Category Archives: Developers

Large freehold condo site sold for $158m

In what is one of the biggest freehold condo site deals in the last 12 months, Lee Tat Development has sold a 207,000 sq ft plot at the end of Jalan Senang and Lengkong Tujoh, off Sims Avenue, for $158 million.

The buyer is a joint venture involving Hoi Hup and Malaysia’s Sunway group.

The purchase price works out to about $445 per square foot of potential gross floor area, including an estimated development charge of about $36 million.

The vacant plot is zoned for residential use with a 2.1 plot ratio (ratio of maximum potential gross floor area to land area) and a 12-storey maximum height under Master Plan 2008.

Credo Real Estate brokered the sale through a private treaty deal.

‘According to our records, this sale could mark the first large-scale freehold condominium site sold in almost two years, that is, since the tail-end of the active en bloc sale market of 2007,’ Credo’s managing director Karamjit Singh said.

‘Transactions of large private residential redevelopment sites belonging to a single owner are very rare,’ he added. Continue reading

Keppel Land’s net profit surges by 70%

Third-quarter gain rises to $78.5m as projects generate higher revenue

THE feel-good factor igniting the residential property market – and starting to take hold in the commercial sector – had a dramatic effect on Keppel Land’s bottom line in the third quarter.

Profit and turnover both soared, as buyers flocked to condominium launches across the island, while sales overseas were also buoyant.

‘The low interest rate environment and greater optimism about the economy and job market have continued to improve the market sentiments driving the housing market,’ the group said in a statement yesterday, as it released its numbers for the three months ended Sept 30.

It said net profit in the third quarter rose by 70 per cent to $78.5 million, from $46.2 million in the same period last year, due to higher revenue from projects and greater contributions from associated companies. Continue reading