners master plan · Developed by Masterise Homes · Indochine Real Estate JSC
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